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Catherine Blake, a federal judge in Maryland appointed by President Bill Clinton, upheld a state ban on 45 assault weapons and a limit on gun magazines to 10 rounds, two key parts of a gun-control law that were challenged before the law went into effect last year.

Charlie Beck was reappointed to a second five-year term as Los Angeles' police chief in a 4-1 Police Commission vote despite concerns about his department's disciplinary policies and openness with information.

Manuel Noriega, 80, the imprisoned former Panamanian dictator toppled in a 1989 U.S. invasion and repatriated from France in December 2011, was taken to a Panama City hospital for tests, said a prison official who did not offer details.

Gideon Saar, Israel's interior minister, said Israel will now allow Jews to immigrate to the country with their non-Jewish same-sex spouses.

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda urged members of the parliament not to rush to reintroduce a law that imposed harsher sentences for homosexual acts before it was invalidated earlier this month, saying the measure is not a priority and could hurt the country's economic development.

Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, invited Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York and top state legislators who are heading to Israel this week to also visit the Palestinian territories and experience "all sides of the conflict, not just one."

Philip Chism, 15, who is accused of raping and killing his math teacher, Colleen Ritzer, 24, on high school grounds in Danvers, Mass., in October, lost his bid to be tried as a minor.

Mercedes Talamantes, 51, underwent surgery in Mexico to remove a 130-pound tumor in her ovaries.

Janie Talley, 41, of Charlotte, N.C., faces a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, accused of helping her 16-year-old son set himself on fire in a videotaped stunt known as the "fire challenge," in which participants set themselves ablaze then post videos on social networking sites.

Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic governor of New York, signed legislation banning direct contact between members of the public and big cats at traveling animal shows and fairs, a measure intended to prevent so-called tiger selfies in which people pose for photos with big cats.

A Section on 08/13/2014

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