• Navy Adm. William McRaven, 58, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command who spearheaded the raid that led to Osama bin Laden's death, officially accepted the job as chancellor of the University of Texas System and will start in January.
• President Jacob Zuma of South Africa was heckled by opposition lawmakers during a parliamentary session in which questions were raised about more than $20 million in state spending on his private home.
• President Xi Jinping became the first Chinese head of state in more than a decade to visit the sprawling, resource-rich nation of Mongolia as the two nations pledged to almost double their annual two-way trade to $10 billion by 2020.
• Chris McDaniel, the Tea Party-backed challenger who is seeking to undo a Republican runoff victory by longtime U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, claiming voting irregularities, will get his day in court Sept. 15 at the start of the trial in his lawsuit.
• Adrian Nastase, a former Romanian prime minister who was imprisoned on corruption charges, was released early after a court ruled in his favor, citing his age, 64, and good conduct.
• Israel Berrios, a Roman Catholic priest in Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty to transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual conduct and could face up to 12 years in prison, the U.S. attorney's office said.
• Paul Scott Stoner, 42, of Unionville, Va., was charged with growing marijuana and having a firearm while in possession of more than a pound of marijuana after police found marijuana plants at his home.
• Meri Jane Woods, 43, of Clymer, Pa., was found guilty of downloading child pornography in an attempt to frame her estranged husband, Matthew Woods, and faces up to nine years in prison when sentenced.
m Blue Kalmbach, 16, was sentenced in Portland, Ore., to 11 years in prison for carving a swastika into another teen's forehead as he and others tortured the boy in February.
• Cody Cousins, 24, of Warsaw, Ind., pleaded guilty to murder in the fatal shooting and stabbing of a fellow Purdue University electrical-engineering student in January and faces a sentencing hearing during which a defense attorney says a motive could be revealed.
A Section on 08/22/2014