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WASHINGTON (AP) — Three of the nation's top national security officials are defending President Barack Obama's proposal for new war powers to fight Islamic State militants. The testimony at a Senate hearing comes as Democrats worry that the request could lead to a full-scale U.S. ground war in the Mideast. Republicans, meanwhile, don't want the resolution to tie the hands of the commander in chief. The legislation will set up the first war vote in Congress in 13 years.
PARIS (AP) — A French official says a man and a teenager who appear in an Islamic State video showing the killing of a Palestinian have been identified as French citizens. The official, who has close ties to intelligence services, also says authorities are investigating whether the man has links to the family of the Islamic extremist who attacked a Jewish school and paratroopers in southern France in 2012.
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) — Heavy fog has been slowing the search effort for debris and bodies, after an Army helicopter crash that is believed to have killed seven Marines and four soldiers. The crash took place over the waters off the Florida Panhandle last night. Officials at a nearby Air Force base say the Marines were part of a special operations group from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The soldiers were from a National Guard unit based in Hammond, Louisiana. They'd been taking part in a training mission.
BOSTON (AP) — Jurors in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) have been shown the tattered pieces of the backpack he used to carry a bomb in the deadly 2013 attack. An FBI agent held up pieces of the black and white backpack today. The agent says the pieces were found near the Forum restaurant, where Tsarnaev has admitted detonating one of the bombs. Tsarnaev's lawyers have admitted he participated in the bombing but say his brother was the mastermind.
PARIS (AP) — A French palace and a British museum have joined the growing list of global tourist attractions to ban "selfie sticks" — devices visitors use to improve snapshots, but which critics say are obnoxious and potentially dangerous. Officials at Chateau de Versailles and Britain's National Gallery announced the ban today, saying they need to protect artworks and other visitors.
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