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4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2018 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press Police: 2 deadly package bombs in Texas capital are linked AUSTIN, Texas — Authorities say a package that exploded inside of an Austin home today, killing a teenager and wounding a woman, is believed to be linked to a deadly package sent to another home in Texas’ capital city earlier this month. Austin police Chief Brian Manley said at a news conference that investigators believe the attacks are linked because in each case, the package bombs were left on the victims’ front doorsteps and not delivered by a mail service. He said the U.S. Postal Service doesn’t have a record of delivering a package to the Austin home where the explosion occurred. He said that package was brought into the kitchen where it detonated, killing a 17-year-old boy and injur- ing the woman. Manley said investigators believe the explo- sion is linked to a similar blast that killed a 39-year-old man on March 2. That explosion occurred about 12 miles north of today’s blast. Both explosions occurred in the early-morning hours. The chief said all of the victims have been black and that investigators are consider- ing whether race could have factored into the attacks. The FBI is helping Austin police in the investigation. Pilot in NYC crash called ‘mayday,’ cited engine failure NEW YORK — A pilot who survived when his helicopter went down in New York City’s East River, killing five passengers, said in an emergency radio transmission that the aircraft’s engine had failed. “Mayday, mayday, mayday,” the pilot is heard saying during the crash Sunday night. “East River — engine failure.” The pilot freed himself and was rescued by a tugboat, but emergency divers had to remove the passengers on the charter helicopter being used for a photo shoot from tight safety har- nesses while they were upside down, Fire Com- missioner Daniel Nigro said. “It took a while for the divers to get these people out. They worked very quickly, as fast as they could,” Nigro said. “It was a great tragedy that we had here.” The National Transportation Safety Board dispatched investigators today. Video taken by a bystander and posted on AP Photo/Josh Edelson Resident Tom Parkinson places flowers Saturday on a sign at the Veterans Home of California. Officials tight-lipped in attack on California veterans home YOUNTVILLE, Calif. — Authorities in Northern California have so far been tight-lipped about why a former Army rifleman may have killed three women after a daylong siege at a veterans home in Napa County wine country. Albert Wong, 36, slipped into a going-away party for two employees of The Pathway Home on the campus of the Yountville veterans home campus about 50 miles north of San Francisco on Friday, then let some people leave, but kept the three women. Wong, whose military records show he served in Afghanistan from April 2011 to March 2012, was enrolled in The Pathway Home’s veteran treatment program until he was recently expelled, according to a relative of one of the women. Law enforcement officials did not respond to questions throughout the weekend about what led to Wong being dismissed from the program or whether officials had alerted police or others to any concerns about his mental health after he was removed from the program. Records also show a state-issued security permit Wong had for a 9mm firearm was canceled in October, but state officials could not immediately say why. Twitter shows the red helicopter land hard in the water and then capsize, its rotors slapping at the water. Witnesses on a nearby waterfront esplanade said the helicopter was flying noisily, then sud- denly dropped and quickly submerged. But the pilot appeared on the surface, holding onto a flo- tation device as a tugboat and then police boats approached. A Federal Aviation Administration spokes- woman said the Eurocopter AS350 went down just after 7 p.m. The aircraft was owned by Lib- erty Helicopters, a company that offers both pri- vate charters and sightseeing tours popular with tourists. In tight House race, Republican leans on Trump and his base TRAFFORD, Pa. — President Donald Trump invoked “steel and business” today as he and his son make a final push to sway voters in a special election for a Pennsylvania House seat that will reverberate nationally. Trump has already visited the district twice to try to buoy Republican Rick Saccone. On the last day before voting, Trump weighed in again as Republicans try to fend off an unexpectedly strong challenge by Democrat Conor Lamb in a district Trump won easily in 2016. “The Pittsburgh Post Gazette just endorsed Rick Saccone for Congress,” Trump tweeted. “He will be much better for steel and business. Very strong on experience and what our Coun- try needs. Lamb will always vote for Pelosi and Dems....Will raise taxes, weak on Crime and Border.” Later today, Donald Trump Jr. is expected to stump for Saccone at two separate events, becoming the latest in a line of senior Trump administration figures to appear with Saccone in the district. The 60-year-old state lawmaker has struggled with an electorate that favored Trump by 20 per- centage points just 16 months ago. He needs the residents of Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District to nationalize their choice and make him a proxy for what they already think about Wash- ington, the president and the issues that define their party affiliation. The outcome Tuesday of 2018’s first congres- sional election is being closely watched as a key test of support for Republicans ahead of Novem- ber’s midterms. Democrats must flip 24 GOP-held seats to claim a House majority, and an upset will embolden them as they look to win in places where the party has lost ground in recent decades. Latest nor’easter could dump a foot or more of snow BOSTON — Winter-weary New Englanders are preparing for blizzard conditions, a foot or more of snow and high winds as the third major nor’eas- ter in two weeks bears down on the Northeast. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning today for much of New England and a winter weather advisory for eastern New York and Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey, even as residual power outages from the previous storm linger. The storm is expected to hit about midnight and last through most of the day Tuesday, with snow accumulating at a rate of 2 inches per hour during the Tuesday morning commute. While the first two storms of the month brought coastal flooding and hundreds of thousands of power outages, this winter monster is a little bit different. More power outages are possible, but they are not expected to be as widespread as last week. Only minor coastal flooding is possible. Wind gusts as high as 65 mph are forecast in coastal areas. The Northeast isn’t the only area of the coun- try dealing with winter weather. As much as 15 inches of snow has fallen in a narrow band stretch- ing from central Kentucky through southern West Virginia. 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