MINNEAPOLIS
Missing boy’s remains found
The remains of Jacob Wetterling, an 11-year-old boy kidnapped from a rural Minnesota road while riding his bike nearly 27 years ago, were identified Saturday, authorities said. The discovery provided long-awaited answers to a mystery that has captivated residents and sparked changes in sex offender laws. A masked gunman abducted Jacob in October of 1989 near the boy’s home in St. Joseph. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office said additional DNA testing will be conducted on the remains and investigators are continuing to evaluate new evidence in the case.
WASHINGTON
More teens use birth control
Teenage pregnancy is way down. And a study suggests that the reason is increased, and increasingly effective, use of contraceptives. From 2007 to 2013, births to teens ages 15 to 19 dropped 36 percent; pregnancies fell by 25 percent from 2007 to 2011, according to federal data. The amount of sex being had by teenagers during that time period was largely unchanged, says the study, which was published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health. And the drop wasn’t because they were having more abortions. Abortion has been declining, particularly among teenagers. Rather, the researchers from the Guttmacher Institute and Columbia University found that “improvement in contraceptive use” accounted for the entire reduced risk of pregnancy over the five-year period.
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Lifeguard is raped at pool
Police say a 24-year-old woman working as a lifeguard was abducted and raped after an unknown man approached her while she was alone at the pool. WUSA-TV reported that police say the assault happened Saturday just after 2 p.m. The woman called police to say she had been abducted and raped and that the man was armed with a firearm. Police are searching for the suspect.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.
Officer injured in shootout
One police officer remains in critical condition and one suspect is dead in an exchange of gunfire following a car stop outside an Atlantic City casino early Saturday. The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. after officers stopped a car near a parking garage of Caesars casino. At least one of the men in the car opened fire, Atlantic City police Chief Henry White. By Saturday evening, authorities had arrested two men in connection with the shooting.
Compiled from wire reports