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IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry has praised Kurdish security forces, saying they have helped restrain Sunni militants who have overrun swaths of northern Iraq. Kerry spoke ahead of a meeting with the president of Iraq's ethnic Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani. Barzani says "we are facing a new reality and a new Iraq."
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Security forces in Nigeria are denying witness accounts of more kidnappings in the country's northeast. Witnesses say 60 more girls and women have been abducted by Islamic extremists, along with 30 boys. There's no way to safely and independently confirm it. Nigeria's government and military have been widely criticized for their slow response to the abductions of more than 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram (BOH'-koh hah-RAHM').
DENVER (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is spearheading her family's annual domestic policy summit today by launching a project called "Job One," which features hiring, training and mentoring initiatives from 10 companies, including The Gap, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft and Marriott. The former secretary of state and possible presidential contender is planning to address the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting and encourage companies to train and hire young people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the IRS ran into skeptical Republicans at a House hearing when he said he's seen no evidence anyone committed a crime when the agency lost emails that might shed light on the targeting of political groups. Former IRS official Jennifer O'Connor, who now works in the White House counsel's office, is scheduled to testify under subpoena today.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Solar power is getting a boost in the nation's capital, where two universities have agreed to a major energy deal. George Washington University, American University and the George Washington University Hospital will buy more than half their power from three new solar power farms planned in North Carolina under a 20-year agreement.
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