Oregon lawmaker David Wu to resign (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Oregon Democratic Representative David Wu, who has been accused of an unwanted sexual encounter with the teenage daughter of a campaign contributor, will resign, his spokesman said on Tuesday.

Wu, 56, had already announced this week that he would not seek an eighth term. Nancy Pelosi, the top-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, had referred the matter to the House Ethics Committee.

Wu said in a statement that he planned to step down "effective upon the resolution of the debt-ceiling crisis."

While he made no explicit mention of the exact misconduct he is accused of, Wu said in his statement, "I cannot care for my family the way I wish while serving in Congress and fighting these very serious allegations."

Wu represents Oregon's 1st Congressional District, which includes some of the Democratic-leaning Portland urban area as well as more rural parts of northwest Oregon.

(Reporting by Andy Sullivan, and Teresa Carson in Portland; Editing by Jackie Frank)

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Small plane strays into Camp David airspace while Obama there (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A small plane wandered into the airspace around Camp David, Maryland, on Saturday while President Barack Obama was there, prompting an F-15 fighter jet to scramble to intercept it, authorities said.

The civilian plane, a two-seater that was out of radio communication, got within 6 miles of the presidential retreat before being intercepted, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said in a statement.

The fighter jet guided the plane to a landing at nearby Hagerstown, Maryland, where it landed without incident.

"He (the pilot) was met by authorities," NORAD spokeswoman Angela Young said, without giving further details on why the plane may have strayed into the area.

It was the second incident of a plane straying into the Camp's airspace in recent weeks. On June 11 while Obama was there, fighter jets scrambled to guide another small plane away from the area without incident.

Camp David has been a presidential weekend and holiday retreat in the nearby Maryland mountains for decades. Obama rarely goes there but flew up from Washington on Friday ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

(Writing by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Greg McCune)

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