LITTLE ROCK — David Goldman, a New Jersey man who brought his son home to the United States from Brazil after winning a years-long custody battle, told NBC’s Today show that he’s still waiting for 9-year-old Sean to call him “Dad,” adding: “I missed five previous years of my son’s life. That’s a big scar. Now we’re together, and we’ll heal.”
Calvin C. Cox, 51, faces felony charges including theft, burglary and trespassing after Frederick, Md., police say the homeless man crashed a stolen single-engine aircraft on a municipal airport runway without ever leaving the ground.
Wil Okabe, president of the Hawaii State Teachers Association, said the teachers union has approved an agreement to reduce the number of furlough days remaining in the school year from 10 to three in a deal that must be approved by GOP Gov. Linda Lingle.
Larry Legans, 43, has pleaded innocent to felony cruelty to animals over allegations the Sacramento fisherman shot a sea lion because he was tired of watching the protected animals take his fish.
Nelly, the rapper whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the man who broke into his St. Louis home earlier this month.
Sharon Lubinski, Minneapolis’ assistant police chief, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a U.S. marshal for the Minnesota district, making her the first openly homosexual U.S. marshal and the first female marshal in the state.
Charlotte C. Wyatt, a Detroit woman who is accused of fatally beating her 2-month-old daughter on Christmas Eve and covering up her death, has been charged with first-degree murder, first-degree child abuse and tampering with evidence, while her boyfriend, Leon F. Cole, faces involuntary manslaughter and other charges.
Barbara Wheeler, the warden of Virginia’s Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, is retiring, a spokesman for the Department of Corrections said, with the announcement coming amid allegations the prison discriminated against homosexual inmates and denied others access to religious services.
Jalik Jones, 23, of Paterson, N.J., pleaded innocent to reckless manslaughter and weapons charges in the shooting death of 5-year-old Daron Mayes by his 6-yearold brother, who police say fired a handgun that belonged to Jones.
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