Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA — Police said they believe an off-duty officer who was shot and killed blocks from his precinct house was the victim of a robbery. Police said 40-year-old Officer Moses Walker Jr. had just finished his shift early Saturday when he was shot several times about four blocks from his station in North Philadelphia. The 19-year veteran was pronounced dead at a hospital. (AP)

Washington

As some return to homes, others flee

SPOKANE — As hundreds of residents in Washington and California were allowed to return to homes once threatened by major wildfires, some people were told to evacuate as encroaching blazes neared Idaho towns. The towns of Pine and Featherville remained in the path of a 113-square-mile wildfire that has been burning for two weeks. Authorities had been asking residents to prepare to leave. (AP)

Alabama

Real-life Walter White not on run

TUSCALOOSA — It turns out the real-life Walter White, wanted in Alabama for a meth-related charge, wasn’t running from the law. The Tuscaloosa News reported that the man who shares a name with the fictional meth dealer from the AMC television show ‘‘Breaking Bad’’ was found in an inpatient treatment facility. Tuscaloosa County sheriff’s Sergeant Andy Norris said deputies confirmed a tip that White, 55, had a court order from another jurisdiction to get treatment. (AP)