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Jackie Rahm Little, 36, was federally charged over the week in fires at two Minneapolis mosques. MINNEAPOLIS — The man who was federally charged over the weekend in fires set at two Minneapolis mosques was previously bailed out by the Minnesota Freedom Fund, court records show. Jackie Rahm Little, 36, was apprehended Saturday night in Mankato by the Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office and taken into federal custody. In addition to setting fires at the Masjid Omar Islamic Center and Mercy Islamic Center last month, Little was also identified as the suspect who vandalized the Minneapolis district office of U.S....

A motion filed by lawyers representing the woman accused of starting fires on the campus of St. Catherine University seeking to suppress evidence obtained as a result of search warrants has been denied by a federal court judge. In early February, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced a three-count indictment of Tnuza Jamal Hassan, charging her with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, making a false statement to the FBI and arson. The charges came in connection to fires that were set at St. Kate's on Jan. 17, including inside a building that housed a day...

A Texas mom thinks it's bull that her 3-year-old girl was expelled from the Jubilee Child Development Center in San Antonio for saying "sh-t," WOAI reported. "I don't condone her saying i,t but for that to be a faith-based day care, I would think that they would reinforce and let her know that's not a word to say," Cassandra Wright told the local station. Wright said she doesn't use that word at home and isn't quite sure how little Arianna heard it in the first place. She even doubts whether she knows what it means. "I asked her what word...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A handgun and marijuana were found in a Milwaukee daycare center closed because of allegations of fraud, police said. Zelda's Love & Happiness Child Care was searched Wednesday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Detectives said they found a loaded Sig Sauer handgun, an ammunition clip for another gun and 2 1/2 ounces of marijuana.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Al Qaeda's umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people, including 24 children trapped in a bus leaving a day care center. The Al Qaeda branch, known as the Islamic State of Iraq, said in a statement posted on the Internet late Monday that its "martyrs ... targeted the dens of infidelity."

DENVER -- A blind couple has won the right to open a day-care center in Colorado. The couple was given permission after a judge said the state's refusal to issue them a license violated the Americans With Disabilities Act. The couple's attorney said they will apparently be the first blind couple to operate a day care in Colorado, which is one of only a few states where courts have allowed blind people to run day cares. The attorney, who also is blind, called the judge's ruling "yet another victory in a long string of victories for blind and disabled people."...

HUMPHREY, Ark. (AP) -- Five children were among six people who perished when fire destroyed a mobile home Wednesday evening, state police said. State police spokesman Bill Sadler said authorities on the scene had confirmed that at least six were dead. "Five of them appear to be children of various ages," Sadler said. "One of the fatalities appears to be an adult female." Children in the neighborhood reported that other youngsters, in addition to those whose bodies were found, may have been in the home when the fire occurred shortly after 6 p.m., Sadler said, but that could not...