RICHMOND, Calif., Aug. 11 (UPI) — A toll collector on California’s Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and a motorist on a nearby parking lot were fatally shot Tuesday evening, authorities said.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) — U.S. funding for non-military spending on Afghanistan should be increased by about 60 percent over what the White House has requested, a U.S. diplomat said.
LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 11 (UPI) — A speedboat with 22 suspected illegal immigrants was halted in the Pacific Ocean near La Jolla, Calif., a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said.
LAKE FOREST, Calif., Aug. 11 (UPI) — Two Lake Forest, Calif., medical marijuana dispensaries were broken into early Tuesday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said.
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11 (UPI) — The Council for American-Islamic Relations has asked the San Diego Public Library to stop publicizing a lecture by a group CAIR says is anti-Islamic.
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J., Aug. 11 (UPI) — An ordinance to ban smoking on the beach in Seaside Heights, N.J., is a response to non-smoking sunbathers’ complaints, borough officials said Tuesday.
LEBANON, Pa., Aug. 11 (UPI) — A frequently hostile crowd hurled questions about healthcare reform at U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., Tuesday at a town hall meeting in Lebanon, Pa.
PATCHOGUE, N.Y., Aug. 11 (UPI) — Three people have been charged with allegedly forcing dozens of young illegal aliens into prostitution at seedy Long Island, N.Y., taverns, authorities said.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 11 (UPI) — At least 10 Taliban militants were killed by a drone missile strike on a suspected stronghold in Pakistan’s tribal areas, officials said Tuesday.