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NEW YORK — A jail guard accused of skipping her rounds and falsifying the logbook to cover it up was charged Monday in connection with the death of a mentally ill inmate in his stifling 101-degree Rikers Island cell.

A man was stabbed tonight and located by Chattanooga Police at 4827 Jersey Pike.

ATLANTA — The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied clemency for a Georgia death row inmate who killed a sheriff's deputy.

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — A small, private jet crashed into a house in Maryland's Montgomery County on Monday, killing a woman and her young sons inside the home and three people on the aircraft, authorities said.

BAY MINETTE, Ala. — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a south Alabama woman accused of being part of a group of relatives and friends who used children for sex.

Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota, Alabama receiver Amari Cooper and record-breaking Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy.

NILES, Mich. — A passenger accused of stabbing four people on an Amtrak train in southwest Michigan told police he began the attack after seeing another man turn into a demon, according to court documents released Monday.

For the second time in eight months, a teenage girl in Waimanalo awoke to find a strange man asleep in her home.

The Salvation Army found an unusual surprise inside one of its red donation kettles: a diamond engagement ring given by a widow in honor of her late husband.