World: Italian financial police have seized $30 million from a Vatican bank account and are investigating alleged money-laundering and possibly corrupt officials. (USA Today)

Nation: The first woman to be executed in the U.S. since 2005-and in Virginia since 1912-is scheduled to receive lethal injection Thursday at 9 p.m. (New York Times)

State: An Oneida man is facing several charges after a hit-and-run accident left a 17-year-old motorcyclist dead Tuesday night. (USA Today/The Courier-Journal)

Other: The man who is believed to be the oldest man in the world celebrates his 114th birthday in Montana this week. (USA Today)