Ex-officer MacDonald in Fort Bragg murders seeks release
GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press
March 12, 2021
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FILE - In this March 1, 1995 file photo Jeffrey MacDonald gestures at the federal correctional institution in Sheridan, Ore. MacDonald, a former Army captain serving three life sentences for the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two young children, has a hearing scheduled Thursday, March 11, 2021 on his request to a federal judge to free him due to his age and failing health.Shane Young/AP
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) A former Army physician serving life prison sentences for the brutal murders of his wife and two young daughters more than 50 years ago should be released because of his deteriorating health, his attorneys told a judge on Thursday.
Fuel tanker overturns, killing 1 and closing I-95 in N.C.
March 7, 2021
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SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) A North Carolina man has died after his fuel tanker overturned on Interstate 95.
The Sunday morning accident near Smithfield left I-95 closed in both directions throughout the day.
News reports showed the flipped over tanker sitting in the highway median, affecting traffic on both sides.
An 4,000 gallons of gasoline spilled from the tanker.
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said the driver, 25-year-old Bryan Cook of Erwin, was driving south toward Fayetteville when he ran off the road and hit the guardrail around 6:15 a.m. Sunday. Neither speed nor impairment were factors in the crash.