Hostages, terror attack...Drone strike details...California gun restrictions

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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The U.S. State Department says it has seen the claims of responsibility by the Islamic State group for the hostage-taking in Dhaka, Bangladesh, but cannot yet confirm it. Extremists attacked a restaurant in a diplomatic zone of the capital. Police say two officers were killed and 26 other people, all but one an officer, were wounded. Hostages have been taken.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yielding to pressure about more information, the Obama administration says U.S. drone strikes killed up to 116 civilians in attacks in Pakistan, Yemen and other places where the U.S. is not engaged in active, on-the-ground warfare. The deaths happened between January 2009 and December 2015 in 473 strikes that killed as many as 2,500 combatants. Not reported in the disclosure are the number of civilian deaths in drone strikes in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, which the U.S. considers areas of active hostilities.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton will campaign in Atlantic City next week, where she plans to highlight Donald Trump's business record. The campaign says Clinton will focus on Trump's business dealings in Atlantic City, including his bankruptcies, while stressing her own economic proposals. Trump spoke to conservatives in Denver today. He said Bill Clinton's impromptu airport meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch has "opened up a Pandora's box." Lynch said today that the meeting was a mistake and that any decision about Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account will be made by career professionals.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed six stringent gun-control measures that will require people to turn in high-capacity magazines and mandate background checks for ammunition sales. Brown vetoed five other bills, including a requirement to register homemade firearms and report lost or stolen weapons to authorities.

LEESBURG, Fla. (AP) —The fuse didn't work, at first. Authorities in central Florida say a Leesburg man blew off his left hand with a firework. The Orlando Sentinel says the firework was attached to a wooden stake designed to be planted in the ground and had a foil-covered ball inside that explodes after launch. Witnesses told police that the victim picked up the ball, lit the shortened fuse and attempted to throw it.