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LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — Police say an Oregon man is recovering after he accidentally shot himself while flaunting a handgun at a Lincoln City supermarket. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the mishap happened Sunday night when Nicholas J. Ellingford brandished his Glock 9mm in the checkout line at McKay’s Market on U.S. 101 and tried to show it off to a friend according to the Lincoln City Police Department.

A 32-year-old man who threatened to harm his ex-girlfriend was shot in the groin by her while breaking into her Grants Pass home early Monday and later arrested, police say. Michael L. Fouch was taken to a hospital for treatment and then booked into the Josephine County Jail on suspicion of fourth-degree assault and menacing, according to the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety. The 31-year-old woman called 911 around 1 a.m. when Fouch arrived at her home and was still on the line when Fouch forced his way into her bedroom, where she retreated with her child, police said....

RUSH: And you think there is sexual harassment in the United States, in the United States Congress and Hollywood, wait ’til you hear what they’re doing in Cuba. And of course Fauxcahontas. Can you believe this? I happen to love this. I am cracking up watching this. It is quintessential Trump. The only thing wrong with it is that it’s allowing the media to cover it and not stay focused on Al Franken and John Conyers and all the others, but still there’s a reason for it. It’s classic Trump. It’s quintessential Trump. The media still hasn’t figured it out...

A woman walked in on her boyfriend having sex with another woman early Tuesday morning and vowed to go home and get a gun, police said. She made good on her promise, police say, returning to the house where she found her boyfriend and shooting him once in the groin as he sat in a lawn chair in the front yard of a south Wichita house at about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday. The woman, 44, was found and arrested a few minutes later at Lincoln and McLean, Lt. James Espinoza said. The 44-year-old shooting victim was taken to a local hospital...

A Surry County man shot another man in the groin Friday during an incident in the Toast community, authorities said. No charges have been filed. Arnold Edward Moser, 67, was walking on South Franklin Road near Airview Drive shortly before 6 a.m. when Davie Lee Thomas, 23, approached Moser in a car, said Lt. David Hamlin of the Surry County Sheriff's Office. Moser told investigators that Thomas cursed and yelled at him, telling Moser to get out of the road, Hamlin said. Thomas then got of his car and approached Moser. That's when Moser fired a handgun at Thomas, Hamlin...

BOSTON -- An East Boston man was arrested Tuesday, accused of groping a plainclothes Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police officer at a subway station.

BOSTON -- The injury hex hovering over the Yankees is now affecting players before they join the team, including Roger Clemens. During Saturday's game, general manager Brian Cashman got a call from Clemens, who said he's feeling fatigue in his right groin and will not be able to make his planned debut Monday in Chicago. "He's optimistic that this isn't something that's a big deal," Cashman said. "Fatigue is the word he used. He's going to go to Tampa and our doctors there will take a look at it and then we'll have our own word." Clemens, 44, told Cashman...

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) - A fast-thinking pilot with passengers in cahoots fooled a hijacker by braking hard upon landing, then accelerating to knock the man down. When he fell, flight attendants threw boiling water in his face, and about 10 people pounced on him, Spanish officials said Friday.

Report: Manchester United to show Ronaldo the door, Rooney irate at teammate's role in sending off LONDON – Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo, criticized for his role in Wayne Rooney's sending off at the World Cup, won't be back at Manchester United and can expect payback from the star England striker in the future, a British newspaper said. Quoting an unnamed source, The Sun reported Monday that Rooney threatened to “split him in two” when the two next meet. Ronaldo may be wearing a different uniform when that happens. The British tabloid says United will show Ronaldo the door “because of...

BRIEFING: MINNEAPOLIS Police had to use Tasers and a police dog to subdue and arrest a man spotted running nude and trying to enter homes in South Minneapolis on Tuesday. It was about noon when the man was spotted in the 5400 block of Park Avenue South. When an officer with a dog arrived, the man was found in a house in that block, police said. The man then attacked the officer, striking him, prompting the officer's dog to bite the nude man in the genital area. Even after the bite and being struck several times with the Taser jolts,...

A man in Sicily in Italy asked a friend to shoot him in the groin in the hope of making his ex-girlfriend feel sorry for him, police said. Police in the central Sicilian city of Piazza Armerina said they became suspicious when the 27-year-old went to hospital with wounds from a hunting rifle's pellets in the groin area. At first he said the wounds had been caused in a hunting accident, but later admitted he had asked a 16-year-old friend to shoot him in an attempt to win back the affection of his girlfriend, who had apparently left him because...

Woman charged in husband’s shooting By Mike Hoeft A Green Bay woman who shot her husband in the groin with a shotgun that she apparently thought was unloaded was charged Tuesday in the May 7 incident.Susan Winkler, 44, will have a preliminary hearing May 31 on a felony charge of first-degree recklessly endangering safety. If convicted, she faces up to five years in prison.Brian Winkler, 30, was listed in critical condition Tuesday at St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay police said. Police have not been able to interview him because of his condition. Green Bay police Lt. Bill Galvin said the...