Soldiers killed
A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, adding to the toll in what has already been the conflict’s deadliest month for Western forces. The latest deaths push the number of coalition troops killed in July to at least 55 — 30 of them American.
Fujimori sentenced
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for embezzlement on Monday in Lima, Peru, after he admitted illegally paying his spy chief $15 million in government funds.
McNair case
Authorities in Nashville say former NFL star Steve McNair had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit when his girlfriend shot him to death.
Military boost
Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Monday that the size of the Army will be increased temporarily by 22,000 soldiers to help meet the needs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other missions around the world.
Deadly rampage
The man accused in a rampage that killed six people first beat an acquaintance to death at an Alabama business and then moved north into Tennessee, where he repeatedly stabbed his estranged wife, her family and a neighbor, authorities said Monday.
Rail crash probe
A light-rail operator blacked out just before his train crashed into a parked train, injuring dozens of passengers, the president of San Francisco’s transit workers union said Monday.
