COLUMBUS, Ohio — There's an invasion taking place across Ohio.

Stink bugs — first identified in Pennsylvania in 1998 — are making their way into homes across Ohio. The brown, shield-shaped insects have been spreading throughout Ohio over the last six years or so.

Researchers say that even though the bugs have only been around for a short time, they expect they will be here to stay. Most think they got to the United States in containers shipped from Asia.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Firefighters gained ground on a wildfire that burned nearly 4 square miles of dry brush and forced people to evacuate part of Camp Pendleton, while a blaze generating heavy smoke drove some residents from homes in Orange County.The blaze at the Marine Corps coastal base was 20 percent contained as the fire danger subsided with calmer winds late Sunday. A statement from the base said officials expect to contain the fire by Tuesday.The fire broke out Saturday amid hot, dry and blustery conditions throughout the region. It forced the evacuation of 230 residents from a housing unit near Lake O'Neil, while a power outage at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton prompted the evacuation of about 30 patients.

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Residents in the Black Hills were navigating through a sloppy mess today after warmer temperatures began melting record-setting snowfall, leaving standing water on plowed roads rather than making its way through drainage systems.Law enforcement officials shifted their focus to recovery after having caught up with a backlog of emergency calls from the weekend storm that dumped 4 feet of snow near Deadwood and 3.5 feet near Lead. No fatalities were reported as a result of the bad weather.An estimated 5,000 people in Pennington County were still without power, Willett said, down from more than 25,000 in the area on Saturday.