The evacuation order affects nearly 600 homes and more than 2,300 residents, according to an updated count released Saturday by fire officials. - AP
2 found shot dead at Emmys venue
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Two people were found dead in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide at the Beverly Hilton, just hours before the Daytime Emmy Awards were to be held at the posh hotel, police said Saturday.
Police responding to a report of a shooting late Friday found a man in his late 60s and a woman in her mid 50s dead from gunshot wounds in a hotel room, Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said.
Police would give no other details on the two people, their relationship, or the circumstances of the shooting.
The hotel was also the site of singer Whitney Houston's death in February.
Alison Rudnick, a spokeswoman for HLN, the cable news channel showing the awards ceremony live, said the 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will go on as scheduled. - AP
Detector problem empties terminal
NEW YORK - Hundreds of air passengers and staff were evacuated from a terminal at New York City's Kennedy Airport after a metal detector malfunctioned at one of the security checkpoints.
The Transportation Security Administration says it closed Kennedy's Terminal 7 for about two hours Saturday morning after discovering the equipment problem and realizing that people had been let through without being properly screened.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the screening checkpoints were reopened to passengers by 11:45 a.m. The terminal is used by British Airways, United, and other airlines. - AP
Elsewhere:
Police in Phoenix say a 14-year-old boy shot an intruder who broke into his home and pulled a gun on him as he was watching his three younger siblings. He saw the man breaking in with a gun and got his parents' gun and shot the 37-year-old man, who is in critical condition but expected to survive and be charged.
Rep. Ron Barber has held his first "Congress on Your Corner" event in Tucson, the same type of event at which he and his former boss, Gabrielle Giffords, were shot and nearly killed on Jan. 8, 2011. Barber spokesman Mark Kimble said about 200 people showed up Saturday outside a Tucson grocery store. He said visitors included other survivors of the shooting that killed six and wounded 13.
