ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish news reports say that for the second straight night, Turkish jets have struck Islamic State group targets across the border in Syria. The fighter jets also hit camps of Kurdish PKK militants in northern Iraq. It’s the first time Turkey has struck Kurds in northern Iraq …

SANTA FE, N.M. – The man accused of throwing a banana peel at comedian Dave Chappelle during a New Mexico performance is headed to court. Assistant District Attorney Anastasia Martin told the Santa Fe New Mexican (http://goo.gl/rRyQ9I) that jury selection is scheduled for Sept. 23 for Christian Englander’s trial. The …

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Supreme Court has reaffirmed in a 7-2 decision that a Ten Commandments monument on the state Capitol grounds must be removed. The state’s highest court on Monday denied a rehearing that had been requested by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. Chief Justice John Reif wrote …

BILLINGS, Mont. – A man who was stopped along a road on Montana’s Crow Indian Reservation gunned down a family who tried to help him Wednesday, killing the couple and wounding their daughter, a relative said. The FBI confirmed that two people were killed and a third injured by gunfire …

TRIPOLI, Libya – Human Rights Watch says Libyan prison authorities should investigate the alleged abuse of a son of former dictator Moammar Gadhafi and other inmates in a Tripoli prison. In a statement late Monday, the U.S.-based group said a video made available by news website Clearnews apparently showed guards …

JUBA, South Sudan – Two newspapers in South Sudan say the government has stopped their operations in an apparent crackdown on the independent media. Nhial Bol, editor of the Citizen newspaper, said agents from the National Security Services on Monday ordered him to stop printing because of recently published articles …

NEW DELHI – Police say 10 people were killed when a building wall collapsed while under construction in northern India. Police officer Sandeep Sharma says another seven workers were injured at the site near Narnaul, a town in Haryana state. The town is 135 kilometers (85 miles) southwest of the …

HONIARA, Solomon Islands – A magnitude-6.9 earthquake has struck near the Pacific’s Solomon Islands, but there were no reports of damage or injuries. According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake struck Monday afternoon about 214 kilometers (132 miles) west of the capital, Honiara. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center …

CHATSWORTH, Ga. – A third northwest Georgia woman faces a child cruelty charge after an 11-year-old boy was found trapped in a cage in a bedroom. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says 64-year-old Gloria Jane Brown was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree cruelty to children and false imprisonment. She …

MEXICO CITY – Federal prosecutors in Mexico have asked a judge to issue arrest warrants for 22 employees of a day care center where a 2009 fire killed 49 babies and toddlers and injured 70 other children. The prosecutors’ office said Wednesday that the judge has until Aug. 18 to …