Story highlights  —  (CNN)U.S. Special Operations forces killed a senior ISIS commander during a daring raid intended to capture him in eastern Syria overnight Friday to Saturday, U.S. government officials said.  —  The ISIS commander, Abu Sayyaf, was killed after he fought capture in the raid at al-Omar …

Hacker told F.B.I. he made plane fly sideways after cracking entertainment system  —  (Screen grab from One World Labs founder and prominent hacker Chris Roberts during an appearance on Fox News)  —  APTN National News  —  A well-known U.S. hacker told F.B.I. agents he took momentary control …

Story highlights  —  (CNN)One of three conductors aboard the Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia this week told investigators she heard the locomotive's engineer say the train had been struck by an object, National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said Friday.

I flew a gyrocopter onto the Capitol Lawn to save our democracy  —  When I return to Washington for my arraignment in federal court this week, it will be by car, not gyrocopter.  My flying days are over, perhaps forever.  Accepting responsibility for my actions means I accept their consequences, which I always took seriously.

Call it ‘gender fluidity’: Schools to teach kids there's no such thing as boys or girls  —  One of the nation's largest public school systems is preparing to include gender identity to its classroom curriculum, including lessons on sexual fluidity and spectrum - the idea that there's no such thing …

Tsarnaev death expensive justice: James Fox  —  We don't need to kill to make a point.  —  After 10 grueling weeks of testimony, with over 100 witnesses taking the stand and over 700 exhibits being entered into the record, the long-anticipated verdict is finally in: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev …

In Gay Marriage Battle, the Clock Beats Cecil Bell … When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, ruling it unconstitutional to deny federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples, Rep. Cecil Bell Jr., R-Magnolia, found himself agreeing with Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority opinion.

The Final Posts of a Murdered Blogger  —  Earlier this week, as he left for work, Ananta Bijoy Das was ambushed by four masked men outside his home in Sylhet, Bangladesh.  Armed with machetes, the men—suspected Islamist militants—hacked Das to death in broad daylight on a busy street in the country's fifth-largest city.

Jury sentences Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for marathon attack  —  Photo by:  —  AP file photo  —  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a jury ruled today, should be put to death.  —  A jury's ruling today to sentence marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death is “justice” and a warning Boston …

Obamas worth millions, disclosure forms reveal  —  President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama's assets total somewhere between $1.9 million and $6.9 million, according to financial disclosure forms released Friday by the White House.  —  The bulk of the Obamas' wealth is invested …

Referendum led me to tell truth about myself  —  ‘For me, there was no first kiss; no wedding.  And until a short time ago no hope of these’  —  “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” - Martin Luther King.  —  I was a good Catholic girl …