NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
1 Campaign 2018: Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts told NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday that she has no intention of running for president in 2020, but she also is leaving herself room to reconsider. Warren refused to pledge to complete a second six-year Senate term if she’s re-elected in November. The high-profile liberal is often discussed as a potential 2020 rival to President Trump. Trump derisively refers to Warren as “Pocahontas” to mock her claim about being part American Indian.
2 Pump prices: The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline remained steady over the past two weeks, at $2.59, according to the Lundberg Survey released Sunday. Gas in San Francisco was the highest among the cities surveyed at an average of $3.44 a gallon. The lowest was $2.19 in El Paso, Texas.
3 Remains discovered: Florida authorities uncovered human remains under concrete in the backyard of a Disney worker who disappeared in 2015. Investigators went to the home of Michael Shaver, a monorail mechanic, on Feb. 16 and his wife, Laurie Shaver, allowed a search of the property. It’s not clear what prompted authorities to visit the home. Lake County sheriff ’s deputies noticed what looked like new concrete in the backyard. They asked to bring in a cadaver dog but she refused. They returned with a warrant and dug up an arm bone Friday. The Orlando Sentinel reported they found more remains over the weekend. The remains have been sent to the medical examiner’s office for identification.
4 Nevada pursuit: A man sought on a California parole-violation warrant died in northern Nevada after being pursued by officers, authorities said. The suspect’s car hit a divider on U.S. 50 in Carson City and spun off the highway Saturday after a sheriff ’s deputy fired a shotgun round and state troopers set up tire-puncturing spikes. According to officials, the suspect died at the scene. The Nevada Appeal reported the man shot himself in the head after a standoff. The suspect’s identity was not released. Officials said the pursuit started when the man wouldn’t pull over. 5 Tourist found: For weeks, a tourist from Uzbekistan who had come to the U.S. to visit his daughter was a man of mystery. Sabirjon Akhmedov spent weeks in a New York City hospital after being found unconscious in a park without identification after he was supposed to get on a bus to his daughter’s Ohio home, the Daily News reported. He was ultimately reunited with his family after a doctor saw a missing person poster for him and contacted authorities. The 61-year-old arrived in New York on Aug. 3 and was supposed to go on the bus trip with a nephew that night. His nephew called police after Akhmedov failed to return from a trip to a deli. Authorities created the missing person poster. Akhmedov, who underwent a tracheotomy, eventually gave the doctor what sounded like a name. An internet search turned up the missing person poster.