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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Forecasters say today's unusually cold spring storm in North California's mountains will do little to help fix the drought. Forecasters say 6 to 12 inches of snow could hit at about 4,000 feet, with 1 to 2 feet on higher peaks. The storm is expected to spread moderate rain down the Central Coast to the Los Angeles basin by this afternoon. Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown declared drought conditions gripping the state at its worst point in decades.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Forensic teams in the newly liberated Iraqi city of Tikrit (tih-KREET') have started exhuming bodies from mass graves believed to contain some of the hundreds of soldiers killed by Islamic State militants last year. A government spokesman says the work started yesterday on eight locations inside Tikrit's complex of presidential palaces, where much of the killing is believed to have taken place. IS militants overran Saddam Hussein's hometown last June, capturing around 1,700 soldiers.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Pro-Palestinian hackers have disrupted Israeli websites, following threats from the hacking collective Anonymous. Israeli cyber experts say the coordinated attacks have caused little damage, hitting a few dozen websites belonging to Israeli musicians and non-profit organizations. The hackers had threatened to topple Israeli government websites, banks and public institutions. The hacking campaign has taken place every April 7 since 2013.
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP) — Relatives say a Maryland man found dead in his home along with his seven children likely all died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The mother and stepfather of 36-year-old Rodney Todd say he started using a generator after the power company shut off the electricity to his Princess Anne home for nonpayment. Todd's children ranged in age from 6 to 15.
UNDATED (AP) — B.B. King is in the hospital, but his daughter says he is doing "much better." The Los Angeles Times reports the 89-year-old blues man is in the hospital for dehydration caused by Type 2 diabetes. In October, King canceled his concert tour after being diagnosed with dehydration and exhaustion.
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