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WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C., says the Libyan militant charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks is in federal law enforcement custody and there is heightened security at the federal courthouse in Washington. Ahmed Abu Khattala (hah-TAH'-lah) faces criminal charges in the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. He was captured two weeks ago and has been held aboard a Navy ship that brought him to the United States.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi military officials say the army is back on the offensive against Sunni militants who have seized control of much of northern and western Iraq in recent weeks. Troops backed by helicopter gunships have launched an operation today aimed at dislodging Sunni militants from the northern city of Tikrit. The military also has carried out three airstrikes on the insurgent held city of Mosul.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister is accusing the United States of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow. Speaking in televised remarks, Sergey Lavrov says Washington is pushing "the Ukrainian leadership toward a confrontational path" and chances for settling the Ukrainian crisis would have been higher if it only depended on Russia and Europe.
DETROIT (AP) — The federal road safety agency is investigating complaints that a trim panel in the Nissan Versa can trap a driver's foot, causing unwanted acceleration. The probe covers about 360,000 Nissan Versa and Versa Note subcompacts from the 2012 through 2014 model years. There have been no reports of crashes or injuries so far.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The federal Fish and Wildlife Service says rising lake levels are swallowing the nesting grounds of the American white pelican at an island in North Dakota. The manager of the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge says about 30,000 pelicans returned this year to find the island had shrunk by several acres. Biologists aren't overly worried yet. The pelicans only began nesting on the island in the early 1990s after another island was swamped.
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