King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain met with victims of terrorism in their first official event together since Felipe took the throne, with representatives of several groups of terror victims asking the monarchs to press for justice in unsolved crimes committed by the ETA separatist group.
The Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge, the Episcopal chaplain at Boston University, will be the guest preacher today at the Washington National Cathedral, becoming the first openly transgender priest to speak from the cathedral’s pulpit.
Don Young, a Republican U.S. representative from Alaska who was ordered by the House Ethics Committee to repay $59,000 in impermissible gifts, said he accepted the findings and apologized for instances in which he “failed to exercise due care in complying with the House’s Code of Conduct.”
Jeff Bauman, 28, who 14 months ago lost his legs above the knee in the Boston Marathon bombings and later was able to describe to police one of the two brothers accused of carrying out the attacks, has returned to work at a Nashua, N.H., Costco store.
Randy Torres, 23, of Dallas was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing 55-year-old Cathy Wilder by luring her to his mobile home on the premise of a Bible study, then stabbing her more than 30 times.
Yang Jiechi, China’s top foreign policy official, said the country believes territorial disputes in the region should be settled through talks, adding that China won’t make deals that undermine its “sovereignty, security and development interests.”
Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City, attended the Coney Island Mermaid Parade wearing a puffy pirate shirt and brandishing a fake sword, with his wife and children dressing as mermaids for the annual event that draws hundreds of thousands of revelers to the beach.
James Douglas Kelly, a Monroe County, Ga., inmate who escaped while on a work detail, was recaptured after hunters found him under a covered shed at a nearby camp, eating hot dogs and drinking alcohol.
Mircea Basescu, the brother of Romanian President Traian Basescu, was arrested after prosecutors said he accepted a bribe from the family of Sandu Anghel, who is imprisoned for attempted murder, and promised he could get Anghel’s sentence reduced.