Gunman, 1 other dead at VA clinic

Gunman, 1 other dead at VA clinic

EL PASO, Texas

A gunman opened fire at a veterans medical clinic in West Texas on Tuesday, killing one other person, officials said. The gunman was also killed.

Investigators did not say whether the gunman killed himself or was killed by someone else. They also did not provide any details on the victim or provide a motive for the shooting.

Fort Bliss Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Twitty said the shooting happened at the El Paso Veterans Affairs Health Care System’s clinic. The VA clinic is in a complex that also includes the William Beaumont Army Medical Center.

Divers enter water in search for plane

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia

At least two divers plunged into the choppy waters early today during a break in the bad weather to search for two large objects suspected of being chunks of the fuselage of the AirAsia plane that crashed more than one week ago, an Indonesian official said.

A U.S. Navy ship, the USS Fort Worth, detected the latest two objects Tuesday at a depth of 92 feet near the Karimata Strait off Indonesia.

FAA grants permits for use of drones

WASHINGTON

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday issued permits to use drones to monitor crops and photograph properties for sale, marking the first time permission has been granted to companies involved agriculture and real estate.

The exemptions to the current ban on commercial drone flights were granted to Advanced Aviation Solutions in Spokane, Wash., for “crop scouting,” and to Douglas Trudeau of Tierra Antigua Realty in Tucson, Ariz.

5 killed, including infant, in trailer fire

sugar grove, ohio

A trailer home in southeastern Ohio burned and collapsed early Tuesday, killing a 10-month-old boy, his parents and maternal grandparents, state and county officials said.

Neighbors who called 911 reported hearing an explosion near Sugar Grove just after 4 a.m.

Officials to meet with protesters on crosses

ASUNCION, Paraguay

The Paraguayan government agreed Tuesday to meet with former workers who have nailed themselves to wooden crosses over a wage dispute, an increasingly common form of protest in Paraguay that has been condemned by the Roman Catholic Church but often has been successful.

Four men and one woman have been nailed to crosses for several weeks, and a sixth person had planned to join them Tuesday until Paraguay’s Work Ministry agreed to meet with the protesters Jan. 26.

Cuomo eulogized

NEW YORK

Former Gov. Mario Cuomo’s legacy as a liberal champion and powerful orator was remembered at his funeral Tuesday by one who knew him best — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his son.

“At his core, he was a philosopher. He was a poet. He was an advocate. He was a crusader. Mario Cuomo was the keynote speaker for our better angels,” the younger Cuomo said in a eulogy that spanned his father’s background as the son of immigrants, his biggest speeches and his basketball prowess.

The former three-term governor — who flirted with but never made a presidential run and turned down an opportunity to be nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court — died Thursday, hours after his son was inaugurated for a second term.

Dignitaries including Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mayor Bill de Blasio gathered to mourn the 82-year-old Democratic Party icon and to honor his legacy.

Associated Press