DETROIT -- U.S. investigations of Muslim charities have made some South Asian-Americans in the Detroit area wary of contributing for flood relief. Heavy monsoon rains have caused massive flooding in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Hundreds of people have been killed and millions driven out of their homes. "People are concerned about doing fundraising and relief work amid some of these statements that, for example, contributing to orphans is used as a euphemism for supporting terrorists," ... [full story]

INDIANAPOLIS -- After appearing on "America's Most Wanted," Indiana prison escapee Kelvin Fuller reportedly contacted the media to get his side of the story out. A man claiming to be Fuller contacted an Indianapolis TV station and a newspaper after the "Most Wanted" episode aired Saturday. Authorities believe that based on the information the man gave, it truly was Fuller, The Times of northwest Indiana reported. Police Sgt. Detective Joe Gawor said the man claiming ... [full story]

ATLANTA -- As many as 28 million Americans have jobs but no bank accounts, leaving them prey to unscrupulous lenders, former President Bill Clinton says. "If Martin Luther King were here today, he'd say go get every American a bank account," Clinton said Monday in opening the new $3.3 million headquarters of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta. Millions of people without bank accounts are vulnerable to lenders who offer them cash loans at ... [full story]

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- Several dozen police were needed to quell the chaos in an Ohio courtroom after a man began choking his son’s killer, it was reported Tuesday. Antonio Clifford, of Cincinnati has just pleaded guilty Monday to robbing and shooting Joshua Sweat when his father, Michael Sweat, leaped up and attacked Clifford, WOTV-TV, Steubenville, reported Tuesday. Michael Sweat was temporarily detained and then released, police said. Joshua Sweat, 28, was killed last year in ... [full story]

WASHINGTON -- Nine people were arrested in the Washington area in connection with a luxury car theft ring that exports the vehicles to the Middle East and West Africa. There are 16 law enforcement agencies working on cracking the ring, and on Monday, state and local police in Maryland raided three homes in the latest part of the investigation, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Investigators said more than 1,000 high-value vehicles have been stolen from ... [full story]

LEXINGTON , Ky. -- A 26-year-old flight attendant in Lexington, Ky., has been charged with being drunk while preparing an Atlantic Southeast Airlines plane for take-off. Sarah Mills was arrested Sunday while preparing a plane bound for Atlanta, and made her first court appearance on Monday, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported Tuesday. The arrest report said a Blue Grass Airport police officer boarded the plane to retrieve lost property and thought Mills appeared unsteady on her ... [full story]

DAYTON, Ohio -- The condition of a 3-year-old boy who fell 25-feet from a Ferris wheel in Dayton, Ohio, reportedly is improving after two days of hospitalization. The incident occurred Saturday night when somehow the child fell from the ride, landed on cement, and suffered a fractured skull, The Dayton Daily News reported Monday. He was taken to the Children's Medical Center of Dayton in critical condition, but was doing much better Sunday, said Police ... [full story]

Drug agents seized over 19 grams of cocaine and arrested a 26-year old man during a raid on a northwest Redmond home Monday afternoon.  Officials said more arrests are anticipated as a result of an ongoing investigation.   Brian Daniel Spohn - DCJ photo Brian Daniel Spohn of 3880 NW Xavier was taken into custody without incident when Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team members executed a search warrant at 3 p.m. on August 6, Lt. John ... [full story]

SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The death toll in Bulgaria's flooding rose to five Tuesday, when rescuers found another body in the flood-stricken town of Tsar Kaloyan, Sofia media said. Those drowned in flood waters were elderly people, three women and two men. Another four people were still missing in the Tsar Kaloyan area that was flooded bu torrential rains Monday, the Bulgarian news agency SNA reported. Local authorities declared a state of emergency as dozens of ... [full story]

TEHRAN -- An Iranian newspaper ordered temporarily closed is another sign of the government’s increasing crackdown on dissent, it was reported Tuesday. Shargh, Iran’s leading reformist newspaper, was ordered closed Monday for publishing an interview with Saghi Ghahraman, 50, an exiled Iranian poet known for poems explicitly exploring female sexuality, The Los Angeles Times reported. Iran’s Press Review Board said the interview promoted immorality. It was the third time the board has temporarily shuttered Shargh, ... [full story]