A man shouts slogans as he attends a protest to mark International Migrants Day on Sunday in New York. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)

Florida

Dozens of Cuban migrants land in U.S.

Dozens of Cuban migrants landed in separate boats in the Florida Keys on Sunday, days after more than 40 others arrived in the same area, local media reported.

Under an agreement with Cuba’s communist government, the United States can force Cubans who are intercepted between the two nations to return home or go to a third country, although those who land on U.S. soil usually are allowed to stay.

The U.S. Coast Guard earlier this year said it was concerned about a possible surge in Cuban migrants eager to flee.

All 51 of the migrants who landed Sunday were turned over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, WPLG-TV reported.

— Reuters

Texas

Drinking water ban lifted in Corpus Christi

A nearly four-day ban on drinking the water in Corpus Christi, Tex., was lifted after test results showed no contamination resulting from a chemical leak, the city’s mayor said.

Mayor Dan McQueen said residents could resume using the city’s water for drinking, bathing and cooking.

“It is all full use, but we are going to continue to monitor as we go on,” he said.

None of the 28 drinking water samples that the Environmental Protection Agency reviewed tested positive for Indulin AA-86, an asphalt-emulsifying agent that’s corrosive, the federal agency said Sunday. Indulin can burn the eyes, skin and respiratory tract if a person comes into contact with concentrated amounts.

The water ban had been issued late Wednesday out of concern that a chemical leak at an asphalt plant leased to Ergon Asphalt and Emulsions by oil refiner Valero could have contaminated the city’s water supply.

— Associated Press

Veteran refused meal at Chili’s reaches deal

Ernest Walker, an Army veteran whose free meal was taken away by a Chili’s restaurant manager who doubted his military service, has reached an agreement with Brinker International, the restaurant’s parent corporation, that includes a donation to an advocacy effort for veterans.

Walker went to a Chili’s in Cedar Hill, Tex., on Veterans Day to receive the restaurant’s offer of a free burger. He said a manager there wouldn’t accept proof of his military service after another customer questioned whether Walker had served because he is black.

— Dallas Morning News

Uber driver shoots robber: An Uber driver, confronted by a robber who had two guns, shot the man dead along a causeway near a shopping mall in Aventura, Fla., police said. The driver, who wasn’t identified, was not hurt in the robbery attempt at the Lehman Causeway, according to Aventura police. A passenger inside the Uber car also was not harmed. Two suspects escaped.

Officer fatally shoots gunman: Tulsa police are investigating after an officer fatally shot a man near a house where a woman and three dogs were later found dead. Police spokesman Leland Ashley says officers responded Sunday afternoon to the property on the city’s west side on a shots-fired call. As they arrived in the street, officers saw a man on the porch pointing a shotgun at an officer.

Police kill man who had knife: Authorities say sheriff’s deputies in Tennessee fatally shot a man after he threatened them with a knife. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation told media outlets that Shelby County sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic call at a home in Arlington on Saturday night. The bureau said Jimmy Lee Lawson, 48, confronted two deputies with a knife in his driveway. The deputies then shot him.

— From news services