LITTLE ROCK — David Gregory, a journalist for NBC, won’t face charges for displaying on Meet the Press an ammunition magazine that could hold up to 30 rounds, District of Columbia prosecutors said, adding that criminal charges wouldn’t serve the public’s interests even though possession of the high-capacity magazine was against local gun laws.

John Boehner, speaker of the House, has invited President Barack Obama to deliver the State of the Union speech on Feb. 12, and the White House said it has accepted the invitation.

Yonathan Melaku, 24, an ex-Marine who pleaded guilty to firing shots at the Pentagon and other military sites in 2010, has been sentenced in federal court in Alexandria, Va., to 25 years in prison, going forward with a plea deal despite a recent diagnosis of schizophrenia that raised the possibility of an insanity defense.

Jerome Isaac, 48, a handyman who burned Deloris Gillespie, 73, to death in a New York City elevator because he believed she owed him money, has been sentenced to 50 years to life in prison.

Sandi Jackson, wife of former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., has resigned from the Chicago City Council, saying in a letter to Mayor Rahm Emanuel that she’s stepping down because she can’t adequately represent her ward while she deals with “very painful family health matters.”

Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, a 75-year-old West Virginia Democrat, has announced that he won’t seek a sixth term next year.

Madeleine Albright, secretary of state during the Clinton administration, said accusations by some Republicans that Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama’s choice for defense secretary, is anti-Israel are “ridiculous,” adding that the GOP former senator from Nebraska “has been somebody that has voted for help for Israel over the years, has made very clear his support for Israel and has talked about the historic bond.”

Meredith Vieira, the former Today show host, said she is leaving Who Wants to Be a Millionaire after 11 years as host of the syndicated game show to pursue new ventures, including some at NBC News.

David Villalobos, 25, a Mahopac, N.Y., man who police say jumped from a monorail train into a tiger den at the Bronx Zoo and was mauled by a 400-pound Siberian tiger named Bashuta, pleaded innocent to trespassing charges.

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