Here's what's happening across the United States and around the world today.
Drone strike review ordered
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he's ordered a review of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan that inadvertently killed two hostages, an American and an Italian who were held by al-Qaida.
Obama says he takes full responsibility for the January strikes and that he regrets the deaths of hostages Warren Weinstein (WYN'-steen) of Maryland and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian aid worker.
The U.S. drone strikes also killed American Adam Gadahn, who served as an al-Qaida spokesman and Ahmed Farouq, a dual U.S.-Pakistani national who was an al-Qaida operations leader in Pakistan.
NEW: Pakistan expresses shock over deaths of US, Italian hostage
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has expressed "shock and sorrow" over the inadvertent deaths of an American and an Italian hostage held by al-Qaida in a U.S. drone strike in January near the Afghan border.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs extended Pakistan's condolences in a statement Friday, saying the deaths of hostages Warren Weinstein (WYN'-steen) and Giovanni Lo Porto underline the "risk and unintended consequences of the use of this technology that Pakistan has been highlighting for a long time."
The ministry says Pakistan has "lost thousands of its citizens in the war on terror and it can fully understand this tragic loss and stands with the families of the two victims."
Pakistan is an ally of the United States in the war against terrorism but opposes the use of drones, saying it's counterproductive.
House Benghazi panel calls Clinton to testify
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of a House committee investigating the 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is calling Hillary Rodham Clinton to testify at two public hearings next month.
The first hearing would focus on Clinton's use of a private email account and server while she was secretary of state.
The second hearing would focus on the Benghazi attack that in 2012 killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya.
A lawyer for Clinton, now a presidential candidate, said she is prepared to answer questions publicly regarding the Benghazi attacks and her email use as soon as possible.
Italian police in sweep for terror suspects
MILAN (AP) — Italian police say they are making arrests of suspected members of an Islamic terror ring which allegedly helped execute attacks in Pakistan, including the market bombing that killed more than 100 people.
Anti-terrorism police in Sardinia say they're executing arrest warrants for 18 suspects. Police say some of the suspects were responsible for "numerous bloody acts of terrorism in Pakistan," including the October 2009 explosion in a market in Peshawar in which more than 100 people died.
Police said the aim of the terror network was to create an insurrection against the Pakistani government.
NEW: Lebanese army arrests 8 wanted militants, including soldier
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army says it arrested eight wanted militants, including a soldier who deserted to join the Islamic State group and four Syrians.
The army says the arrests came during a raid earlier in the day in the northern town of Akkar. The eight are accused of terrorist attacks in Lebanon and attacks on the military.
Lebanon struggles with the spillover from neighboring Syria's civil war.
Militants have carried out cross-border attacks, kidnapped and killed soldiers. The Lebanese are divided, with some Sunnis supporting the Syrian rebels while some Shiites and Christians side with Syrian President Bashar Assad's government.
At least four Lebanese soldiers have deserted to join militant groups. One of the arrested, Sgt. Abdul-Rahman Khaled, declared on video last year he was joining IS.
San Diego man accused of making false statements about Syria
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego man is facing charges a month after he returned home from Syria.
Mohamad Saeed has been charged with two counts of making false statements involving international terrorism and is being held without bail.
Authorities say Saeed admitted to federal agents that he fought alongside militant Islamic fighters in his native Syria.
A friend who attended Saeed's first court appearance Thursday says the 24-year-old went to Syria to get his mother and siblings out of the country in the midst of a civil war.
Prosecution rests in penalty phase of Boston bomber's trial
BOSTON (AP) — The prosecution has wrapped up presenting its case in the penalty phase of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv).
Prosecutors played the videos of the mother of 8-year-old Martin Richard crouched over the boy as he lay dying on a sidewalk and of a man who lost his leg in the bombings.
Prosecutors say Tsarnaev should be executed for his crimes.
The defense, which begins presenting its case next week, say Tsarnaev's life should be spared because his older brother was the mastermind of the attack.
Armenians remember
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Today marks the centenary of the Ottoman massacres of Armenians.
Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I, an event widely viewed by scholars as genocide.
On Thursday, Turkey's president said his nation's ancestors never committed genocide.
President Barack Obama on Thursday pledged solidarity with Armenians but stopped short of calling what happened to them 100 years ago "genocide."
Police: 14 migrants killed by train in Macedonia
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonian police say at least 14 migrants, believed to be from Afghanistan and Somalia, have died after being hit by a train as they walked along the tracks at night.
Police say the accident happened last night in central Macedonia, as the migrants followed the tracks to head north. The train was an express passenger train travelling from the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki to the Serbian capital of Belgrade.
Tens of thousands of migrants and refugees try to reach the more prosperous central and western European countries by heading from Turkey to nearby Greek islands, then either try to sneak onto Italy-bound ferries, or head overland through Macedonia.
Injuries after stage collapse at Indiana school
WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Authorities in central Indiana say more than a dozen people have been injured after a stage collapsed at a high school in Westfield.
An official with an emergency dispatch center says the stage gave way during a performance at Westfield High School.
A police spokesman says the exact number of injures is unclear, but that more than 12 people were hurt.
At least one person was critically injured.
Chilean officials warn of 3rd volcanic eruption
ENSENADA, Chile (AP) — Chilean officials are warning that people near the Calbuco (kal-BOO'-koh) volcano should be prepared for a third and "even more aggressive eruption."
The first two eruptions happened Wednesday and Thursday, after 42 years of being dormant, and the second eruption was a more spectacular outburst than the first.
Authorities evacuated a total of 4,000 people from nearby communities, and they closed access to the area around the volcano. But some people have refused to leave.
Unusual ice cream recalls raise questions about cause
WASHINGTON (AP) — Major recalls from two well-known ice cream companies due to the discovery of listeria bacteria raise questions about how the pathogen could have contaminated multiple ice cream manufacturing plants — and whether the discoveries are related.
Blue Bell Creameries of Texas and Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams of Ohio both took products off shelves this week after listeria was discovered in their products. Blue Bell ice cream is linked to 10 illnesses in four states, including three deaths. There are no known illnesses linked to the Jeni's recall.
The recalls are unusual: Listeria is rarely found in ice cream because it can't grow at freezing temperatures. A spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration says it has no evidence, for now, that the two recalls are connected.
NEW: Sex club seeks Nashville blessing by vowing to be a church
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Nashville swingers club has transformed itself into a church after neighbors blocked it from opening next to a suburban Christian school. Now it's challenging the city to prove it's not a legitimate house of worship.
The president of Goodpasture Christian School received an anonymous tip about the club in November. He worked with religious leaders and the Metro Council to block it from opening.
That's when The Social Club became the United Fellowship Center. On the new plans, a room previously labeled "dungeon" is now labeled "choir."
Attorney Larry Roberts represents the club-turned-church. He says no sex will take place there, but opponents are skeptical.
Zoning officials say they can't prevent it from opening. But if it doesn't operate as a church, they can shut it down.
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