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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Uber says the driver charged with six counts of murder after a shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, had passed a background check but had only been driving for the ride-hailing service for less than a month. Uber says riders had given Jason Dalton good ratings, until Saturday when it received multiple complaints about his driving. A county prosecutor says Dalton admitted carrying out the attacks and continued to give rides after the first shootings.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The city council of Charlotte, North Carolina, has passed a law expanding protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The measure would allow transgender people to choose public bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity, something North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has called a threat to public safety.
ELKO, Nevada (AP) — Donald Trump is blasting Ted Cruz again, saying the Texas senator has had to apologize to Marco Rubio as well as Ben Carson for dirty tricks. Cruz told reporters Monday he asked his campaign spokesman, Rick Tyler, to resign for tweeting a story that falsely alleged that Rubio had insulted the Bible. The Rubio campaign says the Cruz campaign is infected with a culture of deceit, for which the candidate is responsible.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Los Angeles attorney says several families of victims of the San Bernardino terror attack along with survivors plan to file court papers in support of a judge's order that Apple help the FBI hack into the locked iPhone of one of the shooters. Attorney Stephen Larson says the U.S. Attorney in the case sought his help. The father of one victim says the phone could reveal other terror plots or other people who may have been involved in planning the attack.
WASHINGTON (AP) —The Pentagon's plans for shutting down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfering the remaining detainees to a facility in the United States is expected to be delivered to Congress on Tuesday. U.S. officials say it calls for up to $475 million in construction costs. But they say it would save as much as $180 million per year in operating costs.
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