This week in odd news: ‘Sewer war’ and record-setting cats
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US aviator who helped form Israeli Air Force dies at 94
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Mitchell Flint, an American aviator who helped form the Israeli Air Force in 1948 and served in Israel’s first fighter squadron has died. He was 94.
This week in odd news: ‘Sewer war’ and record-setting cats
ONE HOME, TWO RECORD-SETTING CATS
2nd day of St. Louis protests calm at malls, restaurant area
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Noisy demonstrators disrupted shopping at upscale suburban St. Louis shopping malls and marched through a popular district of bars and restaurants Saturday in peaceful protests over the acquittal of a white St. Louis police officer who fatally shot a black man, and there was little sign of the sporadic vandalism and violence that marred the rallies a night earlier.
Lead carver of Mount Rushmore honored with plaque
KEYSTONE, S.D. (AP) – The chief carver of Mount Rushmore who was responsible for refining the expressions on the faces of the monument’s four presidents was honored Saturday with a plaque that recognizes his work.
St. Louis protesters go to upscale malls, suburbs
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Noisy demonstrators disrupted shopping at upscale suburban malls on Saturday and later marched through a popular district of bars and restaurants to protest a white St. Louis police officer’s acquittal in the killing of a black man, but the second day of protests was peaceful following sporadic vandalism and violence a night earlier.
Suspected school gunman had been suspended for threats
ROCKFORD, Wash. (AP) – A Washington state student accused of a deadly school shooting had been suspended for bringing threatening notes to school shortly before the attack.
Officials: Returning Keys residents must be self-sustaining
MIAMI (AP) – As the devastated Florida Keys began reopening to residents who fled Hurricane Irma, officials warned the returning islanders to bring enough supplies to sustain them for a while, because no one yet knows when water and power will be fully restored.
US aviator who helped form Israeli Air Force dies at 94
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Mitchell Flint, an American aviator who helped form the Israeli Air Force in 1948 and served in Israel’s first fighter squadron has died. He was 94.
Strange, Moore agree to debate ahead of runoff to Senate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama Sen. Luther Strange and challenger Roy Moore will face off in a debate next week.
