Ohio drivers see lower gas prices

Ohio drivers see lower gas prices

COLUMBUS

The end of the long weekend for Memorial Day has brought lower gas prices for drivers around Ohio.

The state average for a gallon of regular fuel was about $2.29 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. That’s down from about $2.36 a week ago and $2.49 at this time last year.

The national average was $2.37 per gallon on Monday. That’s a penny higher than last week and a nickel more than the average from this time last year.

Thousands remember JFK on 100th birthday

BOSTON

Americans turned out by the thousands Monday to celebrate the life and legacy of President John F. Kennedy on the day he would have turned 100.

The U.S. Postal Service commemorated Kennedy’s centennial with a dedication of a JFK stamp in Brookline, a Boston suburb where he was born May 29, 1917.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III gave the keynote speech at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site – JFK’s birthplace and childhood home.

A wreath-laying ceremony took place to honor the 35th U.S. president at his gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Kennedy was president from January 1961 until he was assassinated Nov. 22, 1963. He was 46.

Trump condemns killing of 2 on train

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President Donald Trump on Monday condemned the fatal stabbing of two good Samaritans trying to help a pair of young women targeted by an anti-Muslim tirade on a Portland, Ore., light rail train.

“The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable,” Trump said on Twitter. “The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/ them.”

Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, 23, and Ricky John Best, 53, were killed as they tried to stop Jeremy Joseph Christian from harassing the women, one of whom was wearing a hijab, authorities say.

Christian’s social media postings indicate an affinity for Nazis and political violence. He was charged with aggravated murder, intimidation – the state equivalent of a hate crime – and being a felon in possession of a weapon and was scheduled to be in court today.

Tiger kills female zookeeper in England

LONDON

Police said a tiger killed a female zookeeper Monday at Hamerton Zoo Park 80 miles north of London.

“A tiger had entered an enclosure with a keeper. Sadly, the female zookeeper died at the scene,” Cambridgeshire Police said.

The zoo said a “freak accident” was to blame for the death. It said, “Our thoughts and sympathies are with our colleagues, friends and families at this dreadful time.”

Police seek clues in bomber’s suitcase

LONDON

Police in Manchester, England, issued a picture of the arena suicide bomber holding a blue suitcase and asked anyone who might have seen him with it before the attack to call a confidential hot line.

Counterterrorism squads are trying to re-create Salman Abedi’s movements in the days before he detonated a bomb at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, killing 22 people. Police believe Abedi had the wheeled suitcase with him at two locations in Manchester.

The suitcase was not used in the attack, Greater Manchester Police Detective Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson said. Jackson tried to reassure nervous residents of Manchester that the bag does not pose a risk to public safety. But if any members of the public find it, they should not approach it, but call police immediately, he said.

Associated Press