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WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative House Republicans are embarking on an eleventh-hour political maneuver to undermine the Iranian nuclear deal. They say they can't vote on it until President Barack Obama provides copies of side deals Tehran negotiated with atomic inspectors. The last-ditch effort is not likely to be successful and the international accord will move ahead. The deal will be the focus of heavy debate today in both the House and Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The former State Department worker who set up Hillary Rodham Clinton's email server is scheduled to appear before House investigators behind closed doors today. But lawmakers have been notified that Bryan Pagliano plans to invoke his 5th Amendment right to refuse to testify to avoid self-incrimination. Two Senate committees are discussing whether to grant Pagliano immunity so he'll discuss Clinton's email setup.
TOKYO (AP) —Japanese military helicopters have been plucking dozens of residents from the tops of their homes today, as raging floodwaters have swamped parts of a city north of Tokyo. Heavy rain has been falling for a second straight day today, and a river broke through a flood berm, sending a wall of water into the city of Joso, about 30 miles northeast of Tokyo. One man waiting to be rescued clung to a utility pole, as waters rose.
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — RadioShack will ask a Delaware judge today to approve a settlement in its bankruptcy case that would give some gift card holders just pennies on the dollar. The holders of about a third of the $46 million outstanding gift cards would be paid in full. The difference would depend on how customers received their gift cards. One gift card holder wants to lead a class action.
NEW YORK (AP) — Internal affairs detectives in New York are investigating claims by former tennis professional James Blake that he was thrown to the ground and handcuffed while mistakenly being arrested Wednesday at a hotel. Blake tells the Daily News that he's not sure if he was arrested because of his race but he says the officer who put him in handcuffs inappropriately used force. Blake is biracial. Blake's last tournament as a professional was the 2013 U.S. Open.
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