■ARGENTINA
Anti-Semites arrested
Police arrested at least five people after anti-Semitic demonstrators clashed on Sunday with Jews marking the 61st anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel, police said. During the Jewish group’s ceremony, demonstrators waving anti-Semitic signs stepped in and violence broke out and five people were arrested after the scuffle, authorities said. An anti-discrimination police unit had to escort Israeli Ambassador Daniel Gazit away from the fracas.
■UNITED STATES
Exercise at ‘Ground Zero’
Hundreds of firefighters and police swarmed Ground Zero on Sunday, the site where the World Trade Center once stood, in the largest security exercise since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. As part of an elaborate dress rehearsal for a possible future terror strike, rescue workers exploded simulated bombs in a commuter train tunnel linking Manhattan to New Jersey burrowed beneath the Hudson River. “Full-scale exercises like today’s give us an opportunity to practice how to integrate the vast response resources available in New York City and establish a command structure under the Citywide Incident Management System,” said Joseph Bruno, commissioner at the city’s Office of Emergency Management.
■UNITED STATES
Quake hits LA region
A moderate earthquake jolted the Los Angeles region late on Sunday, shattering glass, setting off alarms and fraying nerves. There were no reports of any major injuries or damage. The magnitude-4.7 quake hit at 8:39pm, about 16km southwest of downtown Los Angeles and 5km east of Los Angeles International Airport, a preliminary report by the US Geological Survey said.
■UNITED STATES
Bear the dog returns
A Chicago police dog named Bear who is apparently a scaredy cat when it comes to thunder is back home after going missing during a storm. Authorities said Bear, who went missing several days ago, was found safe, but dirty, on Sunday morning by a man walking to a hardware store. The man says he saw the dog at a cemetery and flagged down Officer Ann Jaros, who said Bear recognized her squad car and “jumped right in.” A microchip in the dog’s neck confirmed it was Bear.
■UNITED STATES
Student heckled over kilt
The principal of a Utah middle school has been asked to apologize for forcing a kilt-wearing Scottish-American student to change his clothes. Weber School District spokesman Nate Taggart said Craig Jessop had been asked to extend an apology to 14-year-old student Gavin McFarland of Hooper after the school official’s comments on Wednesday. Gavin said he wore the kilt twice in the past two weeks to Rocky Mountain Junior High as a prop for an art project, the Standard-Examiner reported.
RSS