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NEW DELHI — A fully grown Indian elephant that washed up in a swamp in Bangladesh after being caught up in raging floodwaters has become a jumbo problem for wildlife officials on both sides of the border.

WARWICK, R.I. — T.F. Green Airport in Warwick now has an area for service animals to relieve themselves inside the airport.

MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin's governor put the National Guard on alert Sunday in case of another outbreak of violence in Milwaukee, after a deadly police shooting touched off a night of arson and rock-throwing in a mostly black neighborhood.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Six people died when a small aircraft flying from central Florida to Oxford, Mississippi, developed engine problems and crashed Sunday morning while trying to land in Alabama, authorities said.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Robert and Gwen Arceneaux endured a sleepless night Sunday after noticing floodwater creeping into their home — in a neighborhood that had never seen water before.

NEW YORK — The daylight slaying of a mosque leader and his associate set off fear and anguish Sunday among Bangladeshi Muslims in a New York City neighborhood, with some saying the killings appear to be an anti-Muslim hate crime. But police said there is no evidence so far to support that.

HARWINTON — They are lines on a paper, but the vision of the proposed Harwinton Public Library expansion project seemed to come alive during an open house Sunday.

WATERBURY — A section of the city classified as a food desert by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is getting a new grocery store.

WATERBURY — Mayor Neil M. O'Leary has picked George D'Agostino, coordinator of the student intake center, as his new chief adviser.

TORRINGTON
A new initiative is looking to say thank you to city police officers, firefighters and emergency personnel.