COLORADO
Astronaut Carpenter recovering from stroke
Astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit Earth, is recovering from a stroke. Patty Carpenter told the Vail Daily her 88-year-old husband had a stroke last week and has been moved to a rehabilitation center. She hopes he will be up and around in a few weeks. Scott Carpenter is remembered for his radio call “Godspeed, John Glenn” when Friendship 7 lifted off and Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth on Feb. 20, 1962. Three months later, Carpenter became the second American in orbit.
WISCONSIN
Company recalls chicken, ham salads
Garden Fresh Foods of Milwaukee has recalled 19,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken and ham products because of possible Listeria bacteria contamination. The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service said the foods were distributed to retailers and food services nationwide. They include several kinds of chicken and ham salads sold under the Market Pantry, Archer Farms, D’Amico and Sons, Finest Traditions, Garden Fresh and Weis brands. There have been no reports of illnesses due to consumption of these products.
MEXICO
Attacks kill at least nine people
Shootings erupted over the weekend in the cities of Cuernavaca, Fresnillo and Monterrey, killing at least nine people and wounding six more, officials said Sunday. Drug gangs are fighting turf battles in those cities. Meanwhile, authorities in the northern state of Coahuila said over the weekend that police detained nine boys, two young women and 12 men who had arrived from different cities in northern Mexico on behalf of the violent Zetas cartel seeking to seize control of a city near Monterrey from a rival gang. Police confiscated 17 high-caliber weapons and ammunition.
MEXICO
Church collapse kills boy, injures 24
Heavy rains caused a half-built church in a suburb of Monterrey to collapse during Mass, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring 24 church goers. Juarez Mayor Rodolfo Ambriz said the injured were taken to local hospitals. The Roman Catholic Church of Santa Clara de Asis was under construction, and a tarp had been put up as a roof. Heavy rains in the northern state of Nuevo Leon apparently brought down the tarp Sunday morning and a concrete structure with it, authorities said.
NEW YORK
Girl Scouts launch membership drive
With an assist from Michelle Obama, the Girl Scouts of the USA is launching an unorthodox recruitment campaign this week aimed at reversing a long-running decline in participation by girls and adult volunteers. Instead of placing ads on TV, in newspapers and on billboards, the decentralized campaign will unfold in neighborhood initiatives and on social media as local Girl Scout councils directly target elementary-school girls. The first lady is pitching in with a video in which she lauds the contributions of the Girl Scouts and urges adults to find the time to help out.
AUSTRIA
Governing coalition slips in elections
Hundreds of thousands of people voted Sunday for a right-wing opposition party championing anti-immigrant and EU-skeptic views, leaving the ruling coalition government barely holding on to the absolute majority its needs to stay in power for the next five years. The governing Socialist Party had 27.1 percent backing and its centrist People’s Party partner 23.8 percent — a loss of more than 2 percentage points each for both parties and the worst result ever for their coalition. The right-wing Freedom Party got a major boost. With 21.4 percent, its showing was nearly 4 percentage points better than at the last general elections five years ago. The Greens won 11.5 percent of the vote.
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