SUTTER, Calif.
Military pilot killed in crash
One pilot was killed and another injured when they ejected from a U-2 spy plane shortly before it crashed Tuesday morning, the U.S. Air Force said. The plane crashed shortly after taking off from Beale Air Force Base on a training mission around 9 a.m., military officials said. They did not release the pilots’ names or any information about the condition of the surviving airman. The aircraft, assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, crashed in the Sutter Buttes, a mountain range about 60 miles north of Sacramento.
TULSA, Okla.
Officials say PCP in vehicle
Investigators found the drug PCP in the vehicle of an unarmed black man fatally shot by a white officer, according to police, but attorneys for the slain man’s family say a discussion of drugs distracts from questions about the use of deadly force. Tulsa Sgt. Dave Walker told the Tulsa World on Tuesday that investigators recovered one vial of PCP in Terence Crutcher’s SUV, but he declined to say where in the vehicle it was found or whether officers determined if Crutcher used it Friday night. A spokeswoman for the state medical examiner’s office said autopsy and toxicology results for Crutcher are pending.
DES MOINES, Iowa
Ron Paul aides sentenced
Two top aides to Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential bid were sentenced Tuesday to probation and home confinement for their roles in a scheme to cover up campaign payments to a former Iowa state senator who agreed to endorse their boss. Although prosecutors were seeking more than two years in federal prison, campaign chairman Jesse Benton and manager John Tate were instead sentenced to two years’ probation and six months of home confinement, along with community service and a $10,000 fine. They were accused of conspiring to cause false campaign contribution reports to be filed with the Federal Election Commission.
SAN FRANCISCO
New phones to be in stores
Samsung says new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones will be available in U.S. stores starting Wednesday to replace about 1 million devices being recalled because their batteries can catch fire. Samsung has been scrambling to fix problems caused by faulty batteries in the smartphone which went on sale last month. Officials urged Note 7 owners to turn off the phones and return them.
Compiled from wire reports