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KUCUK KENDIRCILER, Turkey (AP) — The battle against the Islamic State militant group is sending a flood of refugees from northern Syria into Turkey. The head of Turkey's disaster management agency says his country has received 100,000 refugees in less than a week. Most are ethnic Kurds. Meanwhile, hundreds of Kurdish fighters have been going the other direction, crossing into Syria from Turkey to take on the extremists. Turkey closed a key border crossing to Turkish Kurds today, leading to scuffles with security forces.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army says the man accused of getting inside the White House after scaling a fence Friday night is a veteran who was awarded a medal for his service in Iraq and retired due to disability. Omar Gonzalez served from 1997 to 2003, when he was discharged, and then again from 2005 to December 2012, when he retired. The 42-year-old from Copperas Cove (kahp-ruhs KOHV'), Texas, is expected to appear in federal court tomorrow to face charges of unlawfully entering a restricted building or grounds while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon — a knife, in this case.
CANADENSIS, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania State Police spokesman says no contact has been made with Eric Frein (freen), as the search for the suspect in the deadly ambush at a police barracks in the Pocono Mountains is in its ninth day. Police have lifted a shelter in place order and are allowing residents to come and go in the heavily wooded community where Frein lived. But they're urging everyone to use caution and stay out of the woods where the hunt is underway.
POLLOCK PINES, Calif. (AP) — The massive King Fire burning east of Sacramento, California, remains just 10 percent contained. Fire officials say it's destroyed at least 10 residences and 22 other buildings, as it burns across more than 128 square miles. The wildfire has kept 2,800 people from their homes.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists estimate that the world spewed far more carbon pollution into the air last year than ever before. That was mostly because of increases from the three biggest polluters — China, the United States and India. The reports released today come as world leaders gather at the United Nations to talk about how to reduce heat-trapping gases.
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