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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A 73-year-old Oklahoma volunteer deputy charged in the fatal shooting of a suspect in Tulsa is responding to questions about his qualifications. Speaking publicly for the first time since the April 2 shooting, Robert Bates told NBC's "Today" show that characterizations of himself as a wealthy donor paying to join the force are "unbelievably unfair." He also insists that he's properly certified -- despite anonymously-sourced comments in the Tulsa World newspaper that said sheriff's office supervisors were ordered to falsify his training records. The Tulsa district attorney has charged Bates with second-degree manslaughter.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — There's another gain today by Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen -- considered its most dangerous. Yemeni security officials say the al-Qaida group has seized a massive weapons depot in the eastern part of the country -- including dozens of tanks, rocket launchers and small arms. It took place in the same province where al-Qaida yesterday captured a major airport, an oil terminal and the area's main military base.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say they believe government forces have killed Saddam Hussein's former deputy who later allied himself with Islamic State militants. The former deputy — Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (EE'-zaht EE'-brah-heem ahl DOOR'-ee) -- was known as the "king of clubs" in the deck of playing cards issued to help U.S. troops identify key members of Saddam's regime. A provincial official says soldiers and allied Shiite militiamen killed al-Douri early today in an operation east of the city of Tikrit.
BAGHDAD (AP) — The latest wave of bombings to rip through the Iraqi capital has killed at least 29 people. Today's bombings mainly targeted public places -- including an outdoor market where nine people were killed. Violence has escalated in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq since the Islamic State captured large parts of the country last year.
MADISON, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennessee developers who were prevented from opening a sex club next door to a Christian school has found a loophole allowing them to re-label the club as a church. A TV station WMSV says the new set of plans was quickly approved. According to the president of the Christian school next door, the new plans are identical to the old ones -- but a room that was once labeled "the dungeon" is now being called a "choir room." Under city codes, before opening for business, the club will have to prove that worship is actually taking place.
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