No optical illusion: Obama balances world crises with golf, time off
OAK BLUFFS Mass. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama gave Americans an update on U.S. military strikes in Iraq on Saturday from a podium on the White House lawn with Marine One, the presidential helicopter, parked in the background.
Missouri teen shot dead by police had assaulted officer: police
(Reuters) – The shooting death of a black teenager that sparked anger in a St. Louis community was started by a fight between the victim and an officer in a squad car that quickly escalated, police said on Sunday.
Pennsylvania teen dies in manure pit, trapped under farm equipment
HARRISBURG Penn (Reuters) – A 15-year-old drowned in a manure pit in Pennsylvania when a piece of farm equipment overturned and trapped him underneath, officials said on Sunday.
Hawaii’s governor concedes primary defeat as storm nears
HONOLULU (Reuters) – Incumbent Governor Neil Abercrombie conceded defeat on Saturday as Hawaii voters overwhelmingly backed his challenger in the state’s Democratic primary, even as local authorities and residents cleaned up debris from a tropical stor…
Warrant issued for ex-boyfriend of woman killed in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – A shooting in Albuquerque on Friday that left one woman dead and three people hurt was sparked by a jealous rage, police said on Saturday. 
Hawaii governor faces tough contest in primary election before hurricane
HONOLULU (Reuters) – Hawaii voters went to the polls on Saturday for the state’s primary election as authorities and residents rushed to clean up debris from one tropical storm with only a day to prepare for an approaching hurricane.
Eight firefighters hurt in California wildfire are out of hospital
(Reuters) – Eight firefighters who suffered minor injuries while battling a wildfire in northern California were released from a hospital early on Saturday, a fire official said.
U.S. emergency labs ready to work on Ebola drugs if asked
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – All three U.S. facilities established to quickly make vaccines and therapeutics in the event of a major public health threat say they are standing by to support any U.S. government effort to scale up a treatment for Ebol…
Prosecutors fight Kennedy cousin’s overturned murder conviction
HARTFORD Conn. (Reuters) – Connecticut prosecutors appealed to the state Supreme Court late on Friday to reinstate Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel’s 2002 conviction on a charge of murdering his neighbor when they were both 15. A state judge overturned ve…
Teenage boy dies after climbing accident that killed Phoenix firefighter
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A 15-year-old boy has died from injuries sustained in a climbing accident on a popular Phoenix mountain that claimed the life of an off-duty firefighter, police said on Saturday.
