Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama has ordered armed National Guardsmen to be stationed at military recruitment centers, making him the latest governor to enact protection measures after the deaths of five servicemen in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican and the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, wrote President Barack Obama and asked him to remove IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, saying he has “obstructed” congressional investigations into the agency’s treatment of conservative groups, a charge the IRS denies.
Sgt. Thaddeus Derendal of the Keene, N.H., Police Department said about 220 gallons of maple syrup leaked from a tractor-trailer onto New Hampshire 101, adding that firefighters used squeegees to corral the mess.
Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney general, spoke at the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority convention in Houston, telling the largest black women’s organization in the country that one of her top priorities is alleviating an “epidemic of distrust” between communities and law enforcement agencies.
Steve Kraus, a Republican Ohio state legislator accused of stealing antiques and other items from a home while doing work as an auctioneer, was convicted of theft in Ottawa County and immediately removed from office under state law.
Song Su Kim, 30, of Falls Church, Va., has been charged in Frederick County, Md., with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree attempted murder and two counts of assault over allegations he fatally stabbed South Korean missionary Chung Hwan Park, 63, and seriously wounded Park’s wife, Ae Suk Ko, 58, at Anna Prayer Mountain Church Retreat Center in Urbana, Md.
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain will meet with President Barack Obama in September in the royals’ first official visit to the White House.
April Lewis, a Quakertown, Pa., woman who was hiking near Manchester, N.J., spent about five hours stuck in a tree after she thought she saw coyotes in the distance and scaled a tree to escape them, only to end up too weak to climb back down.
John Swallow, 52, a former GOP Utah attorney general, pleaded innocent in Salt Lake City to 13 charges of bribery and other crimes over allegations he accepted beach vacations and use of a luxury houseboat from businessmen in trouble with regulators.