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Hip-hop’s Mally Mall gets prison in Vegas prostitution case

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press
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Hip-hop music figure Jamal “Mally Mall” Rashid has been sentenced in Las Vegas to 33 months in federal prison for owning and operating a prostitution business disguised as an escort enterprise. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the 45-year-old Rashid apologized to a judge on Thursday and said he quit criminal activity in 2014. That’s when the FBI raided his Las Vegas mansion and his concierge business near the Strip. Prosecutors say he reaped millions with his high-end prostitution business over 12 years. His attorneys say he accepted full responsibility and looks forward to returning to the music industry after prison.

‘Amazing’: Pilots, passenger uninjured after midair crash

By PATTY NIEBERG - Associated Press
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The pilot of an airplane that collided with another midair near Denver requested an emergency landing for engine failure, not knowing that his plane was nearly ripped in half. According to air traffic control audio, that pilot said his right engine had failed. Authorities say the collision between the twin-engine Fairchild Metroliner and the single-engine Cirrus SR22 happened Wednesday. Key Lime Air says its Metroliner’s tail section was substantially damaged, but that the pilot landed safely at Centennial Airport. Authorities say a pilot and one passenger were on the other plane that deployed a parachute and drifted safely down to a field. An Arapahoe County sheriff’s deputy said it was amazing that no one was injured. 

Beset by virus, Gaza’s hospitals now struggle with wounded

By ISABEL DEBRE and FARES AKRAM - Associated Press
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Just weeks ago, the Gaza Strip’s feeble health system was struggling to cope with a surge of coronavirus cases. Now hospitals in the crowded coastal enclave are confronting a different crisis: treating victims of airstrikes in the latest eruption of violence between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers. Relatives rushed the wounded by car to Shifa Hospital, the territory’s largest. Exhausted doctors hurried from patient to patient, frantically bandaging wounds. Virus patients were moved from intensive care units to make way for those with shrapnel wounds and broken bones. The health care system in the territory of more than 2 million has been left vulnerable by years of conflict and a blockade.

Ohio’s million-dollar idea: Lottery prizes for vaccinations

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press
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Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has unrolled incentives including a weekly $1 million lottery prize and drawings for college scholarships to encourage people to get vaccinated. With three weeks to go before most coronavirus health orders in Ohio lift June 2, DeWine’s bid is designed to prevent unnecessary loss of life. During a primetime address Wednesday, he said the lifting of restrictions covers all remaining directives including the mask mandate but excludes the state’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities. DeWine said the widespread availability and effectiveness of the vaccine means it’s time to end the health orders. The move was lauded by business organizations in the state.

Two planes collide midair above Denver, no one injured

By PATTY NIEBERG - Associated Press
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Federal officials say two airplanes collided in midair near Denver on Wednesday and there were no injuries. Authorities say the collision between a twin-engine Fairchild Metroliner and a single-engine Cirrus SR22 happened as both planes were preparing to land at a small regional airport in a Denver suburb. Key Lime Air, which owns the Metroliner, says its aircraft sustained substantial damage to the tail section but the pilot was able to land safely at Centennial Airport. Authorities say a pilot and one passenger were on the other plane, a Cirrus SR22 single-engine plane that unleashed a red and white parachute to float to a safe landing.