MASSACHUSETTS
Marathon suspect shot in face, doctor says
The surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect had been shot through the face and had a fractured skull, wounds to his lower extremities and bone injuries on his left hand when he was caught hiding in a boat in a suburban backyard, according to the surgeon who treated him. The most severe injury was from a bullet that appeared to enter through the left inside of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s mouth and exit the lower section of his face on the left side, Dr. Stephen Ray Odom said during a legal proceeding at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center three days after capture. A transcript of the testimony was unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court. Tsarnaev, 20, has pleaded not guilty to numerous charges in the April 15 bombing.
NEW JERSEY
Explosion at Navy base injures 8
An explosion during boat maintenance at a U.S. naval base on Tuesday injured a civilian firefighter and seven sailors, one of them seriously. Seven of the eight injured people were treated at hospitals and were released. One sailor remained hospitalized after undergoing surgery for a broken arm. U.S. Navy officials said they were still trying to determine what caused the blast, which occurred around 9 a.m. at the Earle Naval Weapons Station in Middletown. Navy spokeswoman Beth Baker said it occurred while personnel were doing routine maintenance on a 27-foot aluminum utility boat.
WEST BANK
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian in raid
Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man early Tuesday during an early morning confrontation in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, as troops arriving to arrest an Islamic Jihad member suspected of planning terrorist attacks were greeted by violent protesters, said Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces. The Maan news agency identified the dead Palestinian as Majd Mohammad Anis Lahlouh, 22. Two other Palestinians were injured, along with two soldiers, Lerner said.
MICHIGAN
Influential crime writer dead at 87
Elmore Leonard, the prolific crime novelist whose louche characters, deadpan dialogue and immaculate prose style in novels like “Get Shorty,” “Freaky Deaky” and “Glitz” established him as a modern master of American genre writing, died Tuesday at his home in Bloomfield Township, Mich. He was 87. His death was announced on his website. He died from complications of a stroke he suffered a few weeks ago, said his researcher, Gregg Sutter.
CUBA
9/11 defendant has food complaints
A defendant in the Sept. 11 terror attack case alleged Tuesday that guards at Guantanamo Bay have been withholding food when he is in court or meeting with his lawyers. Military officials denied that has happened. The charge by Ramzi bin al Shibh came as he angrily explained to the military judge in his case why he did not want to attend the afternoon session on the second day of a weeklong pretrial hearing at the U.S. base in Cuba. A spokesman for the Guantanamo Bay prison, Navy Capt. Robert Durand, said bin al Shibh was provided with a “freshly prepared meal” that met Muslim dietary standards, but “the defendant complained that his lunch did not include condiments such as olives and honey.”
BRAZIL
Officials return woman’s pet monkey
Chico the pet monkey has been returned to the only home it has ever known, police said Tuesday. The tufted capuchin monkey gained fame earlier this month when Brazilian environmental officials seized it from the home of 71-year-old Elizete Carmona. The monkey has lived with her for nearly 40 years. An officer with Sao Paulo state’s environmental police department said the monkey was returned late Monday. The Carmonas adopted Chico in 1976, decades before a 1998 law that banned the acquisition and possession of wild animals. “It was really cruel to take him away from me,” Carmona said. “For me he will always be my son Chico.”
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