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PRESCOTT, Arizona (AP) — The family of a 26-year-old American who Islamic State extremists claim was killed in an airstrike in Syria say they remain hopeful that she's still alive. Kayla Mueller's (MYOO'-lurz) parents say the aid worker from Prescott, Arizona, was taken hostage in August of 2013 while leaving a hospital in Syria. There's no evidence of her death.
BOSTON (AP) — It's some kind of winter in southern New England. There's been an awful lot of snow. And it's not over yet. Residents are now bracing for several more days of snow. Forecasters say more than a foot could fall by Monday night. The areas mostly likely to be affected by the new storm include Boston; Providence, Rhode Island; and Hartford, Connecticut.
SWALL MEADOWS, Calif. (AP) — Fire officials in California say 40 homes have been destroyed in a wind-driven wildfire that has charred more than 10 square miles of land near the Nevada state line. The officials say the blaze near two small Northern California towns is 30 percent contained. The strong winds have died down and rain has helped crews stop the fire's growth.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Land Rover and Jaguar are recalling 104,000 vehicles because of problems with the brakes and lights. The largest recall involves a brake-hose issue that Jaguar Land Rover North America studied and dismissed, only to reopen after an accident. Federal regulators issued notices on the recalls Friday. They involve model years 2006 through 2012.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Anne Moody, who wrote about her civil rights activism in the 1968 memoir "Coming of Age in Mississippi," has died. She was 74. Her sister says she had dementia and died Thursday at home in Gloster. In May 1963, Moody was among the students from an historically black college who staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Jackson and was attacked by a white mob.
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