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  • Man suspected of stalking, killing homeless people arrested

    ASHRAF KHALIL and MICHAEL BALSAMO|Mar 16, 2022

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A man suspected of stalking and shooting homeless people asleep on the streets of New York City and Washington was arrested early Tuesday. Police said at least two people were killed and three others wounded in the attacks. The suspect, Gerald Brevard was arrested in Washington on murder, assault and other charges after news of the killings had added new fears to people spending nights on the streets of the two cities and elsewhere. The 30-year-old man, who lives in the Washington area, was charged Tuesday only in c...

  • Cruz staying at home after exposure to man with coronavirus

    ASHRAF KHALIL and MICHAEL BALSAMO|Mar 8, 2020

    WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP Sen. Ted Cruz said Sunday he will remain at his home in Texas after learning that he shook hands and briefly chatted with a man in suburban Washington who has tested positive for coronavirus. In a statement, Cruz said he met the man 10 days ago at the Conservative Political Action Conference in suburban Oxon Hill, Maryland. The Texas Republican said he's not experiencing any symptoms and feels fine and has been advised by medical authorities that the odds of transmission were extremely low. Yet, Cruz said, out of an a...