CONGRESS BENGHAZI

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton battled questions for hours from Republicans in a hearing that grew contentious but revealed little new about the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya as she defended her record while seeking to avoid any mishap that might damage her 2016 presidential campaign. 

TROPICAL WEATHER

MANZANILLO, Mexico — Residents of a stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast dotted with resorts and fishing towns board up their homes and buy supplies ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Patricia, a Category 5 storm that forecasters warn could be catastrophic. 

HOUSE REPUBLICANS

WASHINGTON — Rep. Paul Ryan, on his way to becoming speaker of the House and second in line to the presidency, says Congress must change its ways. The 45-year-old House Ways and Means Committee chairman pledges to change that dynamic if selected speaker in elections next week.

GUATEMALA-ELECTIONS

GUATEMALA CITY — A TV comic and a former first lady will vie for Guatemala's presidency Sunday, and the winner will face a tide of public anger at politicians that already drove the last elected president and vice president from office in disgrace. 

PERU-MILITARY-DRUGS

LIMA, Peru — Peruvian police arrest an army lieutenant, alleging he regularly collected bribes from drug traffickers for letting small planes ferry cocaine out of the world's No. 1 coca-producing valley.

ARIZONA-EXECUTION DRUGS

TUCSON, Arizona — Arizona tried to illegally import a lethal injection drug that's not approved in the U.S. but never obtained it after federal agents stopped the shipment at the Phoenix airport, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.