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PARIS (AP) — French officials are conducting an autopsy to determine whether a suspected Islamic extremist was drunk or high on drugs when he took a soldier hostage at Paris' Orly Airport and was shot dead by her fellow patrolmen. Authorities say the attacker stopped at a bar around four hours before he first fired birdshot at traffic police. Then, 90 minutes later, he attacked the military patrol at the airport, causing panic and the shutdown of the French capital's second-biggest airport. The Paris prosecutor says police later found cocaine in his apartment.
LONDON (AP) — British police in inflatable powerboats have boarded a River Thames (tehmz) cruise boat as part of an exercise simulating the hijacking of a tourist vessel in London. The Metropolitan Police force says the training exercise is designed to test the emergency services' response to "a marauding terrorist attack." It's the first such exercise to focus on the winding river that carries large amounts of commuters, tourists and freight through the heart of London. Last year a report commissioned by the mayor recommended strengthening security measures along the Thames.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who drove to a security checkpoint near the White House in a car that was deemed suspicious has been detained by the U.S. Secret Service. The car was stopped last night about a quarter-mile from the White House. The Secret Service says it's investigating. It hasn't said what caused the car to be considered suspicious. Earlier yesterday someone jumped a low metal barrier just outside a White House fence.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A sheriff's deputy in Louisiana is dead after being shot near a movie theater in Baton Rouge. Local news outlets report that the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office deputy was rushed to the hospital after being shot late yesterday. Reports say he and another deputy were conducting an investigation when the shooting occurred. A suspect was shot and injured and taken to a hospital.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A growing number of states are working to help patients make it clear to medical professionals they don't want to be prescribed powerful opioids. Connecticut and Alaska are two of the latest considering legislation this year that would create a non-opioid directive that patients can put in their medical files. It formally notifies health care professionals the person does not want be prescribed or administered the medications. Massachusetts and Pennsylvania passed similar legislation last year.
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