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PEMBROKE, N.Y. (AP) — Scores of truckers remain idled at truck stops in western New York, waiting for the New York State Thruway to be cleared of snow and reopened. An assistant manager of a truck stop 25 miles east of Buffalo says more than 100 tractor-trailers are parked there. More than 150 more trucks are reported to be stuck at a neighboring truck stop. Still other trucks are waiting out the storm at Thruway service areas between Rochester and the Pennsylvania border. A storm that began Monday has buried parts of the Buffalo area under as much as 6 feet of snow.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that the gunman who shot three people at Florida State University before being killed by police was a lawyer who graduated from the school. The shooting overnight in the university's library sent hundreds of students scrambling for cover. Police say the gunman was killed in a shootout with police. Two of the wounded are in the hospital and one has been released.
NEW YORK (AP) — Steven Spielberg calls Mike Nichols "one of America's all-time greatest film and stage directors," and says his death is "a seismic loss." The director of "The Graduate" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" died last night at age 83. In his 50-year career Nichols won Academy Award, a Grammy and multiple Tony and Emmy honors. He was married to ABC anchor Diane Sawyer.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bill that would impose some of the nation's most stringent abortion restrictions has cleared an Ohio House committee. The GOP-led House Health Committee passed the so-called heartbeat bill 11-6 after several emotional hours of testimony. The divisive measure had languished without a hearing since it was introduced more than a year ago. It would restrict most abortions at the first detectable fetal heartbeat, which can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy. A nearly identical bill cleared the House in 2011 but was stopped in the state Senate.
CALHOUN, La. (AP) — Police say five members of a Texas family heading to Disney World have been killed in a car crash in Louisiana. State police say three children and two adults died when their car veered off an interstate last night and rolled over. Police say the driver was a 16-year-old who likely fell asleep at the wheel. The driver and two other passengers suffered minor injuries.
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