News of the day from across the nation, Aug. 13
Illinois officials have confirmed a third new case of Legionnaires’ disease at a veterans’ home in Quincy since an outbreak there last year killed 12 people and sickened 54.
Pitzer College, a small liberal arts college near Los Angeles, has denounced a Facebook post made by a black student who was seeking a non-white roommate.
The Claremont Independent reported student Kare Urena asked in the post that only people of color apply to live in her off-campus residence, adding that she didn’t “want to live with any white folks.”
Fire crews have extinguished a blaze at a power plant along the St. Clair River in Michigan that sent smoke into the air that was visible for miles, authorities said Friday.
4 Mother sentenced: A northern Kentucky woman has been sentenced to nearly 19 years in prison after providing drugs to her jailed daughter, who later died of an overdose.
The U.S. Forest Service on Friday lifted all remaining evacuation orders and advisories for mountain communities near a wildfire burning in the San Bernardino Mountains.
A section of State Route 173 northwest of Lake Arrowhead remained closed along with forest roads still being used by firefighters.