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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says the United States may have "no choice" but to send ground troops to fight Islamic State militants. The Ohio Republican tells ABC's "This Week" that it will take more than airstrikes to destroy the extremists who have seized parts of Iraq and Syria. Boehner says "if we don't destroy them first, we're gonna pay the price."
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he agrees with intelligence leaders who say the United States underestimated the threat posed by Islamic State militants and overestimated the ability of the Iraqi army to fight. In an interview airing later today on "60 Minutes" on CBS, Obama says the situation calls for both military and political solutions. He says hostility between Islam's two largest sects, the Sunnis and Shiites, is the biggest cause of conflict throughout the world.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni security official says a suicide car bomber has rammed into a field hospital run by a Shiite rebel group, killing and wounding scores of people. It happened today about 100 miles northeast of Yemen's capital. The field hospital was used by Shiite rebels to treat their wounded from battles in recent months against rival Sunni Islamists.
MIAMI (AP) — Fifteen people have been wounded in a shooting that sent terrified patrons scrambling from a Miami nightclub early today. When Miami police and rescue crews arrived at a club called The Spot, they found wounded people inside and outside. Police say at least one person is reported in critical condition but the extent of the other injuries isn't known. They say the youngest victim is 11 years old.
VENICE, Italy (AP) — George Clooney and his bride have emerged from the Venice hotel where they were married yesterday. Tourists cheered as the 53-year-old actor and his 36-year-old wife, lawyer Amal Alamuddin (AH'-muhl ah-luh-muh-DEEN'), hopped into a water taxi and made their way down the Grand Canal.
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