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• Suspect charged in Arizona highway shootings, held on $1 million bond
• Baseball player in critical condition after New York drive-by shooting
• Crews gain ground on California blazes, search for missing goes on
• State of play in the GOP: Trump rivals see reasons for hope
• Migrants surge into Western Europe through Austria
• Croatia says 'forcing' Hungary to take in migrants
• Pope offers solidarity with Cuba, highlights Hispanics in U.S.
• Suspect arrested in string of Arizona freeway shootings
• Suspect in string of Arizona shootings arrested: governor
• Jeb Bush draws boos at conservative gathering in South Carolina
• Deputy Kentucky clerk questions validity of licenses altered by Kim Davis
• Baby Doe's mom arrested, boyfriend charged with murder

Suspect charged in Arizona highway shootings, held on $1 million bond Posted: 19 Sep 2015 12:55 PM PDT The man who was arrested in connection with a spate of shootings along a major highway through Arizona was arraigned on Saturday on felony charges that include drive-by shooting and terrorism. Wearing a gray and white striped prison uniform, Leslie Allen Merritt Jr., 21, said he was not the person responsible for the shootings. Merritt, of Glendale, Arizona, was charged with four counts each of drive-by shooting, intentional acts of terrorism, and aggravated assault involving a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, in addition to other charges.

Baseball player in critical condition after New York drive-by shooting Posted: 19 Sep 2015 11:27 AM PDT By Katie Reilly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former minor league baseball player who was drafted by the Oakland Athletics is in critical condition on Saturday after being wounded in a drive-by shooting early Friday morning in a New York suburb, police said. Michael Nolan of Yonkers, New York, was shot once in the head and twice in the body while he was standing with a group of people in a Burger King parking lot, said Yonkers Police spokesman Lieutenant Patrick McCormack.

Crews gain ground on California blazes, search for missing goes on Posted: 19 Sep 2015 09:32 AM PDT By Curtis Skinner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Firefighters battling two deadly wildfires in drought-stricken California have gained more ground and some displaced people were allowed to go home, officials said on Friday, even as the search went on for people reported missing. Two men and an elderly, disabled woman have been killed by the so-called Valley Fire, which has scorched 73,700 acres (29,825 hectares) just north of Napa County's wine-producing region, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office. Authorities were still searching on Friday for people who had been reported missing, said Lake County Undersheriff Chris Macedo, although he could not provide an exact tally.

State of play in the GOP: Trump rivals see reasons for hope Posted: 19 Sep 2015 08:43 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's rivals emerged from the second Republican debate newly confident that the brash billionaire will fade if the nomination fight takes a more substantive turn, and that they can play a role in taking him down without hurting their own White House ambitions.

Migrants surge into Western Europe through Austria Posted: 19 Sep 2015 05:05 AM PDT BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of migrants flooded into Austria on Saturday, seeking refuge after shuttling for days in bordering countries that were unable or unwilling to offer them shelter.

Croatia says 'forcing' Hungary to take in migrants Posted: 19 Sep 2015 04:47 AM PDT By Sasa Kavic and Gergely Szakacs BELI MANASTIR, Croatia/BEREMEND, Hungary (Reuters) - Croatia said on Saturday it had "forced" Hungary to take in thousands of migrants and would continue sending them to its northern neighbor, amid deepening discord and disarray in Europe over the biggest westwards migration in decades. More than 20,000 migrants, many of them Syrian refugees, have streamed into Croatia since Hungary on Tuesday barred their route to the European Union through its southern border with Serbia with a metal fence, tear gas and water cannon. Warning it was losing control, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said his country would give them food, water and medical attention, and send them on their way.

Pope offers solidarity with Cuba, highlights Hispanics in U.S. Posted: 19 Sep 2015 03:37 AM PDT Pope Francis begins a 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States on Saturday, embarking on his first trip to the onetime Cold War foes after helping to nudge forward their historic rapprochement. He will be offering a show of solidarity with Cubans and making clear that Hispanics in the United States are the bedrock of the American church.

Suspect arrested in string of Arizona freeway shootings Posted: 18 Sep 2015 08:45 PM PDT A man was taken into custody at a Wal-Mart in Glendale, a suburb west of Phoenix, according to a spokesman for Gov. Doug Ducey.

Suspect in string of Arizona shootings arrested: governor Posted: 18 Sep 2015 07:39 PM PDT "We got him! DPS SWAT team is in custody of the individual suspected of I-10 shootings. Apprehended moments ago," Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said on Twitter. Ducey released no other details about the suspect but commended investigators for their work and urged Arizona residents to call authorities if they had information about the shootings.

Jeb Bush draws boos at conservative gathering in South Carolina Posted: 18 Sep 2015 05:26 PM PDT Setting aside personality clashes for a night, the Republican Party's 2016 contest shifted to substance as a slate of White House hopefuls vowed to steer the nation sharply to the right as they courted conservatives in battleground South Carolina.

Deputy Kentucky clerk questions validity of licenses altered by Kim Davis Posted: 18 Sep 2015 05:10 PM PDT A deputy for the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed after refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples questioned on Friday the validity of the licenses he has issued since his boss' return. In a filing with the federal judge overseeing a lawsuit against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis for not issuing marriage licenses, the attorney for deputy clerk Brian Mason said he has "some substantial questions" about the new licenses Davis altered and gave him to issue after she returned to work on Monday. Davis has directed him to sign the licenses as a notary public, instead of as a deputy county clerk, Mason's attorney, Richard Hughes, said in the documents.

Baby Doe's mom arrested, boyfriend charged with murder Posted: 18 Sep 2015 03:13 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — A mother and her boyfriend are "blaming each other" for the death of a little girl who was found dead inside a trash bag on a Boston Harbor beach this summer, a state official said Friday, after a monthslong campaign to learn the child's identity.

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