News of the Day From Across the Nation

The second of two convicts who escaped from a fortified prison transport van in New Mexico was captured Saturday, Albuquerque police said.

Officers located Lionel Clah in a northeastern area of the city, said police spokesman Simon Drobik.

Clah’s capture came less than a day after the other inmate, convicted murderer Joseph Cruz, was also found in Albuquerque.

Medical Examiner-Coroner Mark Fajardo will return to his former job as chief forensic pathologist in nearby Riverside County.

The coroner’s office is one of the busiest in the nation, handling about 8,500 physical examinations a year as part of more than 20,000 investigations to determine the cause of death.

Two window washers were rescued after they were left dangling briefly outside a high-rise building in downtown Chicago when part of the scaffolding broke Saturday.

Firefighters were called to the scene when one side of the scaffolding dropped, said Battalion Chief Patrick Mahoney.

Firefighters opened part of a window and lowered a rope to the pair, who were pulled inside.

4 River collision: A tugboat crashed into a barge on the Hudson River north of New York City early Saturday, killing one crew member — Paul Amon, 62, of Bayville, N.J. — and leaving two missing and presumed dead.

The 90-foot tugboat named Specialist hit a barge at 5:20 a.m. near where the new Tappan Zee Bridge, which connects two counties north of New York City, is being built, police said.

New York State Police, the U.S. Coast Guard and fire and police agencies from Westchester and Rockland counties were searching for the missing crew members.

5 Deputy killed: A Florida sheriff’s deputy who worked as a traffic crash investigator was killed after his car collided head-on with another vehicle early Saturday, authorities said.