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DETROIT (AP) — A homeowner in suburban Detroit has been convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting of an unarmed woman who showed up drunk on his porch in the early morning hours last November. Jurors rejected Theodore Wafer's claim that he acted in self-defense when he fired through his screen door and killed 19-year-old Renisha McBride. Wafer could face up to life in prison, but it is likely his actual sentence will be much shorter.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is considering direct military strikes in Iraq, to help stop the advances of an Islamic militant group. That's according to U.S. defense officials and others who are familiar with what's being considered. They say the options also include humanitarian relief tor thousands of displaced religious minorities in the country's north.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO's chief is promising to provide help to Ukraine as it tries to put down an insurgency by pro-Russia rebels in the country's east. The show of support today from Anders Fogh Rasmussen (AHN'-derz fohg RAHS'-moo-sihn), during a visit to Kiev, came as government troops push to recapture the rebel-held city of Donetsk (dah-NETSK'). In a sign of sagging morale among rebel forces, the separatists issued a desperate plea for help today. A statement said there's a "critical situation" concerning "food, uniform and ammunition supplies."
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters pouring water into parched trees and brush saved a cluster of homes in Oregon's Columbia Gorge from a wind-driven wildfire. The Rowena Fire has burned about 4 square miles of trees and brush. Residents of 275 homes have been told to evacuate and dozens more were warned they might have to leave as well. A fire spokeswoman says crews are clearing vegetation to create buffer zones around the homes. No homes were lost overnight.
BEAVERCREEK, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's attorney general says a man who was fatally shot by police in a Wal-Mart store in a Dayton suburb was carrying an air rifle. Police in Beavercreek have said 22-year-old John Crawford waved a rifle at customers Tuesday night and was fatally shot when he wouldn't drop the weapon. Attorney General Mike DeWine now says it was a "variable pump air rifle." The owner's manual for the BB and pellet rifle warns that misuse can result in "serious injury or death."
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