Annual pillow fight at West Point turns violent; 30 injured

Annual pillow fight at West Point turns violent; 30 injured

WEST POINT, N.Y.

An annual freshman pillow fight at the U.S. Military Academy turned bloody this year when cadets swung pillowcases packed with hard objects, injuring 30 cadets, according to a newspaper report.

Two dozen cadets suffered concussions in the Aug. 20 bedding melee, though all have since returned to duty, West Point spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Kasker told The New York Times.

Though photos and video of the episode have circulated online for some time, West Point officials didn’t confirm what had happened until Thursday, the newspaper reported. The phone rang unanswered Saturday at the academy’s press office.

‘Significant’ new evidence found in Illinois cop slaying

FOX LAKE, Ill.

Authorities investigating the slaying of a northern Illinois police officer say they’ve recovered a new piece of “significant” evidence from the crime scene.

Evidence technicians returning to the scene of Tuesday’s shooting in the village of Fox Lake made the discovery Friday afternoon, said Lake County Sheriff’s Office detective Christopher Covelli.

He refused to reveal what it was, citing the ongoing investigation.

“They’ve been going back to the scene on a daily basis with a fresh set of eyes,” he told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Man charged after crashing into barrier at WTC

NEW YORK

Police say a motorist who plowed into a security barrier outside the World Trade Center has been arrested on drunken-driving charges.

A Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police spokesman said the barrier wasn’t damaged in the crash. It happened about 1:30 p.m. Friday at the high-security site in lower Manhattan.

Police spokesman Joe Pentangelo said driver Paul Cederdahl of Red Bank, N.J., was swaying and speaking incoherently after crashing his Volvo, and officers found an open bottle of vodka on the passenger-side floor.

No one was injured.

The voice mailbox for a number listed to the 47-year-old Cederdahl wasn’t accepting messages, and it’s unclear whether he has a lawyer who can comment on the charges.

10 Saudi troops killed in attack

SANAA, Yemen

Saudi Arabia’s military said Saturday that 10 of its troops were killed in a rebel missile strike a day earlier in Yemen, raising the death toll in the attack to at least 55 coalition troops slain.

It was the first public acknowledgement by the Saudis that they have ground troops in Yemen, where they lead a coalition targeting Shiite rebels known as Houthis and their allies.

Man hacked to death with machete in home invasion

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.

Investigators said a man was hacked to death with what appeared to be a machete during a home invasion in South Carolina.

North Charleston deputies said three men forced their way into the victim’s home about 4 a.m. Saturday and started stabbing and hacking him. The attack continued outside, where the victim’s body was found.

The three men ran away, and authorities have not found them. They did not say if anything was taken from the home.

Associated Press