• Luke Fox, 11, of West Chester, Pa., got excited and ran to his mother, Jeanette, to let her know he got a letter summoning him for jury duty, an error that took her multiple phone calls to correct, even though Luke wanted to go, she said.
• Kirsty Sharman, 26, of Tunstall, England, apologized and was fined $168 after pleading guilty to verbally abusing emergency workers by leaving a "vile" note on an ambulance windshield complaining about it being parked in front of her home during an emergency call, authorities said.
• Ray Ward, a Los Angeles County, Calif., sheriff's sergeant, said a man camping on Catalina Island had to be airlifted to a hospital when he was gored in the arm by a grazing buffalo that charged when he tried to move away from it.
• Greg Abbott, the Texas governor who is backing three primary challengers hoping to unseat Republicans in the Texas House, refused to say whether he voted for other statewide officeholders from his own party in early voting for the primary, telling reporters: "The ballot is secret. It will remain secret."
• Sergio Palomares-Guzman, 28, who worked on a ranch as a horse trainer, faces aggravated animal-cruelty charges after Gwinnett County sheriff's deputies said he was shown on video with another man forcing a goat to ingest whiskey and cocaine.
• Autravious Gaston, 36, of Columbus, Miss., blamed drugs and the devil after being convicted of stealing a car, robbing a store and sexually abusing two women but was given two life sentences by a judge who said he showed no remorse for the crimes.
• Luis Valencia, 18, was sentenced to six months in prison for trying to smuggle a Bengal tiger cub from Mexico through a San Diego border checkpoint, after federal prosecutors said cellphone data showed him boasting about smuggling monkeys, jaguars and lions worth thousands of dollars.
• Nicholas Starling of Springfield, Ohio, charged as an adult at 16 for killing his 14-year-old brother after an argument over Halloween candy in 2016, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after he serves 15 years.
• Tim Elder, a church pastor in Newfoundland, Pa., is encouraging couples to take their AR-15 rifles with them to a commitment ceremony, saying the rifle symbolizes the "rod of iron" mentioned in the Bible's apocalyptic book of Revelation.
A Section on 02/21/2018