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10 Things to Know for Monday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:

Official: Virginia driver likely had medical condition

Official: Virginia driver likely had medical condition

Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.

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Legislative notebook: Legislature looks to give raises, but not for themselves

Legislative notebook: Legislature looks to give raises, but not for themselves

The House and Senate were ready late Sunday to approve a compromise bill giving statewide officials and the governor’s commissioners pay raises, but the bill contains no legislator raises.

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Tornadoes hit Kansas, Oklahoma; no injuries reported

Tornadoes hit Kansas, Oklahoma; no injuries reported

A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, Kan.

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Severe storms rumble across E Minn., W Wis.

Skies turned dark and the rain came down in torrents as severe storms rumbled across eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

North Dakota National Guard soldiers honored in Williston

North Dakota National Guard soldiers who served a year in Afghanistan and lost two of their comrades there have been honored.

Commuters in southwest Connecticut warned of traffic mess for up to 1 week

Commuters in southwest Connecticut warned of traffic mess for up to 1 week

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is warning commuters that a traffic mess awaits them in southwest Connecticut for as long as a week until service is restored to Metro-North following a derailment that injured scores of passengers.

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Stretch of I-94 flooded near Jamestown

Stretch of I-94 flooded near Jamestown

Heavy rain has flooded a stretch of Interstate 94 about 10 miles west of Jamestown, slowing traffic.

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2 arrested, 1 injured in Minnesota illegal fireworks case

Two men are in custody while another was burned in a minor explosion from what police call an illegal fireworks operation in the city of Wyoming.

Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement.

Swift, Bieber, more ready for Billboard Awards

Swift, Bieber, more ready for Billboard Awards

They battle it out weekly on the Billboard charts, and now they're competing at the Billboard Music Awards.

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Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town

Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast.

OJ Simpson lawyers say he is closer to freedom

OJ Simpson lawyers say he is closer to freedom

The latest high-stakes court hearing for O.J. Simpson in the glitzy capital of big gambles has come to a close with the former football star's defense team feeling confident that their client is closer to getting out of prison.

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Fate of LA pot shops left to voters

Fate of LA pot shops left to voters

Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime.

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Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates

Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates

President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.

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