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WASHINGTON (AP) — About 200 more U.S. troops are headed to Iraq. President Barack Obama has notified House and Senate leaders and says in a letter that the forces will help protect Americans and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. That will bring to nearly 800 the total number of U.S. forces in and around Iraq that are providing security and training Iraqi soldiers.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel Prime Minister Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu has convened an emergency meeting of his security cabinet for what is expected to be retaliation for the killing of three teenage hitchhikers who had been missing for two weeks. Netanyahu blames Hamas militants and warns the group will pay. President Barack Obama has urged restraint.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called off a unilateral cease-fire in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. A statement says rebels will be attacked and the country will be freed. The cease-fire was meant to give rebels a chance to disarm.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Women's rights groups are calling it a decision by "five male justices." The Supreme Court today ruled 5-4 to allow some companies with religious objections to avoid the contraceptives requirement in the Affordable Care Act. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg read her dissent aloud from the bench. She said the ruling imposes the religious beliefs of employers on their employees.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Is it safe to go into the water? Federal and state officials can't agree on standards for warning the public about water contamination at the nation's beaches. The Environmental Protection Agency wants state, tribal and local governments to use tougher standards when assessing beaches in the Great Lakes region and along the ocean coasts. Local officials say the higher standards can't be met quickly and could hurt tourism.
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