California man Farzad Fazeli was arrested Tuesday for allegedly trying to stab a congressional candidate at a fair on Sunday, police said.

Local media identified the candidate as Republican Rudy Peters, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell in November.

Peters survived serious injury thanks to a malfunctioning switchblade, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. The attempted stabbing was preceded by Fazeli making “disparaging remarks” about the Republican Party, according to the sheriff’s office.

Norm Macdonald's comments about the #MeToo movement and fellow comedians Louis C.K. and Roseanne Barr led to the "The Tonight Show" canceling his appearance and spurred apologies from the comedian that could bring their own problems.

In a statement, NBC said it canceled Tuesday's appearance "out of sensitivity to our audience."

...

Macdonald: Well, if it gets too politically correct, then it’s harming comedy. And also, the idea that we should believe a person because a person is of a certain gender is ludicrous. It used to be if 50 people said that a person was guilty, then the public said that person was guilty. Then it went all the way down to if one person says a person’s guilty, that’s enough. While I think the #MeToo movement is a great thing in a macro sense and will lead to a much better world, I don’t want anyone to be badly hurt that’s innocent in the process of getting there. And I could see it ending with an innocent, prominent person blowing their brains out one day.

A man who had already begun serving a 50-year prison sentence for alleged sexual abuse of a minor was set free Monday after the discovery of a dog that was a key part of the testimony against him.

"Joshua Horner, a plumber from the central Oregon town of Redmond, was convicted on April 12, 2017, of sexual abuse of a minor," AP reports. "In the trial, the complainant testified Horner had threatened to shoot her animals if she went to the police about the alleged molestation, and said she saw him shoot her dog, killing it, to make his point."

...

The group managed to get the help of Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel to search for Lucy, who, if alive, would prove that the complainant had lied under oath. The team heard reports that Lucy had been given away, but finding the new owner was difficult.

"They made a couple trips around Deschutes County; he was not there," Steve Wax, director of the advocacy group, told AP. "We heard he was in Seattle. Then we learned he had a place on the Oregon Coast."

Finally, the search led them to a town northwest of Portland, Gearhart, where they met the owner and Lucy, healthy and happy, at a golf course.

"Lucy was identified by an undisputed chain of custody and her looks," AP reports. An OIP member noted that she's "a very distinctive-looking" dog and not "purebred."

On August 3, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed Horner's conviction and ordered a new trial, with the defense arguing that he was not allowed to present key evidence unrelated to the dog. A month later, Deschutes County Judge Michael Adler dismissed the case altogether.