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HONOLULU (AP) — Authorities say the remains of six people have been found after a helicopter on a tour of one of the most rugged and remote coastlines in Hawaii crashed at the top of a mountain on the island of Kauai. Officials said Friday that there is no indication that anyone survived the crash. A search began for the helicopter carrying a pilot and six passengers from two families after it was reported overdue from a tour Thursday evening.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is increasing its police presence in some Brooklyn neighborhoods with large Jewish populations after a string of possibly anti-Semitic attacks during Hanukkah, most recently Friday morning. Mayor Bill de Blasio says that officers will be more visible in Borough Park, Crown Heights and Williamsburg, and that police will boost visits to houses of worship and some other places. Around the city, police have gotten at least six reports this week of attacks possibly propelled by anti-Jewish bias. The latest happened around 12:40 a.m. Friday. Police say a woman slapped three other women in the face and head after encountering them on a Crown Heights corner.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge plans to block the latest attempt by North Carolina Republicans at the General Assembly to require a photo identification to vote. A federal court announced that next week Judge Loretta Biggs will formally halt the directive that is supposed to begin with the March primary until a lawsuit challenging it is settled. GOP leaders have been trying this decade to advance voter ID, saying over 30 states require it and it builds confidence in elections. Data show voter impersonation is rare, and the state NAACP says the mandate remains tainted by racial bias. The judge's order could be appealed.
OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) — An attorney who fought to help get people wrongly convicted of murder out of prison has died after getting hit by a vehicle in suburban Chicago. Oak Park police say 62-year-old Karen Daniel was struck Thursday morning and died at the scene. A 63-year-old motorist was ticketed for failing to reduce his speed to avoid an accident and failing to yield to a pedestrian. Daniel was to start work in January at the Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago’s law school. She retired earlier this year as co-director of Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions. Daniel represented more than 20 people in legal proceedings that led to their exoneration or release from prison.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Officials say a U.S. military base in South Korea accidentally blared an alert siren instead of a bugle call, causing a brief scare just as the U.S. and its allies are monitoring for signs of a provocation from North Korea. Pyongyang has warned it could send a “Christmas gift” to the United States over deadlocked nuclear negotiations. A U.S. military official says the false alarm at Camp Casey near the border with North Korea was caused by human error and didn’t affect any operations. The incident came a day before Japanese broadcaster NHK mistakenly sent a news alert that said North Korea fired a missile over Japan.
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