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NEW JERSEY
Mall locked down after shots fired
Hundreds of law enforcement officers converged on a mall Monday night in northern New Jersey after witnesses said multiple shots were fired there. NorthJersey.com reported that witnesses said a man dressed in black and wearing a black helmet fired up to five shots at Garden State Plaza Mall in Paramus shortly after 9 p.m. as the mall was about to close. Detective Rachel Morgan with the Paramus Police Department would not comment on whether shots had been fired inside the mall. She said several hundred officers were at the scene. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Althea Brown, 26, of Paterson told NorthJersey.com she was in a clothing store when she saw a man walk by and then heard three shots followed by two more. She said he appeared to be wearing body armor and was wearing a helmet with the visor pulled up. The mall is located in Bergen County, about 22 miles southwest of Manhattan.
NORWAY
Bus hijacker stabs 3 to death
A knife-wielding man hijacked a bus Monday in rural Norway and killed the driver and two passengers before he was detained by authorities, officials said. Police in western Norway gave few details about the suspect, but described him as a local resident originally from South Sudan. Police attorney Trine Erdal said the suspect was in his early 30s. The motive for the stabbing rampage was not immediately clear.
PAKISTAN
Vote takes aim at U.S. drone strikes
The ruling party in a northwest province of Pakistan voted Monday to block NATO supply lines by Nov. 20 unless the United States stops its drone strikes in the nearby tribal belt. Imran Khan, the cricketer turned politician whose Tehrik-i-Insaf party rules the northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, sponsored a resolution regarding the supply lines in the provincial parliament in response to a CIA missile strike that killed Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, on Friday.
NEW YORK
Ex-Holocaust claims boss sentenced
The former director of a program established to aid the survivors of Nazi persecution has been sentenced in New York to eight years in prison for his role in a $57 million fraud. Semen Domnitser of Brooklyn was sentenced Monday in federal court in Manhattan. He was director for more than a decade of programs administered by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc. Domnitser, 55, was convicted in May after a four-week trial of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud.
MEXICO
Military takes over seaport
Mexico’s military has taken effective control of one of the nation’s biggest seaports as part of an effort to bring drug-cartel activity under control in the western state of Michoacan. Federal security spokesman Eduardo Sanchez said army troops will take over policing duties in the city of Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan. Sanchez said Navy personnel will take over as heads of the administration and port captaincy of the seaport.
MALI
Landmine blast kills 4 in truck
Four people were killed Monday in northern Mali after their truck ran over a landmine — the latest sign of insecurity in the nation following a French-led intervention against Islamic radicals. The blast hit the travelers on the road leading to the locality of Menaka. The identities of the dead were not immediately clear.
CALIFORNIA
Worker sentenced for dry ice bombing
A former Disneyland worker has been sentenced to 36 days in jail after two water bottles containing dry ice exploded in the theme park. The Orange County District Attorney’s office said Christian Barnes, 23, was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to a court offer of one misdemeanor count of possession of a destructive device. Barnes was also sentenced to three years informal probation, 100 hours of community service and ordered to stay away from Disneyland. No one was injured in the blasts.
CALIFORNIA
Slain teen’s parents file lawsuit
The parents of a Northern California teen fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on Monday. Sonoma County deputy sheriff Erick Gelhaus shot and killed Andy Lopez, 13, on Oct. 22 in Santa Rosa. The teen was carrying a pellet gun that resembled an automatic weapon while walking to a friend’s house. Lopez’s parents allege that Gelhaus and the sheriff’s department violated the teen’s civil rights. The parents seek unspecified damages.
CALIFORNIA
Motorcycle found 46 years after theft
A Nebraska man is getting his motorcycle back — 46 years after it was stolen from his backyard, authorities say. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday the black and blue 1953 Triumph Tiger 100 was recovered last week at the Port of Los Angeles. It was on its way to Japan, with its value listed as $9,000. The bike was reported stolen in February 1967. It was worth $300 then and wasn’t insured. The California Highway Patrol will return the bike to its original owner, who is now in his 70s and lives in Omaha, Neb. His name was not released.
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