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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — An attack is underway at an upscale hotel and nearby cafe in the capital of the West African nation of Burkina Faso. Al-Qaida militants have taken an unknown number of hostages. The attack is centered at the Splendid Hotel in downtown Ouagadougou. Witnesses say the hotel caught fire after commandos used explosives to storm it.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six weeks after the San Bernardino terror attack, the FBI official leading the investigation says some of the most basic questions remain the most elusive to answer. David Bowdich, chief of the FBI's Los Angeles field office, says those questions include whether anyone else was involved in the Dec. 2 massacre and whether more violence was planned.
HONOLULU (AP) — Authorities say a civilian on a beach notified the Coast Guard about two Marine helicopters that crashed off Hawaii. The Marines were alerted after the helicopters failed to return to their base as scheduled. All 12 crew members are still missing. The Coast Guard says 10 to 12 knot winds and breaking surf up to 30 feet are complicating search and rescue efforts.
BELIZE CITY, Belize (AP) — An investigation is underway into the death of an American who was vacationing in a town on the Belize-Guatemala border. Police in Belize say 39-year-old Anne Swaney, who worked for ABC-Channel 7 in Chicago, was a guest at a resort when she was reported missing Thursday by members of her tour group. Swaney's death is being treated as a homicide.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say pregnant women should avoid traveling to Latin American and Caribbean nations with outbreaks of a tropical illness. The illness is caused by the Zika (ZEE'-ka) virus. It's spread through mosquito bites and causes only a mild illness in most people. But there's been mounting evidence linking the virus to a surge of a rare birth defect in Brazil.
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