ARKANSAS
Police kill man, 107, in standoff
Police officers killed a 107-year-old man during a standoff at a Pine Bluff home, police said Sunday. Officers responding to a disturbance call arrived at the home Saturday and learned that Monroe Isadore had threatened two people by pointing a weapon at them. SWAT officers entered the home, made their way to a bedroom and threw a “distraction device” into the room, said Pine Bluff Lt. David Price. Isadore began to fire at the officers and they fired back, killing him, Price said.
WYOMING
3-year-old shot at campground
Yellowstone National Park officials are investigating the shooting death of a 3-year-old Idaho girl in a campground. Park spokesman Al Nash said park rangers responded to a call Saturday morning at the campground from a woman who said her daughter had shot herself with a handgun. Park rangers and special park agents are conducting the investigation, Nash said. A federal law went into effect Feb. 22, 2010, allowing visitors to possess firearms in the park.
CONNECTICUT
13 hurt in fair ride accident
Twelve children and one adult were injured when a festival attraction that swings riders into the air lost power at a community fair in Connecticut on Sunday afternoon. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, authorities said. Norwalk Police Chief Thomas Kulhawik said there were initial reports of serious injuries but preliminary indications were that the injuries were not as severe as first feared. Kulhawik said some children fell 10 to 15 feet.
NEW YORK
Street carries massacre victim’s name
A New York City street has been renamed in honor of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Connecticut elementary school massacre last year. Family and friends of Benjamin Wheeler gathered Saturday for a ceremony in Queens. A Benjamin Wheeler Place sign was added to the post at 41st Street and Queens Boulevard. Benjamin was one of 20 first-graders shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Dec. 14. Six educators were also killed. The gunman, Adam Lanza, killed himself and had also murdered his mother at their home.
UNITED KINGDOM
Police ask prince for identification
Two days after an intruder was discovered prowling around Buckingham Palace, police confronted Prince Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, in the royal residence’s garden Wednesday and demanded he identify himself. London’s Metropolitan Police said in an email Sunday that they had apologized to Andrew, also known as the Duke of York, and the royal responded with a touch of humor. “I am grateful for their apology and look forward to a safe walk in the garden in the future,” he said in a statement.
GUYANA
Judge clarifies cross-dressing rule
A judge interpreting a colonial-era law has ruled that cross-dressing is a criminal offense only if it’s done for an “improper purpose” such as prostitution, but the partial victory has frustrated gay rights activists in Guyana who are pushing for the 120-year-old statute to be removed from the books. On Sunday, a group called the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination said the constitutional court’s “dubious decision” means police can continue to arrest cross-dressers and transgender citizens in the South American country for ambiguous reasons. They plan to appeal the ruling.
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