NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man is facing child endangerment charges after police say he left his three children — ages 5, 3 and 9 months — inside a car for about an hour in freezing temperatures while he was in court.

Newton police Lt. Bruce Apotheker says a passer-by notified police about the children after spotting them Tuesday afternoon inside a car in a municipal lot near Newton District Court.

Police say it was 23 degrees outside and the unlocked car was not running. The children were taken to the hospital as a precaution.

The 38-year-old Framingham man, whose name was not made public, told authorities he was only inside the courthouse for 12 minutes. Police estimate he was inside for an hour.

He’ll be summoned to court.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say an Ohio man has been arrested in a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol and kill government officials inside the building.

A criminal complaint charges 20-year-old Christopher Lee Cornell, of Green Township, with attempting to kill officers and employees of the United States.

Cornell, also known as Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah, was arrested Wednesday as he took control of a firearm during an undercover FBI operation.

It wasn’t immediately clear if he had a lawyer. The FBI says the public was never in danger and he never made it to Washington.

The complaint alleges that an FBI informant began supplying agents with information about Cornell last year.

Prosecutors say he professed allegiance online to the Islamic State and spoke of plans to commit acts of jihad.

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Defense Department figures show that suicides among active-duty military personnel rose slightly in 2014, led by increases in the number of sailors and airmen who took their own lives.

There were fewer suicides last year by Army soldiers and Marines, the two services that have seen the most combat in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last decade.

According to preliminary Pentagon data, there were 288 confirmed and suspected suicides by active-duty personnel in 2014, compared with 286 in 2013. Both totals, however, represent a sharp drop from the 2012 number of 352. The data was obtained by The Associated Press.

Over time the numbers may change, particularly if deaths that were initially believed to be suicides are fully investigated and found to be otherwise.

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is opening a farewell tour to thank troops for their service as he prepares to turn over his duties to his designated successor, Ashton Carter.

Hagel arrived Tuesday at Whiteman Air Force Base in western Missouri to speak with B-2 stealth bomber crews.

He was expected to express administration support for building a next-generation bomber within the next decade. The new bomber would be capable of nuclear as well as conventional strike missions.

Hagel also plans to visit a Marine base in California this week. He’ll fly aboard a new Navy aircraft carrier off the coast of California, and see enlisted soldiers at an Army base in Texas.

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A terminally ill Detroit-area teenager who was surprised by a visit from rapper Eminem has died.

Rainbow Connection Executive Director Mary Grace McCarter said Tuesday that the parents of 17-year-old Gage Garmo told her that he died Monday in their Rochester Hills home.

Gage had a wish fulfilled when Detroit native Eminem stopped by Sunday evening. The Detroit Free Press says the pair sat in the family’s living room talking about hip-hop and football.

Gage was diagnosed with bone cancer three years ago, when he was a freshman at Rochester High School.

Friends and classmates used social media to spread Gage’s wish to meet Eminem, his musical hero, after he learned last week that he had just days left to live.

Michigan-based charity Rainbow Connection set up the meeting.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — North Dakota and Arkansas are asking a federal appeals court in St. Louis to reinstate two of the nation’s most stringent abortion bans.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing oral arguments in the two cases Tuesday morning. The states are seeking to reinstate abortion restrictions approved by lawmakers in 2013 but overturned by lower federal courts in separate decisions.

The North Dakota law banned abortions when a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy and before many women know they’re pregnant. A U.S. District Court judge in Bismarck ruled the law unconstitutional in April 2014.

The Arkansas law banned abortions after 12 weeks. State lawmakers in the Republican-controlled Legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto.

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook users in the U.S. will soon receive Amber Alerts to help find missing children who may be located near them.

Facebook Inc. is working with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to send the alerts to users’ mobile phones if they are in a search area where a child has been abducted. Facebook says people are already using its site to encourage their friends and family to help find missing children, and that several children have been reunited with their families as a result of information shared on the site.

Last March, a missing 11-year-old girl was found in a South Carolina motel room when a motel clerk called police after seeing an Amber Alert on Facebook, according to the company and reports at the time.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Health officials are reporting seven more cases of measles in an outbreak tied to visits to Disney theme parks in California last month.

The new cases confirmed Monday by the California Department of Public Health brings the total to 26 people in four states.

Officials say 22 of the cases are in California and two are in Utah, with one apiece in Colorado and Washington.

Most of the patients visited Disneyland or Disney California Adventure between Dec. 15 and Dec. 20, but some may have contracted the illness from others who visited.

The new cases include three reported Monday in Southern California, including two in San Bernardino County and one in Long Beach.

Disney officials have said they are working with public health authorities to provide any necessary assistance.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After three weeks atop the box office, “The Hobbit” has been taken down by Liam Neeson.

Fox’s “Taken 3” earned the top spot at the weekend box office with $40.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The third installment of the thriller series stars Neeson as a vengeance-seeking retired CIA operative.

“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” fell to fourth place with $9.4 million following three straight weeks in first place. The total haul for filmmaker Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth finale now stands at $236.5 million.

Paramount’s civil rights drama “Selma” expanded into wide release with $11.2 million in second place.

“Into the Woods” marched into third place in its third week at the box office with $9.7 million, bringing the Disney musical’s total to $105.3 million.

SALEM, Mass. (AP) — Two police officers say a Massachusetts teen charged with raping and killing his high school math teacher had a bloody box cutter and women’s underwear in his backpack when they detained him.

Topsfield Officers Neal Hovey and Joseph DeBernardo said in court Friday that they found Philip Chism, now 15, on a poorly lit stretch of a roadway carrying Colleen Ritzer’s ID and credit cards.

After bringing Chism back to the police station, Hovey said they found the box cutter and panties in his backpack.

The officers were testifying at a hearing where a judge is considering a request by Chism’s lawyers to have his police confession suppressed.

Chism has been charged as an adult with murder and aggravated rape in the October 2013 slaying of Ritzer, a popular 24-year-old teacher at Danvers High School. He has pleaded not guilty.