Florida to begin redrawing unconstitutional congressional maps on Thursday
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – Florida legislative leaders said on Sunday they plan to call a special session on Thursday after a judge ordered them to redraw the state’s U.S. congressional maps and held open the possibility of delaying general elections…
Tropical storm Bertha strengthens as it moves away from the Bahamas: NHC
(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Bertha, the second named storm of the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season, is strengthening quickly as it moves away from the Bahamas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday.
Washington woman arrested on murder charges in death of toddler
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state woman was arrested on Sunday on murder charges after her two-year-old daughter was found dead and her teenage daughter badly hurt in an Oregon resort hotel, officials said.
Second Maryland concertgoer dies of suspected overdose
(Reuters) – A second person has died of a suspected drug overdose following a Maryland pop and dance music festival that left another dead and more than a dozen hospitalized with drug-related illnesses, police said on Sunday.
Some 400,000 in Ohio without drinking water, tests show lower toxin levels
TOLEDO Ohio (Reuters) – Health authorities tested water for toxins in Toledo, Ohio, on Sunday as some 400,000 people remained without safe drinking water for a second day following the discovery of high toxin levels from algae on Lake Erie.
Remains found of man wanted for murder of family in California
(Reuters) – Human remains found near a river in northern California belong to a man on the U.S. Marshals Service’s top 15 most wanted fugitive list for questioning in the murder of his wife and two daughters, officials said Sunday.
Man who filmed NYPD choke hold video arrested on weapons charges
(Reuters) – A man who filmed a New York City police officer use a choke hold on a suspect who later died has been arrested on weapons charges, law enforcement officials said on Sunday.
U.S. Air Force Academy to probe reports of rape, drug use
DENVER (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force Academy’s superintendent ordered an investigation into the school’s athletic programs on Sunday amid reports of sexual assaults, drug use and academic cheating, primarily among football players at the elite institu…
New Mexico man almost loses genitals in pitbull attack
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – A New Mexico man almost lost his genitals to a dog bite when a 90-pound (40-kg) mixed breed pitbull attacked his eight-year-old daughter and he intervened to rescue her, police said on Sunday.
Wildfire destroys eight buildings on California-Oregon border
(Reuters) – A wildfire burning on the border of Oregon and California has destroyed eight structures and was threatening hundreds more on Sunday, officials said, after California declared a state of emergency amid an extremely aggressive fire season.
