NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
1 Scouts killed: The community of Lake Hallie, Wis., on Sunday mourned the deaths of three Girl Scouts and an adult who were collecting trash along a rural highway the day before when police say a pickup truck veered off the road and hit them before speeding away. The driver, Colten Treu, 21, of Chippewa Falls, later surrendered and will be charged with four counts of homicide, said police Sgt. Daniel Sokup. Authorities have not released the names of the girls or the woman who were struck. A fourth girl survived but was in critical condition. They were fourth-grade students.
2 Murder conviction: A jury found an ex-convict guilty of first-degree murder and other charges Sunday in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Memphis. The jury convicted Tremaine Wilbourn in the August 2015 killing of Officer Sean Bolton. Police said Bolton interrupted a drug deal in a car Wilbourn occupied. Wilbourn got out of the vehicle, and he and Bolton got into a physical struggle, according to authorities. Wilbourn took out a gun and shot Bolton, police said. An autopsy showed Bolton was shot eight times. Wilbourn’s lawyer said his client did not intend to kill Bolton. Wilbourn led officers on an intense, two-day manhunt before turning himself in to U.S. marshals.
3 Water flow: More water will be flowing through the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon than usual. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said it will release torrents of water from the Glen Canyon Dam starting Monday morning. The high-flow experiment will run for 60 hours. The increase is meant to mimic natural flooding, as well as rebuild sandbars and beaches to benefit fish and archaeological sites. Rafters are advised to be cautious. The water can take a couple of days to recede after the high-flow experiment begins.
4 Voting age: The City Council of Washington, D.C., is preparing to vote on a bill to lower the voting age to 16 for all elections, both local and federal. The bill will get a final vote before the full council this month. The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizens 18 and older the right to vote, but scholars have said it doesn’t prevent a state, or in this case, the nation’s capital, from setting a lower age. Council member Charles Allen says his bill will “enfranchise the district’s young people and bring their voices into the political process.”
5 Railroad blast: One railroad worker died and another was seriously hurt in what appears to have been an accidental explosion near a Chicago station. The Cook County medical examiner’s office said one of the men was pronounced dead Saturday after the blast on the northwest side. The man who survived was in stable condition. The workers were not identified. Metra spokeswoman Meg Reile said the man who died was a 46-year-old, 17-year employee of the commuter rail line who worked as a track inspector. The workers were using torches to weld joints as part of a track project. Reile said an acetylene tank on a truck exploded, but it’s not clear why.