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.
Once dismissed, shark attacks may hit new record in 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the summer beach season opens in the United States, at least one expert is predicting an increase in shark attacks around the world this year that will surpass last year’s record number.
U.S. agents arrest suspect in 2007 North Carolina Walmart bombing
(Reuters) – A man suspected of planting a pipe bomb that exploded near propane tanks inside a Walmart store in rural North Carolina in 2007 has been arrested nine years after the crime thanks to dogged police work, court documents obtained on Saturday…
Vintage plane crashed in Hudson River during emergency landing: owner
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The pilot of a World War Two-era plane killed in a crash in the Hudson River off Manhattan on Friday evening was trying to execute an emergency landing, the museum that owned the vintage aircraft said.
