A.M. Links: More U.S. Troops Headed to Iraq, Putin Says Russian Troops Could Get to Kiev in Two Weeks, Neanderthal Abstract Art Found in Gibraltar

Hawks on both sides of the aisle in

Congress want the president to act after the
Islamic State (ISIL) posted a video showing the beheading of a
second American journalist. The terror group-cum-proto-government
says the beheading was in response to U.S. air strikes in northern
Iraq. The prime minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, met with
the Cobra committee discuss the U.K.’s response to a threat by ISIL
to behead a British hostage. The U.S. is sending 350 more U.S.
troops to its embassy in
Baghdad.
President Obama arrived in Tallinn,
Estonia ahead of a NATO summit in Wales to reassure NATO
members in the region that Russian aggression in Ukraine did not
mean the same would be tolerated against them. Vladimir Putin,
meanwhile, says Russian troops could get to
Kiev in two weeks. The president of
Ukraine announced a ceasefire shortly thereafter.
Two men in
North Carolina who have been in prison for 30 years after being
found guilty of the murder and rape of an 11-year-old girl had
their convictions overturned by a judge after the DNA of
another man was uncovered as evidence.
The tech company
Apple denies its systems were breached in the theft of nude
photo from multiple celebrities leaked this week.
Researchers believe they’ve found abstract art created by

Neanderthals in a cave in Gibraltar.
Former Survivor lead singer
Jami Jamison died of a heart attack, aged 63.