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HOUSTON (AP) - Texas state troopers arrested a U.S. Border Patrol supervisor Saturday who they say went on a two-week serial killing spree that left four female sex workers dead and ended only when a fifth woman escaped from him at a gas station and found help.
Jesse Allen is white, 5-foot-8 and 150 pounds. He has blues eyes and blond hair, but may have shaved his head. He has several tattoos on his arms and a distinctive tattoo on his neck with block letters "TVS"
NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) - The Marines, the Coast Guard, civilian crews and volunteers used helicopters, boats and heavy-duty vehicles Saturday to rescue hundreds of people trapped by Florence's onslaught, even as North Carolina braced for what could be a fearsome new stage of the disaster: widespread, catastrophic inland flooding. The death toll from the hurricane-turned-tropical storm climbed to 11.
If you know anything about Aaron Burr, it's likely due to "Hamilton," the wildly successful play by Lin Manuel Miranda. But 211 years ago, he was found not guilty of treason. Twice.
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - A NASA satellite designed to precisely measure changes in Earth's ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice and vegetation was launched into polar orbit from California early Saturday. A Delta 2 rocket carrying ICESat-2 lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 6:02 a.m. and headed over the Pacific Ocean.
In a stormy week, President Donald Trump blustered and distorted reality, denying massive deaths from a hurricane that scientists believe to be one of the nation's deadliest and blowing out of proportion U.S. economic growth and his role in spurring it.
The Ducks previously defeated Bowling Green and Portland State, moving up three spots in the rankings this week. They were 41-point favorites against San Jose State, but the Spartans showed surprising tenacity.
