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BEIRUT (AP) — The parents of an Arizona woman that Islamic State claims was killed Friday in a Jordanian airstrike say they're concerned but still hopeful that Kayla Jean Mueller (MYOO'-lur) is still alive. The parents' statement was addressed to Islamic State, which released a video earlier in the week that purportedly showed a Jordanian fighter pilot being burned to death. Jordan dismissed the latest claim. The U.S. says it has no corroboration.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal indictment in St. Louis accuses six Bosnian immigrants of sending money and equipment oversees to help terrorist organizations. All six are legal residents. Three lived in St. Louis, two in Illinois and one in New York. The indictment says banned equipment that was shipped includes firearms accessories and tactical gear.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Shiite rebels in Yemen are proclaiming a formal takeover of that Arab nation. They dissolved parliament Friday in a dramatic move that completes their power grab in the region's poorest nation -- one in which is a stronghold for an offshoot of al-Qaida that is considered the world's most dangerous wing of the terror movement. The White House says it's "deeply concerned" with the move -- but that it won't affect U.S. counterterrorism efforts there.
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Germany's Angela Merkel (AHN'-geh-lah MEHR'-kuhl) and French President Francois Hollande (frahn-SWAH' oh-LAWND') has ended. Merkel and Hollande met Thursday in Kiev with Ukraine's president in an attempt to bring peace to eastern Ukraine. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists has spiraled recently.
WASHINGTON (AP) — One private economist says Friday's January jobs report shows that this is going to be "the year of the American consumer." Russell Price of the financial services firm Ameriprise says strong job growth will bring "a pickup in wages and salaries." Wages posted their biggest jump in six years last month, as employers added 257,000 jobs.
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