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BALTIMORE (AP) — Police say one person was critically injured in a fire during yesterday's riots in Baltimore. They also say at least 20 officers were hurt during the chaos. Nearly three dozen juveniles and more than 200 adults were taken into custody after people set fire to cars and businesses and looted stores. Nearly 150 cars were burned. Even as police provided that update to reporters today, a group of demonstrators gathered on the streets, mostly peacefully. One person was taken into custody and police used pepper spray to keep protesters back when he became unruly.
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Among the survivors of the Colorado movie theater shooting who've testified for prosecutors today is Caleb Medley -- who was an aspiring comedian until he was shot in the head and severely wounded. His speech is now barely intelligible, and he answered questions today by pointing to letters on a poster board. His wife, Katie, was the first to testify today against James Holmes -- who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting that killed 12 people and injured 70 others.
BOSTON (AP) — Testimony at the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) today has focused on the wife of his late brother, Tamerlan. A computer expert testified that a computer belonging to Katherine Russell had been used, more than a year before the bombing, to try to find out what rewards would come to a woman whose husband dies as a martyr. Defense lawyers are trying to show that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was far more radical than his brother.
CHICAGO (AP) — Federal investigators have concluded that Chicago's transit agency bears part of the blame for an accident last year in which a driver fell asleep. The train crashed into a platform and part way up an escalator at O'Hare Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all U.S. transit agencies consider the effects of operator fatigue when preparing work schedules.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The actress who played the youngest daughter on "The Partridge Family" has died. Suzanne Crough Condray was 52. A coroner says she died yesterday near Las Vegas. On the hit 1970s TV show, she played Tracy Partridge.
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