WASHINGTON

Four panelists will review Secret Service after breaches

Four former senior government officials will lead an independent review of the embattled Secret Service after the disclosure of a series of breaches in presidential security, the Homeland Security Department announced Friday.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the four panelists – two who served during the Obama administration and two from the administration of former President George W. Bush – will submit their findings and recommendations for White House security by Dec. 15.

AUSTIN, Texas

Candidate’s ad attacks rival paralyzed in 1984 accident

A new television ad by Democrat Wendy Davis goes into territory she hadn’t touched until now: Republican Greg Abbott’s use of a wheelchair.

A 30-second ad released Friday and titled “Justice” notes the Texas Attorney General recovered millions in a lawsuit after he was injured in 1984, and accuses him of not siding with victims like himself in courts.

It drew a swift rebuke from national conservative groups and the Abbott campaign, which called it “disgusting” and “desperate.”

“It’s her choice if she wants to attack a guy in a wheelchair,” Abbott said. “I don’t think it’s going to sell too well.”

Abbott lost the use of his legs after his spine was crushed by a falling oak tree.

CENTENNIAL, Colo.

Teen killer wanted revenge for being teased, police say

Investigators say the 18-year-old student who killed a classmate before taking his own life at a suburban Denver high school described himself in a diary as “a psychopath with a superiority complex” and said he was exacting revenge for being teased in elementary school.

In a report released Friday by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, Karl Pierson wrote that he planned the Dec. 13 attack at Arapahoe High School to start a conversation about elementary school teasing.

Pierson entered the school with a shotgun, a machete and homemade bombs.

WASHINGTON

New law would let people carry concealed handguns

District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray has signed legislation that allows people to carry concealed handguns.

The mayor’s office says he signed emergency legislation Thursday that can be in effect for 90 days. Permanent legislation still has to be passed.

Despite the mayor’s signature, residents can’t carry a concealed weapon quite yet. Authorities are still putting in place the law’s licensing requirement. People will have to show a specific reason that they need one, among other requirements.

– From news service reports