Doctor accused of sex harassment kills 1 at hospital

Doctor accused of sex harassment kills 1 at hospital

NEW YORK

A doctor forced from a New York hospital because of sexual-harassment accusations returned Friday with an assault rifle hidden under a lab coat and shot seven people, killing one woman in an attack that left several doctors fighting for their lives, authorities said.

The gunman, Dr. Henry Bello, fatally shot himself after trying to set himself on fire at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, they said. He staggered, bleeding, into a hallway where he collapsed and died with the rifle at his side, officials said.

Witnesses described a chaotic scene as gunfire erupted spreading terror throughout the medical facility as employees locked themselves inside rooms and patients feared for their lives.

Hundreds flee Mosul as Iraqi forces squeeze extremists

MOSUL, Iraq

Hundreds of civilians fled Mosul’s Old City on Friday as Iraqi forces slowly squeezed the last pockets of Islamic State resistance, and the U.N. warned that the “intense and concentrated” fighting put innocent lives in even greater danger.

People climbed over mounds of rubble and through narrow alleys as gunshots and explosions rang out nearby. The neighborhoods where government forces are fighting have been under siege for months as grueling urban warfare drew out the operation to retake Iraq’s second-largest city.

For the civilians held as human shields by the extremists, supplies have run low and drinking water is scarce, according to residents interviewed at screening centers and clinics by The Associated Press.

Companies still hobbled from recent cyberattack

HOUSTON

Many businesses still struggled Friday to recover hopelessly scrambled computer networks, collateral damage from a massive cyberattack that targeted Ukraine three days ago.

The Heritage Valley Health System couldn’t offer lab and diagnostic imaging services at 14 community and neighborhood offices in western Pennsylvania. DLA Piper, a London-based law firm with offices in 40 countries, said on its website that email systems were down; a receptionist said email hadn’t been restored by the close of business day.

Dave Kennedy, a former Marine cyberwarrior who is now CEO of the security company TrustedSec, said one U.S. company he is helping is rebuilding its entire network of more than 5,000 computers.

13 states reject request for personal information on voters

Thirteen states have rejected a request for personal information about voters from a presidential commission on vote fraud, of which Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is vice chairman.

Kobach sent letters to each state and the District of Columbia asking for voters’ personal information. The request asked for names, addresses, voting history and the last four digits of voters’ Social Security numbers.

The commission was set up to look into voter fraud after President Donald Trump claimed that he lost the popular vote in 2016 because millions of people voted illegally – a claim that numerous state election officials from both parties and outside experts have dismissed as groundless.

Officials in several other states said they either would not supply all the information or needed more information before deciding.

Combined dispatches