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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama is consulting today with military officials about the U.S. counterterrorism campaign against Islamic State militants. He'll be visiting U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Florida. Meanwhile, Congress continues debate on whether the U.S. should train and arm Syrian moderate troops in the battle against the militants. The House could vote today and the Senate within days.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Select Committee on Benghazi is holding its first public hearing today, two years after militants in the eastern Libyan city killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. The panel is focusing on what the Obama administration has done since the Sept. 11, 2012, attack to improve security at U.S. embassies and other diplomatic missions around the world. Unclear is whether the panel will look at allegations that U.S. forces were directed not to respond and that administration officials lied about the nature of the attack.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have reversed course and placed star running back Adrian Peterson on the exempt-commissioner's permission list. Peterson will not be able to play with the team while he addresses child abuse charges for spanking his 4-year-old son with a wooden switch. Public pressure from angry fans and concerned sponsors came after the team initially had said Peterson could play with the team while the legal process played out.
PHOENIX (AP) — A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after confessing that he killed an Arizona woman with a flashlight more than 15 years ago. Police say they probably would have never solved the cold case had 55-year-old Matthew Gibson not driven across the country to confess killing Barbara Leone Brown in 1997. Gibson's attorney says since the murder, his client has found religion.
MOSCOW (AP) — The arrest of a Russian billionaire has sent shares in his holding company into a tailspin. Vladimir Yevtushenkov was placed under house arrest Tuesday night in a money-laundering case. Russian Forbes magazine says he's worth $9 billion. Shares in his company Sistema collapsed by 28 percent in the first half hour of trading at Moscow's MICEX stock exchange Wednesday. Sistema controls Russia's largest mobile phone operator MTS, oil company Bashneft as well as other lucrative assets.
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