U.S. airstrikes target IS militants in LibyaWASHINGTON — The United States launched multiple airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Libya Monday, opening a new, more persistent front against the group at the request of the United Nations-backed government, Libyan and U.S. officials said.Fayez Serraj, the head of Libya’s U.N.-brokered presidency council, said in a televised statement that American warplanes attacked the IS bastion of Sirte on the Mediterranean in northern Libya. No U.S. ground forces will be deployed, he said.The precision strikes, which targeted an Islamic State tank and vehicles, come amid growing concerns about the group’s increased threat to Europe and its ability to inspire attacks across the region, even though its numbers have been shrinking because of attacks from local forces and allied international troops.

Officers kill armed woman in apartmentRANDALLSTOWN, Md. — A woman who pointed a gun at police serving arrest warrants at her apartment was shot and killed by officers in a shooting that also left a 5-year-old boy wounded, Baltimore County police said.The department said in a news release that the boy who was in the apartment with Korryn Gaines, 23, was shot in a limb Monday and taken to a hospital. Police could not immediately determine if he was shot by the woman or officers.Three officers went to Gaines’ apartment in Randallstown about 9:20 a.m. to serve arrest warrants on her and a man, according to police. Gaines was wanted for failing to appear in court on traffic charges dating from a stop in March, authorities said.