A state of emergency was called in Catawba County, North Carolina on Sunday, as two reportedly drowned from heavy rains causing neighboring towns to flood, CNN reported on Monday. The town of Lincoln County, for instance, saw 8 to 10 inches of rain in 12 hours.
FBI Assistant Director Ronald Hosko announced on Monday that the agency rescued 105 child sex-trafficking victims, CNN reported. A three-nationwide action called Operation Cross Country focused exclusively on underage victims of prostitution concluded with the arrests of 150 pimps and other individuals.
Francisco Jose Garzon, the train driver of the big train crash in northeast Spain last week, was charged Sunday with 79 counts of homicide by professional recklessness and a yet to be determined number of counts by causing injury by professional recklessness.
In an effort to extradite Edward Snowden back to the United States, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder assured Russia that the U.S. would try him in a civilian court, and would not seek the death penalty against him. Russian President's Vladimir Putin 's spokesman again ruled out hopes for Holder to get Snowden extradited.
