A federal judge has sentenced former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. to 30 months in prison. Jackson pleaded guilty to charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend 750,000 dollars in campaign money on personal items.

 

A UPS cargo plane crashed and burned Wednesday morning in Alabama, killing two crew members and scattering boxes and charred debris across a grassy field.

 

A lightning-sparked wildfire has destroyed 13 homes and threatens hundreds of others near a Utah resort town. The fire has grown to more than 1,200 acres.

 

Bob McCall, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.