NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
_1 Road rage: A Pennsylvania man was in custody Sunday for what a prosecutor called the “savage” and “senseless” death of a recent high school graduate shot in the head during a road rage confrontation as the two tried to merge in a single lane. Police said David Desper, 28, of Trainer turned himself in accompanied by an attorney early Sunday and was charged with first- and third-degree murder in Wednesday’s death of 18year-old Bianca Roberson in West Goshen Township. Witnesses reported seeing Roberson’s vehicle “jockeying for position” with a red pickup truck where the road narrows from two lanes to one lane. After Roberson was shot, her car veered off the road, struck a tree and was found in a ditch. The shooter fled. _2 Body found: A missing 13-year-old Texas girl who was reported abducted and a man have both been found dead inside a Dallas home, authorities said Sunday. Shavon Randle was identified as one of two bodies inside the house, FBI agent Eric Jackson said. The area around the small home was cordoned off Sunday. The girl was reported abducted Wednesday from a home in Lancaster, about 15 miles south of Dallas. A relative told officers she received a call from an unknown man who said the girl was being held against her will and had threatened to harm her. Lancaster police and FBI agents arrested two men Saturday, Devontae Owens, 24, and Laquon Wilkerson, 30. Both are held on $500,000 bond and charged with aggravated kidnapping.
_3 Plane crash: Six people aboard a Cessna airplane were killed when it crashed in northern Wisconsin, authorities said. The Price County Sheriff ’s Office said the plane crashed Saturday near the city of Phillips. The crash victims, all adults, were not immediately identified. The plane had left from Chicago and was heading to Canada on a fishing trip. Investigators say the pilot and air traffic controllers discussed a “local weather phenomenon.” Soon after, the aircraft dropped off radar.
_4 Train derails: A portion of an Amtrak passenger train derailed Sunday near Steilacoom, Wash., about 45 miles south of Seattle. Several passengers suffered minor injuries on the Amtrak Cascades train, the rail company said. The locomotive and the baggage car derailed around 2:30 p.m., Amtrak said. All 267 passengers were evacuated and provided with alternative transportation. The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
_5 Retaking exams: More than 500 San Diego high school students have been told they must retake Advanced Placement tests. The College Board says it is invalidating tests taken at Scripps Ranch High because new seating arrangements established two years ago were not followed. The College Board did not say any students cheated on the exams, which can earn college credits by meeting the requirements for certain subjects. The tests will be given again for free. Seventeen-yearold Jonathan Lu, who took four tests in May, called the retests a “huge bummer.”
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