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Daniel J. Calhon, 19, of Snohomish, Wash., was cited with reckless driving, three counts of reckless endangerment and fourth-degree assault, accused of causing a three-car crash when he fainted while holding his breath as he drove through a tunnel in Oregon northwest of Portland, police in that state said.

Gabi Ashkenazi, Israel's former military chief, and three other former commanders were ordered arrested by a Turkish court while the four are being tried in absentia over the killing of nine people aboard a Turkish aid ship that tried to break a Gaza blockade in 2010.

Celestino Moras, 25, of Austell, Ga., was charged with aggravated assault, accused of shooting into a crowd during a party and rodeo in Bartow County, where three people were shot and a fourth cut on the hand with a knife.

Mark Ritchie, a Democrat who is Minnesota's secretary of state, said he will stop issuing lawmakers a wallet-size card that they have long used to avoid arrest while the state House or Senate are in session, after a legislative remedy stalled in the Senate.

Joshua Whittington of Konawa, Okla., and his girlfriend, Tracy Casteel, were charged with child abuse and enabling child abuse after video surfaced on Instagram of an attack on Whittington's 8-year-old son, who was shown wearing a football helmet while Casteel's 15-year-old son took a running start and kicked the younger boy in the head several times.

Yasser Mohammed, Sudan's general prosecutor, barred media from reporting news related to the detention of a top opposition leader, Sadiq al-Mahdi, who was arrested over criticism of the government's security policy in the war-torn Darfur region.

Kale Scott, 19, of Columbus, Miss., surrendered to police for questioning about a deadly shooting at a graduation party at the Columbus Fairgrounds last week that left 21-year-old Devin Lamar Montgomery dead after a bullet struck him in the back.

Bill Heffernan, 71, an Australian senator who represents the ruling Liberal Party, startled his colleagues by producing a fake pipe bomb during a committee hearing as he was making a point about a relaxation of security at Parliament House.

A Section on 05/27/2014

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