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Dozens hurt as floor breaks at condo party

CLEMSON — The floor of a condominium clubhouse near Clemson University collapsed during a large private party early Sunday, hurtling dozens of people into the basement, authorities said.

About 30 people were taken to hospitals after the center of the floor caved in. Police said none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.

Video posted on social media shows a large part of the first floor falling as people danced, causing many of them to tumble to the floor below.

Indiana

Storm fails to halt Garth Brooks concert

SOUTH BEND — Bad weather tested the devotion of 84,000 fans who went to see Garth Brooks at Notre Dame Stadium over the weekend.

It was the first such concert in the stadium’s 88-year history.

The Indianapolis Star reports that strong winds made it too dangerous to hang speakers above a stage, and the show started an hour late on Saturday. Brooks had to sing through rain and snow.

Brooks brought the University of Notre Dame’s cheerleading squad and its leprechaun mascot onstage. And he thanked the local crew for making the night feel like “a home game.”

The concert was taped for a CBS special that will air on Dec. 2.

Florida

Family, fans, of Petty

gather as park renamed

GAINESVILLE — A Florida park was renamed after iconic rocker Tom Petty, who played there as a boy.

The Gainesville Sun reports that hundreds of members of the Tom Petty Nation fan club visited on Saturday to celebrate the star’s birthday with his music and the dedication of the former Northeast Park as Tom Petty Park.

His family was also on hand.

Petty died Oct. 2, 2017. He was born Oct. 20, 1950 in Gainesville and lived in the small city until he left for Los Angeles to make it big in the music business.

Petty sold millions of records worldwide with the Heartbreakers, the Traveling Wilburys supergroup and as a solo artist. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.

Georgia

Police seek suspect

in officer’s slaying

SNELLVILLE — Two teenage suspects, including one who is still being sought by police, are facing charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a Georgia police officer who was killed while responding to a suspicious vehicle parked near a school, authorities said Sunday.

Authorities believe 18- year-old Tafahree Maynard fatally shot Officer Antwan Toney on Saturday afternoon , Gwinnett County Police said in a statement. Maynard remained at large early Sunday and should be considered armed and dangerous, police said. He faces charges of aggravated assault and felony murder.

A second suspect, 19-year-old Isaiah Pretlow, was charged with aggravated assault .

Toney died at a hospital from his injuries, police said. The 30-year-old from Southern California had been with the Gwinnett County Police Department for nearly three years. It was his first police job.

Arkansas

Animals injured after break-in for dogfight

HELENA-WEST HELENA — An animal shelter says people have broken in to use dogs for dogfighting for the second time in two weeks, leaving five animals injured.

The Humane Society of the Delta said a worker discovered the injured dogs Sunday morning at the shelter, about 100 miles east of Little Rock.

The shelter previously had said its kennels had been broken into earlier this month for dogfighting. Four dogs were injured, one seriously. The shelter says it wasn’t clear whether those breaking in were bringing their own dogs and using the shelter dogs for practice or were having the shelter dogs fight each other.