News of the day from across the nation, May 7
1 Deadly fire: A predawn fire quickly engulfed a two-story house Friday in Syracuse, N.Y., and two men, a 7-year-old girl and three boys ages 10 to 13 were found dead inside, officials said.
The comedian’s libel lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles calls O’Connor’s accusations fabricated lies.
Prosecutors in Louisiana on Friday ruled out criminal charges in the death of a mentally ill man who was fatally shot during a confrontation with sheriff’s deputies last year.
A State Police report said Michael Noel, 32, was killed Dec. 21 during a struggle inside his family’s home in St. Martinville when he resisted deputies’ efforts to take him into protective custody and drive him to a hospital.
“His shooting was not the product of any evil or malicious intent, but rather, was a reasonable reaction to an extraordinarily intense and volatile situation which was brought on, solely and exclusively, by Michael’s conduct,” Cedars wrote.
No one was injured when a hot air balloon carrying 20 people made an emergency landing Friday on a highway entrance ramp near Orlando, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
An FBI agent’s affidavit says Tom Begaye Jr., a 27-year-old Navajo from a community near the children’s home, told investigators he assaulted the girl and struck her twice in the head with a crowbar.