Omar Gonzalez was arrested by Virginia State Police after a chase and found with several loaded automatic weapons and a map of Washington with a line drawn to the White House.
After six weeks of Western air support, Iraqi forces have scarcely budged Islamic State fighters from their hold on more than a quarter of the country.
Turkey’s deputy prime minister said the Islamic State’s advance was causing a crisis “worse than a natural disaster” in his country.
The closely watched case in New York City was the first civil case brought against a bank under the Anti-Terrorism Act to go to trial, and the verdict was expected to have a broad impact.
Warmer temperatures are giving polar bears less time to hunt seals but leading them to a new source of food, snow geese, with devastating results to plants.