In Iraq, Kurdish Peshmergatroops are launching an offensive against IS militants. Iraqi forces are alsolaunching a wide scale attack, battling IS to retake the northern city of Tikrit.

 

The man charged in a shootingrampage in a Phoenix suburb made his first court appearance before judge on Thursday.His face bruised because police say he struggled with officers while resistingarrest. 

 

A small black dog is beingcalled a survivor. Local fire department officials in Texas rescued him afterthey found him stranded on a pond. The man who rescued him says if his owner isnot found, he’ll adopt him.