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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Republican party Chairman Robert Graham denies accusations of cheating by the Donald Trump campaign. The allegations stem from a strategic victory at the party convention by Trump presidential rival Ted Cruz, who nailed down a large majority of delegates to the national convention. Arizona's 58 votes still go to Trump on the first ballot. Graham says the slate put forward by Cruz and John Kasich won "a commanding victory."
PALESTINE, Texas (AP) — Flash flooding in East Texas has killed at least six people. More than 7 inches of rain fell in less than an hour late Friday evening, swamping a neighborhood and forcing some people onto their roofs. Authorities on Saturday found the body of the sixth victim. A woman and her four great-grandchildren also died. Autopsies are expected to be completed on Monday.
PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — A second funeral has taken place in Ohio as remembrances continue for eight members of a rural family killed more than a week ago. Hannah Gilley whose baby was one of three children who survived the massacre, was buried Saturday. Funerals for six other family members are Tuesday. Authorities say the deaths were a pre-planned "sophisticated operation."
NEW YORK (AP) — A 1960s icon of the anti-Viet Nam war movement has died. The Rev. Daniel Berrigan, a Roman Catholic priest, writer and poet who spent time in jail for his activities, died after a "long illness" at Murray-Weigel Hall, a Jesuit health care community in New York City. He was 94. He became a household name in the U.S. in the 1960s after being imprisoned for burning draft files.
BOSTON (AP) — A 29-year-old woman was killed and her passenger was injured after the scooter she was driving was struck by an amphibious sightseeing vehicle in downtown Boston. The crash happened late Saturday morning near Boston Common. The passenger suffered non-life threatening injuries. Bob Schwartz, a Boston Duck Tours spokesman, said in an email that the group is cooperating with police and trying to obtain video footage.
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