Radical militant Islamist websites posted a new video Friday containing an audio message purported to be by Humam Al Balawi, the Jordanian doctor turned suicide bomber who killed seven CIA agents in eastern Afghanistan in December.

Leslie Buck, designer of New York City’s iconic blue-and-white coffee cup, died Monday at home Glen Cove, New York. He was 87 years old.

A sheriff’s deputy in central Arizona was shot Friday afternoon by an alleged illegal immigrant, authorities said.

The secretary of defense is warning Congress not to change the rules about gays in the military until the Pentagon has reviewed the impact of repealing the laws on the force.