UNITED STATES-LIBYA-AIRSTRIKE

WASHINGTON — The U.S. says the military launches an airstrike targeting an al-Qaida leader in eastern Libya who has been charged with leading the attack on a gas plant in Algeria in 2013 that killed 35 hostages, including three Americans. By Lolita C. Baldor and Sarah El Deeb.

ESCAPED PRISONERS

DANNEMORA, New York — The two killers who cut their way out of a maximum-security prison apparently used tools routinely stored there by contractors, taking care to return them to their toolboxes after each night's work so that no one would notice, a prosecutor says. By John Kekis. AP Photos.

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-DEMOCRATS

DES MOINES, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton says that President Barack Obama should use a setback in Congress to seek the best possible trade agreement with a 11 other Pacific Rim nations, pointing to the stumbles over the pact as an opportunity to address Democrats' concerns about job protections and wages. By Ken Thomas. AP Photos.

BRAZIL-CONSUMER CRUNCH

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's credit information bureaus estimate that as of April, more than 55 million Brazilians were behind on paying off credit cards or loans. That's 37 percent of the adult population in a country of about 200 million people, and the numbers are rising. By Jenny Barchfield. AP Photos.

BOSTON MARATHON-SUSPECT'S FRIEND

BOSTON — A friend who had dinner with the Boston Marathon bombers hours after the attack is to be sentenced this week for misleading investigators. Khairullozhon Matanov was a friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev and an acquaintance of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.