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SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Three deaths are blamed on weekend weather that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. In Texas, a man's body was recovered from a flooded area along the Blanco River. And there were two deaths in Oklahoma. An emergency official says about 1,000 homes have been damaged throughout Hays County, Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott plans to visit the town of Wimberley Monday, where up to 400 homes were destroyed and three people remain missing.
TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake has rattled the Japanese capital of Tokyo and its suburbs Monday, with a preliminary magnitude reading of 5.6. There are no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Japanese officials issued a tsunami warning as a cautionary measure, but removed it within minutes. The quake was centered northwest of Tokyo and 31 miles below ground level, shaking all 23 wards of Tokyo, as well as the surrounding areas.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (EH'-hood OHL'-murt) has been sentenced to eight months in prison for unlawfully accepting money from a U.S. supporter. Olmert was convicted in March in a retrial. Monday's sentencing comes in addition to a six-year prison sentence he received last year in a separate bribery conviction. Olmert's lawyers say they'll appeal the ruling. Olmert was forced to resign in early 2009 amid the corruption allegations.
WARNER SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A couple missing for two weeks have been found in a remote part of San Diego County, California. Authorities say 79-year-old Cecil Knutson was found dead and his wife, 68-year-old Dianna Bedwell, was found severely dehydrated Sunday afternoon, after surviving on just rain water and some food. The couple were last seen May 10, leaving a casino in Valley Center They were planning on going to their son's home in the Palm Springs area for a Mother's Day dinner, but didn't show up.
CHICAGO (AP) — A new study says living in higher altitudes where there is less oxygen may be contributing to sudden infant death syndrome. A Colorado study in the journal Pediatrics says the risk is higher to babies above 8,000 feet. While the research shows that the SIDS rate in Colorado's tall mountains is very low, it's still two times greater than in the Denver area and other regions where the altitude is less than 6,000 feet. But researchers say more studies need to be done.
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