Brooklyn rioters face crackdown in Crown Heights tensions
In Crown Heights Brooklyn community roils after three nights of violence. Police threaten mass arrests as Jewish and Black groups demand protection and accountability for a fatal car collision involving a Hasidic sect leader entourage. Gov Cuomo and Mayor Dinkins urge calm amid funerals and protests.
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Croatia slams Yugoslav army as violence escalates
Croatian President Franjo Tudjman warned that unless the federal army ceases hostilities by August 31 Croatia will directly pursue accountability for the invasion. Air Force jets bombed targets in Croatia amid rising deaths and renewed push for a ceasefire among Yugoslav leaders.
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Dahmer faces 3 more charges in Wisconsin killings
Prosecutors filed three additional counts against Jeffrey L. Dahmer, bringing the total formal accusations to 15 for dismemberment slayings. He reportedly admitted to others in Wisconsin and Ohio, with one new charge alleging he sexed, drugged, and strangled a 14 year old at his grandmother’s West Allis home before dismembering and disposing of the remains. The report notes two slayings lack charges.
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CDC finds hepatitis B shots in four cities were underdosed
Federal health investigators say vaccination programs in Tuscaloosa Quincy Santa Barbara and Fairhaven failed to protect workers. Contractors used one tenth of the recommended dose and administered shots under the chin instead of into muscle, compromising effectiveness for firefighters police and nurses.
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Nationwide firearms sweep nets hundreds in crackdown
Federal agents arrested 328 people by noon in Operation Achilles Heel as part of a nationwide roundup targeting gun offenders behind violent crime. ATF Director Stephen E. Higgins said more than 600 could be detained by weekend’s end, aiming at the 6 percent of criminals responsible for up to 70 percent of violence.
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Angry wife helps nab cocaine dealers in Pensacola sting
The angry wife of a crack cocaine addict became an informant and helped police set up a sting that captured six suspects accused of selling drugs to her husband. Investigators say she reported over $15,000 in canceled checks to the six men over three weeks and arranged two deals at a motel to buy $500 worth of cocaine each.
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Bakker Receives 18 Year Prison Sentence
Federal judge in Charlotte reduced Jim Bakker’s sentence from 45 years to 18 years for fraud. The PTL founder, jailed in Minnesota, pleaded for forgiveness as his wife Tammy Faye and daughter Tammy Sue Chapman watched. Parole eligibility set for 1995, with Bakker asking the court to consider his son.
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Prison Cubans hold 10 hostages in Talladega unit
In Alabama, Cuban inmates at Talladega Federal Prison overpowered guards and seized a high security unit, taking 10 workers hostage under a threat of bloodshed to avoid deportation. Warden Roger Scott said inmates appear to wield knifelike weapons fashioned from utensils, with talks continuing to resolve the standoff.
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Tomato defense protein isolates systemin in plants
Washington State University biologist Clarence A. Ryan says tomato leaves release a polypeptide when attacked, triggering all plant cells to produce a second compound that sickens insects. The team has synthesized systemin to potentially shield other crops, a finding published in Science.
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