Midair collision of firefighting planes in California
Two air tanker planes collided during a Mendocino County wildfire, killing both pilots. The crash near Hopland halted efforts on a 200 acre blaze as investigators prepared to inspect the wreckage. The pilots’ identities were withheld, and the aircraft were Grumman F-2 tankers operated by San Joaquin Helicopters. In Southern California a 1500 acre brush fire, started by arson, was 75 percent contained after destroying one house and threatening upscale homes north of Los Angeles.
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Cleveland names its first female police chief
Mayor Michael R. White appointed Mary Bounds as Cleveland's first female police chief on Monday. Bounds, a 21‑year department veteran and second black police chief, succeeds Martin Flask who resigned to lead security at the airports. Bounds took the oath and thanked Cleveland for embracing diversity.
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Condit faces intensified criticism as son rebukes critics
Modesto California Gov. Gray Davis joined leaders criticizing Rep. Gary Condit for his response to Chandra Levy's disappearance. Condit's son Chad urged support for his father while a Stanislaus County grand jury was urged to indict Condit in a separate bid to charge him with coercion regarding Anne Marie Smith.
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Peru Congress Allows Massacre Charges Against Fujimori
Peru Congress votes 75 to 0 to lift Alberto Fujimori’s immunity and lets prosecutors file homicide and forced disappearance charges over two massacres by a paramilitary death squad. Fujimori, 63, fled to Japan in 2000. extradition remains unlikely as Japan grants citizenship to him.
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Daughters in Afghan fall prompt diplomat talks and jail visit
In Kabul three Western diplomats met Taliban officials as the parents of two American women jailed on charges of preaching Christianity waited for a second chance to see their daughters. The group, including two Australians and four Germans, were arrested three weeks ago as eight were accused of enticing Muslims to Christianity. Parents and diplomats met the detainees on Monday and plan further meetings soon.
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