News Wrap: Former security guards convicted of shooting Iraqis in 2011

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• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  In other news of this day, a federal jury convicted four former security guards today of shooting more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad in 2007; 14 of the victims died. The guards, all of them American, worked for the former Blackwater security firm protecting U.S. diplomats. They said they had acted in self-defense. The charges ranged from first- degree murder to manslaughter.

• GWEN IFILL:

  American Jeffrey Fowle returned home today after being detained in North Korea for nearly six months. Fowle landed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, early this morning. He was met by his wife, three children and other relatives, who rushed to embrace him on the tarmac.

  From there, they drove home, where Fowle issued a brief statement through his lawyer.

• TIM TEPE, Jeffrey Fowle’s Lawyer:

  Jeff would like you to know that he was treated well by the government of the DPRK and that he's currently in good health. The past 24 hours have been a whirlwind for Jeff and his family. Jeff needs some time right now.

• GWEN IFILL:

  Fowle was arrested in North Korea last May for leaving a Bible at a nightclub. Two other Americans are still imprisoned in the communist state.

• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  The Secret Service is facing new criticism for diverting agents from patrolling around the White House in order to help a co-worker with a neighborhood dispute. The agents were sent out to a Maryland suburb several times in 2011. Today, the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security labeled the incidents a serious lapse in judgment.

  Official autopsy results have emerged in the shooting of a black teenager that roiled Ferguson, Missouri. The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch reports the autopsy showed Michael Brown was shot in the hand at close range by a white police officer. The officer has said Brown reached into his vehicle and tried to grab his gun. Some witnesses have said Brown had his hands raised when he was killed.

• GWEN IFILL:

  Some 60 million Americans will see another small increase in Social Security benefits next year, just 1.7 percent. The annual cost-of-living adjustment was announced today. For 2015, the change works out to an average of about $20 more each month. It's the third straight year of an increase that's less than 2 percent.

• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  Wall Street's rally ended today as oil prices dropped again, and pulled down energy stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 153 points to close at 16,461; the Nasdaq fell 36 points to close below 4,382; and the S&P 500 slipped 14 to 1,927.