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DC gala shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family
The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner railed against Trump adminis…
Sheriff: Gunman fired first in Idaho incident
SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) — A gunman with a semi-automatic AK-47 rifle and another rifle fired first at police before officers shot back and took him into custody along an Idaho freeway, authorities said.
Bank customer among 3 dead in wild shootout
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Misty Holt-Singh had just popped into the bank, leaving her 12-year-old daughter in the car, when the horror began. An hour later, the mother of two lay dead in the street after a bank robbe…
Passenger plane shot down; 295 killed
Groups seek ban of old rail cars
SEATTLE (AP) — Environmental groups asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to immediately ban shipments of volatile crude oil in older railroad tank cars, citing oil train wrecks and explosions and the agency’…
Israeli army agrees to 'humanitarian' pause in attacks on Gaza
House OKs marijuana-related banking
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday in support of making it easier for banks to do business with legal pot shops and providers of medical marijuana.
Dad's heartbreaking Web plea spurs reaction
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Just days after his infant daughter’s death, Nathen Steffel asked strangers on the Internet for only one thing: He and his wife wanted a photo of their daughter without the breathing tubes and t…
Rock dropped on car critically injures driver woman
Former Utah officials charged with bribery
Runner hit by lightning
DENVER (AP) — Adam Campbell heard a huge cracking sound, saw a flash of light and said he was knocked to the ground as he ran across one of Colorado’s tallest peaks during a 100-mile endurance race.
House approves highway bill as deadline looms
WASHINGTON (AP) — With an August deadline looming, the House voted Tuesday to temporarily patch over a multibillion-dollar pothole in federal highway and transit programs while ducking the issue of how to put them…
Rush-hour Moscow subway derails: 21 dead, 136 hurt
MOSCOW (AP) — A subway train derailed Tuesday deep below Moscow’s streets, twisting and mangling crowded rail cars at the height of the morning rush hour. At …
Winds aid crews battling fire in southern Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Crews trying to save rural dwellings in southern Oregon got help from a natural force they usually dread when winds turned around a spreading wildfire.
Afghan bomber kills 89
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives near a busy market and a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 89 people in the deadliest insurgent attack on civ…