***DUPLICATION ALERTS:
AAS: Note radiation probe. FEATURES: Note “Glee” death.***
OHIO: Use Hagle brief***
PENNSYLVANIA
Man sentenced in terror promotion case
A man whom authorities called a “homegrown, radical extremist” was sentenced Tuesday to eight and a half years in prison for helping lead an Internet forum that promoted terrorist attacks against American military and civilian targets. The sentence for Emerson Begolly, 24, includes time for having a concealed gun and biting an FBI agent when he was arrested in 2011.
TEXAS
Radiation probe underway at Fort Bliss
Army and federal investigators have detected radiation in a former nuclear weapons bunker at Fort Bliss and are trying to determine if anyone or other buildings on the West Texas post may have been contaminated, officials said Tuesday. Fort Bliss officials said an investigation that began about two months ago revealed levels of radiation in the igloo-like bunker that was used by the Air Force for the assembly and storage of nuclear weapons at the height of the Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s. The Air Force transferred the area to the Army in 1966.
YEMEN
Militants kill man suspected of being gay
Yemeni security officials say militants shot and killed a 20-year-old man Tuesday suspected of being gay. Security officials say at least 33 people have been killed in similar attacks in the past two years. Most of the killings took place in the southern province of Abyan in 2011 when al-Qaida was in control of large swaths of territory.
UNITED NATIONS
U.N. wants attackers identified
The United Nations called Tuesday on Sudan’s government to identify those behind a deadly attack on the joint African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur over the weekend. Seven Tanzanian peacekeepers were killed Saturday and another 17 people were wounded in the deadliest ever attack on the international force in Sudan’s troubled western region.
CANADA
Actor Monteith died of overdose
“Glee” actor Cory Monteith, who had struggled for years with substance abuse and once said he was lucky to be alive, died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol, the British Columbia coroner’s office said Tuesday. The 31-year-old was found dead in his Vancouver, British Columbia, hotel room on Saturday. He was believed to have been alone when he died. There was no evidence of foul play, the coroner’s office said.
FLORIDA
Hagel announces top brass budget cuts
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday he has ordered 20 percent “across the top” budget cuts for his Pentagon staff and that of his top brass. The reductions, which he did not spell out in detail, are for the 2015-19 period. They will apply to his office, that of the Joint Chief’s chairman and also the Pentagon headquarters offices of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.
WYOMING
Cheney’s daughter to run for Senate
Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter Liz Cheney, 46, says she will run against Wyoming’s senior U.S. senator in next year’s Republican primary. She announced her campaign in a statement Tuesday. The head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee said the organization will back the incumbent, Sen. Mike Enzi.
UNITED KINGDOM
Gay marriage law clears Parliament
British lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday legalizing same-sex marriage in England and Wales, with the first gay weddings expected to take place by next summer. In what was largely seen as a formality, members of the House of Commons approved minor amendments made to the legislation, which had cleared the House of Lords a day earlier. Now, all the bill needs is official assent from Queen Elizabeth II, which is expected to come later in the week.
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