NBA player Bryce Dejean-Jones killed in Dallas shooting
(Reuters) – Rookie New Orleans Pelicans basketball player Bryce Dejean-Jones died after being shot early on Saturday when he broke into a Dallas apartment, authorities said.
South Korean cram school tutors deny wrongdoing in SAT leak case
SEOUL (Reuters) – Tutors at South Korean test preparation schools denied criminal wrongdoing during a court hearing on Monday involving leaked information that led to the cancellation of the U.S. SAT college entrance exam in South Korea in 2013.
Shooting rampage in Houston leaves two dead, six wounded
(Reuters) – Police in Houston killed a gunman on Sunday in a chaotic shootout that left one other person dead, six wounded – including two officers – and set off a fire at a nearby gas station when bullets struck a gas pump, authorities said.
Killing of gorilla to save boy at Ohio zoo sparks outrage
(Reuters) – The killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 4-year-old boy tumbled into the ape’s enclosure triggered outrage and questions about safety, but zoo officials called the decision to use lethal force a tough but necessary choice.
Bonnie downgraded as it swirls ups the South Carolina coast
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Tropical Depression Bonnie was swirling over the South Carolina coast on Sunday evening, dumping several inches (cm) of rain as it crawled up the East Coast.
Rodeo rider, 19, dies after getting trampled at New Jersey event
(Reuters) – A 19-year-old rider was killed when he fell off his horse and got trampled at a New Jersey rodeo, according to the teen’s university and media reports.
Georgia sheriff’s deputy shot and wounded during traffic stop
(Reuters) – A sheriff’s deputy was shot and wounded in the face on Saturday during a traffic stop in Georgia, authorities said.
Cincinnati gorilla killed after boy falls into zoo enclosure
(Reuters) – A male gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo was killed by keepers on Saturday after he dragged around a 4-year-old boy who fell into the enclosure, a zoo official said.
Looters hit civil war battle site in Virginia, officials say
(Reuters) – Looters ripped up parts of Virginia’s Petersburg National Battlefield in an apparent search for relics from a siege that led to the end of the American Civil War in 1865, the National Park Service said ahead of the Memorial Day weekend.
Flint, Michigan, pipe-replacement cost nearly doubles: newspaper
(Reuters) – The cost of replacing water lines in Flint, Michigan, has nearly doubled amid a health crisis from high lead levels in drinking water, the Detroit Free Press reported on Saturday.
