AIRPORT SHOOTING

KENNER, Louisiana (AP) — A machete-wielding man who was shot during a bizarre rampage at New Orleans' international airport died Saturday afternoon, shortly after authorities revealed that he had also been carrying a bag of Molotov cocktails when the melee began. .

FATAL BROOKLYN FIRE

NEW YORK (AP) — Seven children from an Orthodox Jewish family are killed when a fire tore through their Brooklyn home after they had gone to bed, a tragedy that authorities believe was caused by a malfunctioning hot plate left on for the Sabbath. 

UNITED STATES-ISRAEL

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said he takes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "at his word" for saying that an independent Palestinian state will never co-exist with Israel as long as he is in office, yet another sign of the strained relations between longtime allies. 

CHILE-BISHOP

SANTIAGO, Chile — A bishop is ordained in southern Chile amid shouts and scuffles between supporters and protesters who accuse him of covering up crimes of a mentor the Vatican has sanctioned for abusing young boys. 

HANGING DEATH-MISSISSIPPI

PORT GIBSON, Mississippi — An FBI agent appeals for patience after a black man was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi, saying 30 federal, state and local agents were working intensively to determine whether he was killed or committed suicide. 

COLOMBIA-US-COCA SPRAYING DEBATE

BOGOTA, Colombia — The new labeling of the world's most-popular weed killer as a likely cause of cancer could jeopardize an aerial spraying program in Colombia that is the cornerstone of the U.S.-backed war on drugs. By Josh Goodman.

US-SENATE-ABORTION-POLITICS

WASHINGTON — Legislation to help victims of sex trafficking enjoys wide support among the Senate's 100 members, but the bill has become ensnared in the emotional and uncompromising politics of abortion.