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PANAMA CITY (AP) — Generations of isolation between the U.S. and Cuba could begin to fade away today as the presidents of the two countries prepare to sit down together for the first time since the height of the Cold War. No meeting has been formally scheduled between Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro. But White House officials have indicated that they expect the historic get-together will take place today during the Summit of the Americas in Panama.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A crowd has gathered in Summerville, South Carolina for the funeral of Walter Scott, the black driver who was fatally shot by a North Charleston police officer after fleeing a traffic stop. Mourners waited outside in light rain while flowers were unloaded and brought inside the sanctuary. A hearse escorted by two police on motorcycles drove up as the growing crowd looked on Saturday.
FAIRDALE, Ill. (AP) — Residents of a small northern Illinois farming community are finally getting a chance to look over the damage done by a powerful tornado Thursday night. The twister killed two people and injured 22 in Fairdale. The community of about 150 people took a direct hit from the half-mile-wide tornado with winds estimated at 180 to 200 mph.
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — As California struggles with a fourth year of drought, huge amounts of water are mysteriously vanishing from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. A state investigation has been launched following complaints from two large agencies that supply water to arid farmland in the Central Valley and to millions of residents as far south as San Diego. Farmers are the prime suspects. But some farmers say it isn't stealing. They say their history of living at the water's edge for generations gives them the right to use as much water as they need.
MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a middle school student took $25,000 from his grandfather and started handing out $100 bills to his classmates. Authorities in the northeastern Ohio city of Medina (meh-DY'-nuh) say the 13-year-old gave out thousands of dollars this week before schools officials discovered what was happening. They've recovered about $7,000 so far. Police tell The Medina Gazette they're still trying to figure out how the boy got the money from his 83-year-old grandfather.
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