2. Records show that an Arkansas man suspected of killing his parents and abducting his sister claimed to be mentally ill in 2007 before eventually pleading guilty to assaulting a family or household member. Antonio Whitlow was arrested Saturday in Memphis, his 12-year-old sister was with him and seemed unharmed.

 

 

 

3. Syria is accusing some of its neighbors of conspiring against it. The foreign minister also talked about the government offensive in Aleppo, where rebels are trying to repel the regime's air and ground assault.

 

 

 

4. Troops, teachers and students are getting free tickets to fill prime seats that were empty at some Olympic venues on the first full day of competition. The game's organizing chief answered widespread criticism by predicting that seats left unused will not be an issue as the games proceed.