In the news
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will welcome Pope Francis at the White House on Sept. 23 during his first papal visit to the United States, presidential spokesman Josh Earnest said.
Jesse Jackson Jr., a former congressman and son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, left an Alabama federal prison bound for a halfway house where he begins his transition back into society two years after pleading guilty to spending $ 750,000 in campaign money on personal items.
Denise Rochelle Ross, 43, who is accused of providing illegal buttocks- augmenting injections, surrendered to authorities and was charged in Dallas with practicing medicine without a license.
Jeh Johnson, the homeland security secretary, told a House subcommittee that he has faith in Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy but said Clancy has work to do to “straighten out” the agency that has been embarrassed by incidents, including one in which two off- duty agents drove through a secured area at the White House.
U. S. Rep. Aaron Schock, 33, an Illinois Republican who announced his resignation after revelations about his business deals and lavish office spending, said in his farewell speech that he is leaving Congress with sadness and humility, and vowed to work “tirelessly” to make amends to people he has let down.
Deasia Watkins, 20, an Ohio woman accused of decapitating her 3- month- old daughter, pleaded innocent to a charge of aggravated murder and was ordered transferred to a facility in Columbus for psychological evaluation.
Ashley Reichard, 26, of suburban Philadelphia was charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and perjury, accused of faking cancer to gain sympathy during a child- abuse investigation involving her 11- month- old daughter.
U. S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R- Fla., introduced a bill that would ban local elected officials in Washington, D. C., from enacting gun- control laws, saying gun- registration laws in the nation’s capital have left district residents “vulnerable to criminals.”
John Fesler Lance II, 73, who on the day after his release from prison last year resumed threats to forcibly take back the Montana ranch that was ordered sold as part of his 1979 divorce, was sentenced to 75 years in prison for intimidating and stalking the owners, and told the judge that if he were released again, he would again try to take back the ranch.