Festus, Missouri

Leslie Stoll was an active athlete who had never smoked. She was shocked when a chance scan spotted something unusual.

The teenager grabbed a two-by-four from a yard and charged toward an officer, who shot the teen, the Lee County Sheriff's Office said.

Leslie Stoll was an athlete with an active lifestyle and had never smoked, but then a chance scan spotted something unusual on her lung.

"Now we'll have to prioritize which bills we can pay and which can wait," said one mother of two about a looming freeze in food aid.

With food-stamp funding set to lapse Saturday, recipients are asking what happens to their benefits — and when help might resume.