SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A man standing on the side of a rural highway near Springfield was hit and killed by vehicle Friday night, authorities there said.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man has died after he was shot in a business district in Alabama's largest city.

Birmingham Police Sgt. Johnny Williams told news outlets they were called to a report of shots fired shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Officers found 29-year-old Christopher Rice of Birmingham suffering from a gunshot wound. Rice was taken to UAB Hospital where he died late Thursday afternoon.

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — The Army is still investigating the cause of a warehouse fire at a chemical weapons depot in southern Colorado but says the weapons weren't in danger.

Col. Christopher Rice said Monday the fire at the Pueblo Chemical Depot has been contained.

The fire broke out Saturday about 4 miles from bunkers containing nearly 780,000 shells filled with liquid mustard agent. The Army is destroying the shells under an international treaty.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson family on Saturday went home to find three armed robbers rummaging through their home.

Police say the family got home around 1:30 p.m. and found three men were stealing their belongings. One of the suspected robbers fired his gun as he fled the house.