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PARIS (AP) — NATO is providing support to France following last week's terror attacks in Paris, but has not triggered a little-used defense clause that would mobilize the armies of member countries. NATO's secretary general says "many NATO allies have offered France support and help, and we are doing so in many different ways." Jens Stoltenberg (yehnz STOHL'-tehn-burg) says NATO allies are sharing intelligence and working closely with France to fight the Islamic State group.
PARIS (AP) — German police say three people have been arrested near the western city of Aachen (AH'-kehn) in connection with the Paris attacks. Meanwhile, a French judicial official says two brothers linked to the Paris attacks both rented residences in France days before they were carried out. Brahim Abdeslam died Friday when he blew himself up, also killing a civilian. Salah Abdeslam is a fugitive.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say they'll award $50 million to anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the Oct. 31 downing of a passenger plane over Egypt. The head of Russia's FSB security service said for the first time today that a homemade bomb brought down the Metrojet plane as it flew from the Egyptian resort Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, Russia, killing all 224 people aboard. Two U.S. defense officials say Russia today attacked the Islamic State group's self-declared capital in Syria with cruise missiles and bombs.
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Charlie Sheen says he's HIV positive. In an interview this morning on NBC's 'Today' show, Sheen said he has known about his HIV status for four years. Sheen says he began experiencing cluster headaches and migraines and that a battery of tests revealed he had HIV. Sheen says he's not sure how he contracted the virus.
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge says Boston's police department discriminated against minorities by using a promotional exam that favored white candidates. U.S. District Judge William Young wrote in his decision that the multiple choice test focused on a candidate's ability to read and interpret material, but skipped critical skills and abilities, including reasoning and judgment. Young says the 2008 test "had a racially disparate impact and was not sufficiently job-related." A police spokesman says the department is reviewing the decision.
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