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Officials found the body of a swimmer who was reported missing at Lake Pueblo State Park on Saturday, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The swimmer was reported missing around 8:15 p.m. Saturday, according to a Sunday news release from CPW. Witnesses said the swimmer was last seen near the Sailboard Beach area west of the dam. Rangers and divers from the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office searched the lake and found the swimmer’s body around 11 p.m.

Denver police officers shot and killed a woman downtown on Sunday, according to the Denver Police Department. The shooting happened near the intersection of North Broadway and Lawrence Street, according to a 12:53 p.m. post by the department on X. Denver police officers received two calls about a woman allegedly holding a knife and standing in the intersection of North Broadway and Lawrence Street around 11:45 a.m., according to a 2:42 p.m.

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. — Authorities on Sunday identified the man who opened fire at a splash pad in suburban Detroit before taking his own life, but his motives remained unknown as investigators worked to determine if he left behind any hint of his plans. Oakland County Sheriff’s spokesperson Stephen Huber said the shooter was 42-year-old Michael William Nash of Shelby Township.

BERLIN — German police said Sunday they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an ax and a Molotov cocktail in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before it hosted a match in the European Championship soccer tournament. Police officers opened fire after the man refused to put down the ax and a Molotov cocktail, hitting him in the leg, police spokesman Thilo Marxsen said.

To mark Father’s Day, Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, snapped a picture of her husband Prince William, and their children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6. The official Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) accounts of the Prince and Princess of Wales posted Middleton’s photo on Sunday, June 16, with the caption “We love you, Papa.

GORMAN, Calif. — Authorities evacuated at least 1,200 people Saturday as a wildfire in Los Angeles County spread over thousands of acres near a major highway and threatened nearby structures, officials said. The blaze, named the Post Fire, burned more than 3,600 acres (5.6 square miles or 14.5 square kilometers) near the Interstate 5 freeway in Gorman, about 62 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. California State Park Services evacuated 1,200 people from the Hungry Valley recreation area in Gorman. Both Hungry Valley and the Pyramid Lake reservoir were closed as a result of the fire threat, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said in an 8 p.m.