Biggest news you missed this weekend
Mississippi city loses first police officers since 1984
Two police officers were shot and killed in Hattiesburg, Miss. during a traffic stop on Saturday, marking the first time a Hattiesburg police officer had been killed in the line of duty since New Year's Eve in 1984. Three suspects were arrested hours later, authorities said Sunday. Two of the suspects were charged with capital murder in the death of officers Benjamin Deen, 34, and Liquori Tate, 25. Tate, 25, was a recent graduate from the police academy. He posted on his Facebook page that he graduated June 11. Tate graduated South Pike High School and attended Southwest Mississippi Community College before joining the Hattiesburg Police Department. Deen, 34, was a K-9 officer. He was named HPD Officer of the Year in 2012.
Mother Nature on Mother's Day: Tornadoes, tropical storm, snow
Severe storms tore across the southern Plains, more than a foot of snow blanketed parts of the northern Plains and Tropical Storm Ana blasted into South Carolina as Mother Nature roared across much of the nation on Mother's Day. Late Saturday, one person was killed after a tornado struck a rural farming and ranch area about 100 miles west of Fort Worth, WFAA-TV reported. To the north, a late-season snow storm was bringing heavy snow to parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Colorado. In South Carolina, Tropical Storm Ana made landfall along the South Carolina Coast Sunday morning, becoming the first tropical system of 2015 to hit the United States.
Jimmy Carter falls ill, cuts short Guyana visit
Former President Jimmy Carter cut short a trip to Guyana and was returning to Atlanta after falling ill, the Carter Center said Sunday. Carter, 90, was in Guyana as an observer for Monday's elections. "President Carter was not feeling well and has departed Guyana to return to Atlanta today," the statement said. "The Carter Center election observation mission in Guyana is continuing its work and will keep him informed of developments." Carter canceled an elections press conference that had been set for Sunday. No details on his illness were released.
Pope Francis welcomes Raúl Castro to Vatican
Pope Francis welcomed Cuban President Raúl Castro to the Vatican on Sunday. The two had a "strictly private" meeting in the study of the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall. The meeting came after a personal appeal by Francis played a key role in finalizing a deal to open relations between the United States and Cuba for the first time in 53 years. Announcing the meeting, Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said: "As we already know, President Raúl Castro has publicly thanked the Pope for his role in fostering the rapprochement between Cuba and the United States of America." The Vatican last month announced that Francis would visit Cuba before arriving in the United States in September.
Tiger Woods closes Players with up-and-down round of 72
Tiger Woods shot a final-round even-par 72 Sunday to close The Players Championship at 3 over par, near the bottom of the field. Woods had something going on the back nine with consecutive birdies at 10, 11 and 12, before he threw it away with a triple bogey on No. 14. A birdie at the par-5 16th got him back to 1 under for the day, but he spoiled that with a bogey on 18. When he finished he was tied for 70th, which would be his worst ever at The Players.
Jameis Winston files counterclaim against accuser Erica Kinsman
Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie quarterback Jameis Winston filed a counterclaim late Friday against a former Florida State student who said he raped her in December 2012. In response to a lawsuit filed in April by Erica Kinsman, Winston's attorneys denied the allegations of rape, sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress arising out of forcible rape in her complaint. The 63-page filing, which comes nine days after Winston went first overall in the NFL draft, asserts Winston's account that he delivered in an opening statement during a FSU hearing in December. Winston claims Kinsman left Potbelly's, the bar where they met, voluntarily and engaged in consensual sex at his apartment.
Guardians of Bobbi Kristina Brown named
Bobbi Kristina Brown's father and aunt have been appointed co-guardians of the ailing daughter of the late Whitney Houston. Lawyers for Bobby Brown and Pat Houston issued a joint statement Friday saying that judge Jeryl Debra Rosh appointed them to have joint responsibility in decisions related to Bobbi Kristina's care and medical needs. The decision comes after the 22-year-old was found face down and unresponsive in a tub at her Georgia home Jan. 31. She has been moved to an undisclosed location since being released from an Atlanta hospital in March.
