BEIRUT (AP) — Egyptian officials say they’ve stepped up security in parts of the country following the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The extremist group’s leader was killed a day earlier during a U.S. military raid in Syria. Egypt has for years battled an IS-led insurgency in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula. Security forces have also fought IS and al-Qaida militants in the western desert along the border with Libya.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Freshman Rep. Katie Hill of California says she’s resigning amid an ethics investigation. The 32-year-old Democrat had been hand-picked for a coveted leadership seat, but in recent days compromising photos of her and purported text messages from her to a campaign staffer surfaced online in a right-wing publication and a British tabloid. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Hill acknowledged “errors in judgment” that Pelosi said made her continued service in Congress “untenable.”

SANTA ROSA, California (AP) — Classes have been canceled at the University of California, Los Angeles because of the wildfire raging in the city that has prompted evacuation orders for 10,000 homes and businesses. UCLA said in a statement Monday that the fire poses no threat to the campus but that many UCLA community members live in evacuation areas or could face difficulties commuting because of road closures. The fire started on the west side of Interstate 405. UCLA’s campus is on the eastern side of the highway.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says President Donald Trump’s administration is “building a powerful case” for impeachment as a former White House national security adviser defied a subpoena on Monday. Charles Kupperman failed to show up for a scheduled deposition Monday after asking a federal court in Washington for guidance on whether he was legally required to do so. Schiff says Kupperman’s suit has “no basis in law.”

California poll workers will be trained on how to properly deal with transgender and gender-nonconforming voters. The project, the first of its type in the nation, was announced by California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who said in a press release that his office is partnering with the Equality California Institute ahead of the state’s presidential primary next year on March 3. The initiative aims to better accommodate the 218,400 people in the state who identify as transgender. The press release said that the training will instruct county registrars the best way to assist voters whose “gender identity, expression, or pronouns don’t match their name on the voter rolls.”

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — Three sex offenders in a Georgia county are suing the sheriff over signs warning families not to trick-or-treat at the offenders’ homes. The signs read…’STOP…WARNING…NO TRICK OR TREAT AT THIS ADDRESS!!” News outlets report the lawsuit filed in federal court asks Butts County Sheriff Gary Long to stop putting the signs in the yards of convicted sex offenders. Long has said the signs comply with a state law that forbids sex offenders from participating in Halloween. Georgia Law already prohibits registered sex offenders from placing Halloween decorations on their property.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A victims’ rights constitutional amendment question and a pair of vacancies on an appeals court are the only contested statewide elections in Pennsylvania this year. But a legal challenge is ongoing regarding the Marsy’s Law amendment, which would enshrine victims’ rights in the state constitution. Voters will also have to sort through what are thousands of local and county government races.

NORTH VERSAILLES, Pa. (AP) — Police in North Versailles are trying to determine how gunshots were followed by a 3-vehicle crash which left one man dead and 10 people taken to hospitals, including five children. Officers arrived at the collision on Route 30 around 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Police say they believe a white Nissan was pursuing a black Chrysler on Route 30 west when gunshots were fired from the Nissan. The driver of the Chrysler had at least one gunshot wound and died at the scene.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The front of a city bus is up in the air after a sinkhole opened under it during rush hour in downtown Pittsburgh. The Port Authority of Allegheny County says only the driver and one passenger were aboard the bus when it plunged into the hole. The passenger was taken to a hospital for a minor injury Monday, and the driver was not injured.