The father of a Cherokee Indian girl at the center of an adoption dispute that has reached the U.S. Supreme Court faces arrest because he hasn’t turned over his 3-year-old daughter to the South Carolina adoptive parents as ordered by a family court this week.

Parker Blanchard, 25, is declared dead in his third-floor apartment while other tenants escape.

In Lewiston, an alleged arsonist deemed incompetent to stand trial likely will go free and may not get services. Authorities say it’s the price we pay for deinstitutionalization.