White House doubts Mueller killed by airstrike

The White House on Tuesday pushed back against claims that US hostage Kayla Jean Mueller was killed by a coalition airstrike the Islamic State group in Syria. Revealing details of a February 6 strike on an arms facility carried out by the Jordanian air force, the White House said her cause of death was still unclear. "The information that we have is that there is no evidence of civilians in the target area prior to the coalition strike taking place," said White House spokesman Josh Ear