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Officials say that for at least a week, Matagrano used phony credentials to get into multiple city lockups, including Rikers Island and the Manhattan Detention Center, where he mingled with inmates for hours. Investigators said the case was still unfolding, but some of the allegations were detailed in a criminal complaint describing Matagrano's entry into the Manhattan jail on Thursday.

Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander who masterminded the bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Reuters reported. Belmokhtar was one of the world's most wanted jihadists. This was a major blow to al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula.

A 23-year-old man was arrested overnight at Summit County after he stole a bus with passenger on it.