Tragic revelation ... Benghazi committee wants Hillary Clinton to testify ... 2 ice cream recalls raise questions

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says U.S. officials were not aware that hostages were at an al-Qaida compound in Pakistan that was struck by U.S. drones. Obama revealed Thursday that an American and an Italian being held by al-Qaida were killed in the January drone strikes. The American was Warren Weinstein (WYN'-steen) a 73-year-old development worker who was abducted in August 2011. Obama says he's ordered a review of the drone strikes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of a House committee investigating the 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is calling Hillary Rodham Clinton to testify at two public hearings next month. The first hearing would focus on Clinton's use of a private email account and server while she was secretary of state. The second hearing would focus on the Benghazi attack that in 2012 killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya. A lawyer for Clinton, now a presidential candidate, said she is prepared to answer questions publicly regarding the Benghazi attacks and her email use as soon as possible.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego man is facing charges a month after he returned home from Syria. Mohamad Saeed has been charged with two counts of making false statements involving international terrorism and is being held without bail. Authorities say Saeed admitted to federal agents that he fought alongside militant Islamic fighters in his native Syria. A friend who attended Saeed's first court appearance Thursday says the 24-year-old went to Syria to get his mother and siblings out of the country in the midst of a civil war.

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — World leaders are attending ceremonies commemorating the massacre 100 years ago of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks. The event around the time of the World War I is widely viewed by historians as genocide. Modern Turkey, the successor to the Ottoman Empire, vehemently rejects the charge.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Recalls issued by two major ice cream companies are raising questions about how listeria bacteria could have contaminated multiple ice cream manufacturing plants, and whether the discoveries are related. Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams of Ohio and Blue Bell Creameries of Texas took all their products off store shelves this week. Blue Bell ice cream is linked to 10 illnesses in four states, including three deaths. There are no known illnesses linked to the Jeni's recall.

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