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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Forecasters are warning of more possible flooding to rural southeast Texas today. The National Weather Service says the Brazos River could crest at 53.5 feet in Fort Bend County. Already, six people have died in floods along the Brazos, which runs from New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico. In the town of Simonton, about 40 people in flooded areas were rescued from late Sunday to Monday.
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Zoo's director is defending the decision to kill a gorilla to protect a 4-year-old boy who had entered its exhibit. The male western lowland gorilla named Harambe (huh-RAHM'-bay) was killed Saturday by a special zoo response team after the 420-pound animal had dragged the child through the shallow moat. Director Thane Maynard says the gorilla was agitated and disoriented by the commotion and was powerful enough to crush a coconut in one hand.
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge in Arizona is holding a hearing today to address how to handle the Maricopa County sheriff's refusal to stop immigration patrols targeting Latinos. Sheriff Joe Arpaio (ahr-PY'-oh) was found in civil contempt two weeks ago for disobeying court orders in a profiling case, including letting his immigration patrols continue after the judge ordered them stopped.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A correction officer is in critical condition in an upstate New York burn unit after opening a package that exploded. The parcel had been left outside his home in Lloyd, in Oneida County Sunday, and authorities say no arrests have been made. Authorities say the 52-year-old suffered serious burns to his hands and arms.
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts is about to become the first state to allow gamblers to set limits at the slot machines. The "Play My Way" system is being piloted at Plainridge Park, the slots parlor and harness racing track in Plainville and the only operating casino in Massachusetts. It could go live on the casino's roughly 1,250 machines as soon as June 1. Marlene Warner, executive director of the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling, says the goal is to prevent casual players from going down the destructive path of addiction.
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