NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
1 Soldier killed: The Pentagon on Sunday identified the U.S. soldier who died of wounds sustained in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan. The Friday crash in Logar province killed Jacob Sims, a 36-year-old chief warrant officer from Juneau, Alaska. Sims was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. The U.S. military has said six other crew members aboard the helicopter were injured in the crash. The Defense Department has provided no details about the crash other than saying it wasn’t caused by enemy fire.
2 Deadly crash: A collision Sunday between a horse-drawn buggy and a pickup truck in central Michigan killed three children and critically injured six other people, State Police said. The pickup crashed into the rear of the buggy in Bushnell Township, near the village of Sheridan. Children ages 7, 9 and 12 died in the crash. The six others who were riding in the buggy were taken to a hospital in critical condition. Troopers said the driver of the pickup was cooperative after the crash, which remains under investigation.
3 Escapee captured: A West Virginia inmate who escaped from a jail two days before his sentencing was captured Sunday along the Mexico border in Texas, authorities said. U.S. Border Patrol agents told West Virginia State Police that Todd Wayne Boyes, 44, was trying to cross the Rio Grande River at Laredo, Texas, when he was taken into custody. Boyes had changed into civilian clothes and escaped the South Central Regional Jail in Charleston on Wednesday, but the jail staff didn’t notice his absence until Thursday evening. Boyes had been scheduled to be sentenced Friday to up to 20 years in prison on charges including fleeing and possession of a stolen car. Four jail employees have been suspended without pay pending the results of an investigation.
4 Restaurant clash: Police in Tennessee said Sunday that they are searching for a man who allegedly struck a white woman who was seated at a pub with a black man. Nashville police said a group of white men and women entered the pub in Brentwood and sat behind the couple. A group member invited the woman to sit with them, and another member indicated the group was involved in the White Lives Matter movement. The woman said a man then hit her in the face, causing a cut above her eye. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the man was part of the large group. White nationalist groups rallied Saturday in Shelbyville, 45 miles south of Brentwood. A second rally in Murfreesboro, 33 miles southeast of Brentwood, was canceled.
5 Storm anniversary: Elected officials marked the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy on Sunday by talking about the recovery that’s been made and pledging to do more. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio was in the waterfront Rockaways neighborhood where he recalled the aftermath of the storm, including fires, blackouts and homes destroyed by pieces of the boardwalk flung by heavy winds. De Blasio announced a $145 million investment for projects to help the area withstand future flooding and storms.