A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a ``significant threat'' of an al-Qaida attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a ``significant threat'' of an al-Qaida attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez answers questions from the media during a press conference after a minor league baseball rehab start with the Trenton Thunder in a game against the Reading Fightin Phils, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013 at Arm & Hammer Park in Trenton, N.J.. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)
FILE- Glasgow-born actor and Oscar winner Peter Capaldi, as he appeared in London in this file photo dated May 12, 2013. Peter Capaldi is named late Sunday Aug. 4, 2013, as the next lead star for the long-running British science fiction TV series "Doctor Who." (AP Photo / Dominic Lipinski, PA, FILE) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:
1. 19 US DIPLOMATIC POSTS TO STAY CLOSED THROUGH SATURDAY
Closure of the embassies and consulates across the Mideast comes almost a year after an attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya.
2. WHO COULD RETURN TO YANKEE LINEUP
Major League Baseball will suspend A-Rod Monday over links to performance-enhancing drugs, but he could be allowed to play while he appeals, source tells The AP.
3. IRAN'S NEW PRESIDENT PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR ASSAD
"The deep, strategic and historic relations between the people of Syria and Iran ... will not be shaken," Hasan Rouhani says.
4. GOVERNORS EYE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
2016 presidential race hangs over annual governors' summit.
5. 'A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FEELING BETRAYED'
Some tea party stars have shifted tactics to broaden their appeal, frustrating their core base.
6. CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN WHITEY BULGER CASE
The accused Winter Hill Gang leader faces a litany of criminal charges, including 19 killings.
7. WHY WEINER IS STILL IN NYC MAYOR'S RACE
Campaign experts say the ex-congressman still has a shot at rehabilitating his image, and would lose access to matching campaign funds if he quits.
8. STATES CONSIDER RESTRICTING DRONES
More than 40 states have introduced legislation to regulate law enforcement's use of unmanned aircraft.
9. POWERBALL HITS $400M
The jackpot isn't as high as the record $590.5 million prize awarded in May, but it's still the third-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
10. FROM SPIN DOCTOR TO 'DOCTOR WHO'
Scottish actor Peter Capaldi will be the 12th actor to play the title role in the internationally popular science fiction series "Doctor Who," fresh off a role as a political fixer in a UK sitcom.
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