Two arrested in shooting of five at Hmong festival in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Two men have been arrested for allegedly shooting five people at a weekend festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma, held to celebrate the Hmong New Year, police said on Sunday.
Cuban-American novelist Oscar Hijuelos dies at 62: New York Times
(Reuters) – Cuban-American writer Oscar Hijuelos, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his best-selling novel “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love,” has died at the age of 62, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
Austin City Limits music festival rained out day early in Texas
(Reuters) – Organizers of the Austin City Limits music festival cut short the festival a day early on Sunday because of heavy rain and warnings of flash floods in the Texas capital.
Gabrielle Giffords eyes new N.Y. gun show background check
SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York (Reuters) – Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was in New York on Sunday to tour her first gun show since being shot in the head to review new measures that require background checks for buyers.
U.S. citizen found dead in Egyptian prison
CAIRO (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen was found dead in an Egyptian prison on Sunday in an apparent suicide six weeks after he was arrested for breaking a curfew, security sources said.
Statue of Liberty, closed by shutdown, reopens to tourists
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Statue of Liberty, shuttered by the federal government shutdown, reopened to visitors on Sunday morning after New York State agreed to give money to the National Park Service to pay its workers to be there.
Kenyans dominate Chicago marathon
(Reuters) – Dennis Kimetto and Rita Jeptoo led a Kenyan sweep in contrasting styles at the Chicago marathon on Sunday in a race staged amid heightened security after the Boston marathon bombings in April which killed three people.
Deadline looms for possible San Francisco area transit strike
(Reuters) – As a Sunday night deadline loomed for a possible strike that could cripple the San Francisco Bay Area’s commuter rail system, transit users braced for Monday morning gridlock as negotiators planned to talk well into the evening.
Execution drugs mixed by U.S. pharmacies draw challenges from death row
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Several U.S. states are turning to lightly regulated pharmacies for lethal injection drugs, prompting a host of court battles and at least one stay of execution because of concern tainted or impure drugs could inflict …
New York police arrest cousin in 1991 ‘Baby Hope’ killing
(Reuters) – New York City police have arrested a cousin in the killing of a 4-year-old girl dubbed “Baby Hope,” whose body was found crammed in a picnic cooler in 1991, police said on Saturday.
