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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to testify on Capitol Hill later this month about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and about her email practices. Her lawyer David Kendall wrote to lawmakers today telling them she would agree to the request from a special panel investigating the September 2012 attacks that killed four Americans. But Kendall said Clinton would testify only for one session. The committee chairman had requested that she appear twice, for a hearing on Clinton's use of private emails and for a separate session on Benghazi.
GARLAND, Texas (AP) — According to a law enforcement official, one of the two men who opened fire with assault rifles yesterday in Texas had been on the FBI's radar a few years ago during a terrorism investigation. The shooting took place outside an event that included a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest. Authorities say an off-duty officer who was working security at the event saved lives by killing both gunmen.
BALTIMORE (AP) — There's been an arrest in Baltimore today -- raising tensions in the area where last week's rioting took place. Police say they arrested a man on a handgun charge. They say police did not fire their weapons, and no one was wounded. But the man was still taken in an ambulance to a hospital.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing slightly higher, putting the market near record-high levels. The S&P rose six points, to finish just three points shy of its all-time high from ten days ago. The Dow rose 46, while the Nasdaq gained 11 points.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A state official in Mexico says it was an exercise accident that took the life of American technology executive David Goldberg at a resort near Puerto Vallarta (PWEHR'-toh vah-YAR'-tah) on Friday. The official says Goldberg, the CEO of SurveyMonkey, was found lying next to a treadmill, bleeding heavily and suffering from severe head trauma. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. He was the husband of Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg.
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