OHIO SCANDAL: Ohio’s legislature and governor on Tuesday approved a probe of Atty. Gen. Marc Dann, under pressure to resign over sexual harassment by an aide and his own extramarital affair.
FLORIDA FIRES: Investigators searched Tuesday for one or more arsonists behind a string of stubborn wildfires that have destroyed or damaged more than 160 homes on Florida’s Atlantic coast.
ABUSE CASE: A Vermont jury awarded $8.7 million Tuesday to a former altar boy who sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington over sexual abuse by a now-retired priest, Rev. Edward Paquette.
SPY PLEA: A New Orleans furniture salesman, Tai Shen Kuo, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Virginia federal court to providing secrets to China on military relations between the U.S. and Taiwan.
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