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- Puerto Rico oversight board enters agreement to address debt claims June 17, 2019Puerto Rico's federally created financial oversight board said on Sunday it has entered into an agreement with bondholders to provide "a framework for a plan of adjustment" to address $35 billion of claims against the U.S. territory.
- Suspected North Carolina burglar caught after being fought off by boy with machete June 17, 2019North Carolina police arrested a suspected burglar on Sunday who was fought off by an 11-year-old boy with a machete and sought treatment at a hospital for a head wound, but managed to flee before police could arrest him.
- Phoenix mayor apologizes after police pull gun on parents of alleged child shoplifter June 16, 2019The mayor of Phoenix apologized and called a community meeting for this week amid public anger over a viral video showing police pointing a gun at the parents of a 4-year-old child over allegations she shoplifted a doll.
- Illinois farmers give up on planting after floods, throw party instead June 16, 2019The Happy Spot was a little depressed.
- Tires blow on United jet during Newark airport landing, no injuries June 16, 2019Tires on a United Airlines jet blew out as it landed at New Jersey's Newark airport on Saturday, causing flight delays but injuring none of the 166 passengers on board, officials said.
- Four Democratic 2020 candidates court South Carolina's black voters June 15, 2019Four of the two dozen Democrats vying for their party's 2020 U.S. presidential nomination appeared at a Black Economic Alliance forum in Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, with an eye on the key role black voters will play in the early-voting state.
- New York police divers search Hudson River for missing swimmer June 15, 2019New York City police scuba divers searched the Hudson River on Saturday for a retired North Carolina professor who went missing while participating in a swim competition, officials said.
- Trump administration owes D.C. government $7 million for inauguration: Washington Post June 15, 2019The Trump administration and Congress still owe the District of Columbia government $7 million for expenses related to the 2017 presidential inauguration, the Washington Post reported on Friday, raising questions about who will foot the bill for the president's planned July 4 speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
- Hundreds gather for vigil in Memphis neighborhood where man was shot June 15, 2019Some 300 people gathered on Friday evening for a candle-light vigil in the Memphis neighborhood where a young black man was shot dead by federal authorities as residents remained on edge following violent demonstrations earlier this week.
- Fugitive ex-priest to face Arizona child sex charges June 15, 2019A fugitive former Catholic priest who fled to Italy and vanished after being indicted on child sex charges in Arizona in 2003 has been found and returned to Arizona, authorities said on Friday.