EL RENO, Okla. (AP) — Violent storms that have killed seven people in Kansas and Oklahoma, continued their trek into Arkansas Wednesday morning, killing at least one person, for a total of eight. Emergency officials say the death happened in the community of Denning, when a tornado ripped through. The deadly storms follow Sunday's twister in Joplin, Mo. that killed at least 122 people.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber has killed five police officers in northwest Pakistan today. The bomber leveled a police building with an explosives-laden pickup truck. Some 30 people were injured. A police official says the bomber's target appears to have been a building that houses the police counter-terrorism unit.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is proposing that 7,000 peacekeeping troops go into Sudan after it becomes independent July 9. The troops would protect civilians and a mandate to help the new government prevent conflict and consolidate peace. Fighting that erupted last week threatens to unravel a 2005 peace deal that ended more than 20 years of civil war.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elizabeth Smart is set to confront the man who kidnapped, raped and held her captive nine years ago. The Utah woman is expected to address a judge today at the sentencing hearing for Brian David Mitchell, who snatched Smart from her home in 2002 when she was 14.
PHOENIX (AP) — Three employees of Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff's department are accused of drug smuggling and human trafficking. Under arrest are a deputy and two detention officers, and one officer says she's pregnant with the child of the drug ring's suspected leader.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber has killed five police officers in northwest Pakistan today. The bomber leveled a police building with an explosives-laden pickup truck. Some 30 people were injured. A police official says the bomber's target appears to have been a building that houses the police counter-terrorism unit.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is proposing that 7,000 peacekeeping troops go into Sudan after it becomes independent July 9. The troops would protect civilians and a mandate to help the new government prevent conflict and consolidate peace. Fighting that erupted last week threatens to unravel a 2005 peace deal that ended more than 20 years of civil war.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elizabeth Smart is set to confront the man who kidnapped, raped and held her captive nine years ago. The Utah woman is expected to address a judge today at the sentencing hearing for Brian David Mitchell, who snatched Smart from her home in 2002 when she was 14.
PHOENIX (AP) — Three employees of Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff's department are accused of drug smuggling and human trafficking. Under arrest are a deputy and two detention officers, and one officer says she's pregnant with the child of the drug ring's suspected leader.
