ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Police say a Massachusetts woman wearing camouflage and a mask chased her ex-husband with an ax and put their 11-year-old son in a chokehold. Police say 46-year-old Julie Rabinowitz of North Attleborough hid in Mark Schenkman’s minivan on Tuesday evening. Authorities say she didn’t know her son …

BERLIN – A high school that lost 16 students and two teachers in the Germanwings plane crash in March is inaugurating a memorial to the victims that features 18 cherry trees. The memorial being unveiled Friday at the Joseph Koenig high school in the German town of Haltern includes a …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is saying the fate of a historic nuclear deal with world powers is still unclear as lawmakers in both the Islamic Republic and the U.S. review it. Referring to the U.S., Khamenei said: “In their understanding of the deal, of which …

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Officials say a Marine was found dead near his barracks at Camp Lejeune. The body of 25-year-old lance Cpl. Ricardo Rodriguez Jr. of Lindenhurst, New York, was found early Friday. Rodriguez was taken to Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, where he was pronounced dead. Capt. Ryan Alvis …

NEW YORK – A New York City woman says she accidently left a bag in the trunk of a taxi containing $35,000 worth of jewelry. Among the items was a $15,000 engagement ring she had designed herself. Mariko Spigner told the New York Post (http://bit.ly/1E6K1aW ) she realized she had …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official IRNA news agency says the military has shot down a reconnaissance drone in western Iran near the border with Iraq. IRNA quoted Col. Farzad Fereidouni, a local air defense system commander, in a report Saturday as saying the unmanned aircraft was shot down in recent …

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – A security official in Burkina Faso says several suspected Islamic militants have launched a rare attack near the West African nation’s border with Mali. Witness Alassane Hamidou said at least two people were wounded in Monday night’s attack. Hamidou told The Associated Press that his life …

PARIS – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging world leaders to “accelerate” negotiations ahead of a December climate conference in Paris. At a press conference in Paris Wednesday, Ban said climate change is happening and “We don’t have time to waste. We don’t have time to lose.” He called …

LISBON, Portugal – Portugal’s Constitutional Court has disallowed legislation that would have given intelligence agencies access to private communications metadata. The judges declared the bill passed by Parliament last month illegal because it contravened article 34 of the Constitution, which forbids authorities’ access to private communications unless they are part …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Police say the man being held in connection with the disappearance of a Jacksonville toddler has attempted to escape from jail. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says 32-year-old William Ruben Ebron Jr. is facing four new charges related to his escape attempt. Ebron already faces two counts of …