QUICK HITS

1 Boat fire probe widens:

In a significant expansion of the investigation into the Labor Day boat fire that killed 34 people, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the U.S. Coast Guard served warrants Sunday at the Santa Barbara headquarters of Truth Aquatics seeking training, safety and maintenance records.

2 Strike causes flight cancellations:

British Airways canceled hundreds of flights as chances dwindled for a breakthrough that would avert the first pilots’ strike in decades. After the weekend yielded little progress toward a resolution of the pay dispute, a British Airways spokeswoman said Sunday that the airline had canceled“the vast majority”of its 850 daily, roundtrip flights today and Tuesday.

3 Protesters sing ‘Star Spangled Banner’: 4 Nissan CEO ready to resign:

Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa said he won’t resign for being at the center of turmoil over excess compensation, but is ready to take responsibility for scandals involving former Chairman Carlos Ghosn and will exit as soon as a successor is found.

5 Kremlin-friendly candidates claim victory:

Local elections that sparked a summer of protest in Moscow and St. Petersburg were finally held Sunday, and from one end of Russia to the other, candidates friendly to the Kremlin, for the most part, romped to victory — because they faced almost no real opposition.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to Hong Kong streets Sunday and marched to the U.S. Consulate, urging American lawmakers to pass legislation in support of the territory’s democratic aspirations. The police-sanctioned rally and march through the city center had some of the trappings of a Fourth of July parade, as protesters waved American flags and played the “Star Spangled Banner.”