NORTH CAROLINA
WISCONSIN
Obama returning to state hit by strife
MADISON — The last time President Obama celebrated workers' rights at a Wisconsin Labor Day event, there was barely a hint of the turmoil to come when public employees staged massive protests in an unsuccessful bid to keep collective bargaining rights. Four years later, Obama returns Monday just as Republican Governor Scott Walker is locked in a tight reelection campaign with the vote two months away. Walker is the architect of the law limiting bargaining rights.
NEW YORK
Girl, 3, drowns in pool; boy critical
LANCASTER — A 3-year-old girl drowned in a backyard swimming pool in Lancaster, and her 4-year-old brother is hospitalized in critical condition, officials said. The children were unresponsive when they were pulled from the above-ground pool Friday.