Coast Guard to raise Missouri tourist boat after deadly sinking
The U.S. Coast Guard was preparing on Monday to recover the “duck boat” that sank beneath storm-whipped waves in a Missouri lake last week, drowning 17 people in one of the deadliest tourist accidents in the United States in years.
Texas power use to break record on Monday during heat wave: ERCOT
Homes and businesses in Texas will likely use record amounts of power again on Monday as consumers keep their air conditioners cranked up on what is expected to be the last day of a week-long heat wave, the operator of much of the state’s power grid sa…
Deadly Missouri duck boat to be raised, most survivors leave hospital
The duck boat that sank in a Missouri lake last week, killing 17 people, was set to be raised on Monday and taken to a secure facility as part of a federal investigation into one of deadliest U.S. tourist accidents for years.
Fast-spreading California wildfire nears Yosemite park
A raging California mountain blaze that has already killed one firefighter grew over the weekend and bore down on Yosemite National Park, prompting the closure of some smoke-choked campgrounds and roads at the popular tourist destination.
Police name murder suspect in Los Angeles store hostage standoff
Los Angeles police named a 28-year-old man on Sunday as the suspect who took hostages and barricaded himself for three hours inside a Trader Joe’s grocery store in which he fatally shot a woman.
Gunman arrested after deadly Los Angeles store hostage standoff
Police in Los Angeles arrested a man who took hostages and barricaded himself inside a Trader Joe’s grocery store on Saturday, ending a three-hour standoff during which he fatally shot a woman, authorities said.
Gunman barricaded in Los Angeles grocery store, takes hostages
A suspected gunman being pursued by police crashed his car and then went into a Trader Joe’s store in Los Angeles on Saturday, where he barricaded himself in and took an unknown number of hostages, police said.
Suspected gunman barricaded in Los Angeles grocery store: media
A suspected gunman being pursued by police reportedly fired shots and went into a Trader Joe’s store in Los Angeles on Saturday, where he barricaded himself in and may have taken hostages, local media reported.
‘Keep us in prayer’ says woman who lost nine in Missouri boat tragedy
A woman whose nine family members were among the 17 people killed when a tourist duck boat capsized in a storm on a Missouri lake said on Saturday she is not sure if there is any way to recover from such a loss.
Houston police hunt clues in killing of Bush doctor by bicyclist
Houston police are studying surveillance video and following up on tips in the killing of a cardiologist who once treated former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and was fatally shot while riding a bicycle in the city’s medical center, authorities said …
