New Jersey

Suspect pleads not guilty in antifreeze slaying

A woman accused of killing her brother-in-law by spiking his smoothie with antifreeze pleaded not guilty to murder Monday.

A defense attorney for Maryann Neabor, 53, said she admitted putting chemicals in the drink but intended only to make Jonathan Neabor sick enough so she could take control of his money.

“Maryann Neabor is apparently mentally ill,” said Craig Mitnick after the hearing. “She’s made a horrendous decision. There’s no justification or excuse for it.”

Neabor, who said little during the hearing, faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted of murder.

Neabor allegedly poisoned her brother-in-law on Wednesday at her home in Shamong Township.

Sicily

Immigrant ship docks, but arrests made

Thirty-seven Africans stranded offshore on an aid agency ship for weeks were allowed to dock Monday. But authorities later arrested two aid workers and indicated that some immigrants lied about coming from Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region.

The German aid group Cap Anamur said its ship rescued the 37 men from a broken-down vessel in the Mediterranean on June 20.

On Monday, Italy let the Cap Anamur ship dock at Porto Empedocle on the southern coast of Sicily. The first reactions were joy from the immigrants and from groups that had demanded they be allowed into Italy.

Hours later, the situation had changed radically. Police arrested the captain, Stefan Schmidt; the German organization’s head, Elias Bierdel; and a member of the crew for allegedly aiding illegal immigration.

Spain

More injuries reported during running of bulls

Eight runners were gored and at least 10 others were injured on Monday during the running of the bulls at this year’s San Fermin festival in northern Spain.

In the worst day of injuries so far this year, runners were upended from behind or trampled along the 930-yard route from corral to bullring that animals and runners covered in a little more than three minutes Monday.

The bull runs popularized by Ernest Hemingway in his 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises” continue through today.

Since record-keeping began in 1924, 13 people have been killed at the festival.