McCain’s vision
John McCain declared for the first time Thursday in a speech in Columbus, Ohio, that he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013. He also said he envisions Osama bin Laden dead or captured and Americans paying a simple flat tax.
Sewage water?
Seven years after former L.A. Mayor James Hahn killed a controversial plan to recycle sewage water into drinking water, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has resurrected the idea as one way L.A. could provide much-needed water to the city’s growing population.
Roof collapse
Several workers were injured and others needed help getting out of the rubble when a roof collapsed Thursday at a clothes hanger factory in Leeds, Ala., company officials said.
Shooting conviction
A jury in Cleveland convicted a city firefighter Thursday in the shooting deaths of three people and wounding of two others over a neighbor’s 4th of July fireworks.
Suspect speaks
A man accused of lobbing a Molotov cocktail into woods that are among the thousands of acres that have burned near Palm Bay, Fla., conceded Thursday that he may have accidentally sparked a fire. But Brian Crowder, 31, said he tossed a cigarette.
Fatal fire analysis
Inadequate training, outdated tactics and aging equipment helped lead to the deaths of nine Charleston, S.C., firefighters fighting a furniture store blaze last year, according to a long-awaited analysis by fire experts released Thursday.
Travel woes
The American Automobile Association said Thursday that high fuel prices are prompting Americans to curb their travel plans for Memorial Day weekend.
Man charged in attacks
Police in Mesa, Ariz., say a 38-year-old man has been charged with multiple murder and sexual assault counts after DNA evidence connected him to attacks against four women.
