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JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) —
Jurors set to decide the sentence for a Houston woman convicted of stabbing her boyfriend to death with the 5½-inch stiletto heel of her shoe heard Wednesday about her criminal history and violent behavior, including arrests for drunk driving and testimony she assaulted a former friend with a candle stick.
Ana Trujillo was convicted on Tuesday of striking 59-year-old Alf Stefan Andersson at least 25 times in the face with her shoe during an argument in June at his Houston condominium. Trujillo's attorneys have contended the 45-year-old woman was defending herself from an attack by Andersson, who was a University of Houston professor and researcher.
KEVIN BEGOS, Associated Press
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) —
A student armed with a knife went on a stabbing and slashing spree at a high school near Pittsburgh on Wednesday morning, leaving as many as 20 people injured, including four students who suffered serious wounds, authorities said.
The suspect, a male student, was taken into custody and being questioned by police. All of the victims were expected to survive, doctors said.
Not all of the 20 injured at Franklin Regional High School were cut by the knife, though most were, Westmoreland County emergency management spokesman Dan Stevens said. Some suffered scrapes and cuts in the ensuing mayhem that broke out at about 7:15 a.m. at the school in Murrysville, about 15 miles east of Pittsburgh.
CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer
NEW YORK (AP) —
Chili's has canceled a fundraiser for a group that states on its website that autism can be triggered by vaccinations, a position that has been widely discredited by the medical community.
To honor National Autism Awareness month, the restaurant chain had planned on donating a portion of its sales on Monday to the National Autism Association, based in Attleboro Falls, Mass. On a section of its website, the group says it believes that vaccinations can "trigger or exacerbate autism in some, if not many, children."