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UNDATED (AP) — Duquesne (doo-KAYN') University's men's basketball team is among the people stuck on the snow-socked Pennsylvania Turnpike. Coach Jim Ferry says the team bus hasn't "moved one inch in 12 hours." He says his players have been eating leftover pizza from last night but he's hoping traffic gets moving soon. Officials say there are pockets of motorists stuck in the westbound lanes of the turnpike south of Pittsburgh. The National Guard has been called out to help them.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A poll suggests the American public has considerable doubts about the government's ability to solve major problems in this presidential election year. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds that 6 in 10 people questioned expressed only slight confidence — or none at all — that the federal government can make progress on the problems facing the country in 2016. Terrorism and health care are the issues that adults cited as priorities, though various economic matters combine to take top billing.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say errors by three airmen troubleshooting a nuclear missile in its launch silo in 2014 caused a "mishap" that damaged the missile. The Air Force says the accident caused no injuries and posed no risk to public safety. The three service members were stripped of their nuclear certification and the Air Force quietly launched an investigation. The Air Force declined to provide details or a give The Associated Press a copy of the report by the Accident Investigation Board.
TORONTO (AP) — Officials say a gunman opened fire at a high school and a home in an aboriginal community in Western Canada yesterday, leaving four dead including a teacher and wounding at least two people. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say the gunman was arrested outside the school in Saskatchewan but aren't releasing any details about him.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Sun reports that two bystanders were grazed by gunfire last night when police fired on a man who was walking in and out of traffic on the Las Vegas Strip waving a gun and pointing at people. Police tell the newspaper that officers confronted the man in front of the Bellagio casino and fired when he failed to obey their commands, but the man wasn't hit.
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