Disasters

Major disaster declared in 16 areas in Minnesota
A federal disaster declaration has been issued for 13 Minnesota counties and three tribal nations after preliminary assessments showed recent floods and storms caused more than $108 million in damage.
Officials at the Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth say they will reopen in about a week, but animal exhibits remain closed indefinitely, as they continue to clean up after major flooding last month.
Searchers located the body of 51-year-old Tod Crawford Thursday about a half a mile from where a pontoon boat was found on Monday.
There were no reported traffic deaths on what was expected to be the deadliest day of the year on Minnesota roads.
A spokesman for the children who were killed when a yacht full of fireworks watchers capsized on the Fourth of July off New York says it is a family tragedy.
Gov. Terry Branstad of Iowa was briefly hospitalized Wednesday in Los Angeles after choking on food, his spokesman said.