Nation briefs 3/13/16

Rubio wins caucuses in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON -- Marco Rubio has won the Republican presidential caucuses in Washington, D.C. It's the third presidential contest victory for the Florida senator. Earlier this month, Rubio won the GOP caucuses in Minnesota and the party's primary in Puerto Rico. Rubio picked up 10 delegates with his Saturday caucus win in the nation's capital. Runner-up John Kasich was just 50 votes behind Rubio, and the Ohio governor will get nine delegates. None of the other candidates in the race won enough votes to earn any delegates.

Cruz nabs delegates at Wyoming caucus

WASHINGTON -- Ted Cruz won most of the delegates at stake in Saturday's Republican county conventions in Wyoming. The Texas senator won nine of the 12 delegates that were up for grabs. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and billionaire businessman Donald Trump won one apiece. One delegate was uncommitted. The Associated Press is not declaring a winner in Wyoming on Saturday because another 14 of the state's delegates will be awarded at the party's state convention April 16. Trump leads the overall race for delegates with 460. Cruz has 369, Rubio has 153 and John Kasich has 54. It takes 1,237 delegates to win the Republican nomination for president.

1 dead, 2 missing after tugboat crash

NEW YORK -- A tugboat crashed into a barge on the Hudson River north of New York City early Saturday, killing one crew member and leaving two missing and presumed dead. The 90-foot tugboat named Specialist hit a barge about 5:20 a.m. near where the new Tappan Zee Bridge, which connects two counties north of New York City, is being built, police said. The tugboat sank, spilling about 5,000 gallons of fuel into the water, authorities said. New York State Police, the U.S. Coast Guard and fire and police agencies from Westchester and Rockland counties were searching for the missing crew members. Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino identified the dead crewman as Paul Amon, 62, of Bayville, New Jersey. The missing crewmen have yet to be identified. Authorities said three tugboats were pushing a barge when one of the three hit a stationary barge.

Prison riot in Alabama injures 2

Inmates set a fire, seized control of a dormitory and stabbed two corrections officials during a violent uprising at a prison in southern Alabama, authorities said Saturday. The riot prompted the governor to repeat an earlier call for measures to modernize the state's prisons to make them safer and easier to control. The William C. Holman Correctional Facility, which serves as the state's only execution facility, was on lockdown hours after a riot erupted late Friday. Alabama Department of Corrections spokesman Bob Horton said the prison warden and a corrections officer were stabbed at one of the dormitories at the prison, just outside of Atmore. He said their injuries were not life-threatening. About 100 inmates were involved, Horton said.

-- From wire reports