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From the Mexican jail where she is being held on suspicion of drug smuggling, an Arizona mother of seven pleaded her innocence. “I feel, like, trapped,’’ Yanira Maldonado told Miguel Almaguer in an interview that aired on TODAY Thursday. “I wanted to find a way out, and I’m telling them I’m innocent, I’m innocent. I keep saying what happened, and I’m still here, so I just have faith in the Lord.”“...
Twelve pounds of marijuana mysteriously taped to a bus seat has landed an Arizona mom of seven in a Mexican jail, possibly facing time behind bars even as she insists she had nothing to do with the weed.Through the years, drug traffickers have come up with hiding places for their product that are far more clever and bizarre than the underside of a seat.They've carved out caches on every conceivabl...
A group of severe thunderstorms was spawning tornadoes as it moved through Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon.Storm spotters were tracking at least two tornadoes, one that touched down near Perkins and in Ripley, causing some damage, and another was reported northeast of Cove, Okla., the National Weather Service reported.The powerful storm that went through Ripley was heading in a northeasterly direct...
Following the tragic building collapse that killed more than 1,300 Bangladeshi garment workers and recent fires that have claimed the lives of more than 400 Bangladeshi clothing workers, more than 40 clothing retailers have signed on to the Accord on Building and Fire Safety. But two of the major retailers that count on low-wage Bangladeshi workers to make the clothes they sell have refused.Today. Walmart and Gap announced they would develop their own nonbinding safety code and turned their backs on the accord developed by international and Bangladeshi unions, retailers and other groups—groups with firsthand knowledge of what’s needed for worker safety and of the deadly consequences of inaction.
A group of severe thunderstorms capable of spawning a tornado was moving through Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon, forecasters said.The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for southern Osage County and Pawnee County in northeast Oklahoma, and told residents to take cover. Other areas in or near the path of the storm included Blackburn, Cleveland, Osage and Hominy.Additionally, an arc of...
