Mayor charged in Acteal massacre in Mexico
Mexican authorities charged Chenalho mayor Arias Cruz and 23 supporters with homicide and related crimes for the Acteal village killings that left 45 villagers dead. They were jailed in Tuxtla Gutierrez after prosecutors alleged the mayor supplied weapons and lied to investigators about prior knowledge.
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Jacinto
Arias Cruz
Tuxtla Gutierrez
Chenalho
Los Chorros
Federal
Attorney General's Office
Jose Luis Ramos Rivera
Kevorkian questioned after assisting two suicides
Michigan authorities questioned Dr. Jack Kevorkian and Dr. Georges Reding after they dropped off the body of a 53-year-old man and later a 73-year-old woman at medical facilities. Police observed the pair while transporting the second body, one hour after the first handoff, per their attorney. In a separate incident, a 9-year-old girl died from smoke inhalation in a Park Hills apartment fire while attempting to rescue her siblings. her 6-year-old sister survived and a 2-year-old brother remained in critical condition.
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Oakland County Medical Examiner
Georges Reding
POH Medical Center
Pontiac
Sharon Lucik
Michael Schwartz
Reding
Park Hills
Brittany Nesser Burger
David Noll
St. John's Mercy Medical Center
St. Louis
David
Bowles
Brittany
Katie Burger
Katie
Tornado rips through Florida town
A destructive tornado struck Lake Region Mobile Village in Haines City Florida injuring four residents, with homes overturned and 53 mobile homes destroyed. Mrs Tess Bentley trapped for hours. neighbor Carmen Howe seriously injured and hospitalized. Wide flooding followed across Tampa Bay region after days of heavy rain.
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Mrs. Bentley
Lake Region
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Orlando
Bentley
Dorothy
Dick Runge
Peg
Carmen Howe
Carmen
Winter Haven
Jill Weinischke
Polk County Emergency Management Services
Clearwater
Tampa Bay
Tampa
Protestants' militant slain in Maze prison in Northern Ireland
Billy Wright known as King Rat, head of the Loyalist Volunteer Force, was shot inside the Maze Prison by Catholic inmates using guns smuggled into the facility. The attack raised fears of renewed sectarian violence and unsettled peace talks. Three suspects surrendered later, while leaders urged calm and denounced the violence as a threat to the process.
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Northern Ireland
Billy Wright
King Rat
Wright
Maze
Irish National Liberation Army
Irish Republican Army
Marjorie Mowlam
Ken Maginnis
Saturday Night
Glengannon Hotel
Dungannon
BBC
GOP leader calls for firing of White House aide
Rep. Bill Archer, Republican from Texas and chair of the Ways and Means Committee, demanded President Clinton fire Ira Magaziner, head of the White House health care task force, after a federal judge’s rebuke. Archer urged against billing taxpayers 285,864 for the government’s legal costs and condemned the alleged false affidavit. The White House defended Magaziner as a valued staffer. the judge ordered payment to cover opponents’ legal fees in the records case.
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Republican House
Clinton
White House
Bill Archer
R-Tex
U.S
Royce Lamberth
Ira Magaziner
Archer
House
Ways and Means Committee
Lamberth
Magaziner
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Association of American Surgeons and Physicians
From bail bonds to Broadway Nathan Lane’s unlikely rise
Nathan Lane describes early odd jobs including bail bond interviewer telemarketer and singing telegram delivery before Broadway success and a Tony for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. The piece covers Diaz Judds Brooks Alley and other celebs with quotes on careers and beauty rituals.
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Broadway
Lane
New York Times
Mouse Hunt
Forum
Phil Wilke's Wire Reports Compiled Summary
Phil Wilke compiles wire reports from various sources to provide concise updates. The item highlights notable events, with emphasis on names, places, and key outcomes as reported by multiple bureaus.
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