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Help for Pike
was delayed
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials following her failed execution last month, according to 911 dispatch recordings reviewed by The Associated Press.
The recordings show that precious minutes elapsed as officials and responders tried to figure out whether a request for emergency help in the execution chamber was legitimate. The first call came in at 8:40 p.m. on Sept. 30. It was about a half an hour before prison officials affirmed it was legitimate. Pike had been hospitalized after surviving the state’s attempt to execute her for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of a classmate.
She has since been discharged and is back at the women’s prison.
Authorities
name attacker
(AP) -- Authorities have released the names of the gunman and six of the eight people he shot and killed at a Pennsylvania home. Erie County coroner Lyell Cook said Monday that the man behind Friday’s mass shooting in Erie was 45-year-old Matthew Stone Sr.
Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah has said Stone was related to seven of the victims, including the two young children who were killed. Cook says the adult victims ranged in age from 19 to 51. One was the mother of the two kids who were killed and was due to give birth on Monday.
Storm lashes
Pacific coast
(AP) -- Extreme tropical weather has led to two deaths and widespread damage in Mexico. Authorities said Monday that Hurricane Simon was pounding the Pacific coast over the weekend, leading to the death of a 71-year-old man and a young girl.
In Baja California, at least 10 people are missing, and a young girl died following tropical storm Rachel. Rachel weakened into a post-tropical cyclone as it moved north and buffeted Southern California with wind and rain.
Forecasters issued flood watches and warned more rain and isolated thunderstorms could hit the Southwestern U.S. after the remnants of Rachel caused severe flooding in Las Vegas over the weekend.
Golf course
work halted
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt work for a day on a historic D.C. golf course, pending more court action.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes issued the order Monday after a tense three-hour hearing in which she blistered the government for having deceived her with its actions over the holiday weekend.
It’s the latest example of the erosion of trust between the government and the independent judiciary as the Trump administration tries to steamroll scrutiny of its actions, from the White House ballroom to immigration enforcement.