Anderson family rejects FBI search

The family of late newspaper columnist Jack Anderson on Tuesday rejected a request by the FBI to turn over 50 years of files to agents who want to look for evidence in the prosecution of two pro-Israel lobbyists, as well as any classified documents Anderson had collected.

Kevin Anderson, son of the storied Washington-based writer, said the family was outraged at what it called government overreaching and “a dangerous departure” from First Amendment press protections, a stance joined by academic and legal experts.

Jack Anderson, who reported for and wrote the “Washington Merry-Go-Round” column for more than half a century, died in December at 83.

St. Louis

Man kills three before suicide

A man killed the mother of his child Tuesday, then went to the catering company where he once worked and fatally shot two women and himself, police said.

One other woman was shot at Finninger’s Catering Service and was in stable condition, police said.

Among the dead was an owner of the company, but her elderly husband and business partner may have been saved by a quick-thinking employee who hid him in a walk-in cooler as the rampage unfolded.

Police said Herbert Chalmers Jr. killed 53-year-old Sylvia Haynes at her apartment Tuesday morning. Hours later, he was overheard bragging about plans to kill his boss, then went to the catering company.

Atlanta

Young teens barred from marriages

Teens under 16 will no longer be allowed to marry in Georgia.

Gov. Sonny Perdue signed legislation Tuesday that closes a loophole in state law that allowed couples of any age to get married without parental consent in the case of a pregnancy.

The legislation was prompted by the case of a pregnant, 37-year-old woman who married a 15-year-old boy last year.

While the new law bans teens under 16 from marrying, it allows 16- or 17-year-olds to wed with the approval of a parent or guardian and a probate judge.