NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
1 Lincoln tribute: Hun- dreds of people, including many in period costume, retraced the steps of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession Saturday in Springfield, Ill., to open a weekend of events to meticulously reenact the slain president’s final journey home on the 150th anniversary of his burial. Ranks of soldiers in Union blues and pallbearers, including several direct descendants of those who accompanied Lincoln’s coffin in 1865, walked from Springfield’s train station to the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln lay in state. On Sunday, participants will follow the historic route to Oak Ridge Cemetery, where Lincoln’s burial will be re-enacted with eulogies and cannon salutes.
2 Ailing musician: Blues legend B.B. King remained in hospice care Saturday at his home in Las Vegas. The 89-year-old musician posted thanks on his official website for fans’ well-wishing and prayers after returning home Friday from a brief hospitalization. The hospitalization was the second in a month for King, who was diagnosed with diabetes decades ago. His guitar, famously named Lucille, has soared and wailed in songs ranging from “Every Day I Have the Blues” to “When Love Comes to Town” to “The Thrill is Gone.”
3 Deadly crash: Three teenagers died when their car plunged off a Long Beach road into the Los Angeles River, authorities said. The car may have been speeding near a freeway off-ramp when it went off a bridge Friday and landed on its roof next to the water in the riverbed, officials said. The dead were identified as Alicia Yanonis, 17, Fabian Cazares Garcia Jr., 19, and Armando Herrera, 19. All were from Long Beach. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
4 Monticello gift: Washington, D.C., philanthropist David Rubenstein has made a $10 million to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation. The gift, announced Friday night at a dinner at Monticello, is the second of a two-part, $20 million Rubenstein donation. The site near Charlottesville, Va., got $10 million in 2013. The money will go toward Monticello’s Mountaintop Project, a multiyear effort to make the 5,000-acre plantation look as it did in Jefferson’s day and tell the stories of the free and enslaved people who lived there. Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group, a private-equity firm, has given more than $75 million to historic sites and landmarks in the past five years.
5 Labor dispute: A federal judge in Las Vegas has issued an order barring Allegiant Air pilots from going on strike while mediation is under way in their labor dispute. Judge Andrew Gordon ruled Friday that International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1224 can’t strike in order to gain leverage over the airline while both sides are in mediation. The union argued that it is allowed to strike because the company had not obeyed a court order to restore work rules in its pilot-labor contract. Allegiant, which is based in Las Vegas, said in a statement that the order will prevent disruption of travel for thousands of passengers.