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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…
Few changes follow deaths of 19 at fire
PHOENIX (AP) — It was the worst loss of life for U.S. wildland firefighters in eight decades, a tragedy that killed 19 members of a Hotshot crew during an out-of-control inferno in a brush-choked canyon.
Benghazi terrorism suspect pleads not guilty before judge
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Libyan militant accused of masterminding the deadly Benghazi attacks that have become a flashpoint in U.S. politics pleaded not guilty t…
Mars 'flying saucer' splashes down after test
Federal protection sought for wild horses in West
Iraq forces launch push to retake city
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government launched its biggest push yet to wrest back ground lost to Sunni militants, as soldiers backed by tanks and helicopter gunships began an offensive Saturday to retake the norther…
Suspect sought in hit-and-run that killed 3 women
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida are searching for a man suspected of driving a vehicle involved in a fiery hit-and-run crash that killed three Tampa Bay-area women.
Mexican chopper fires shots at U.S. Border Patrol
TUCSON, Ariz. — Mexican law enforcement on Thursday crossed into Arizona by helicopter and fired two shots at U.S. border agents, a union spokesman said.
Ukraine signs historic pact with European Union
BRUSSELS — Ukraine’s new president signed an economic and political pact with the European Union on Friday, pushing his troubled country closer into a European orbit over the protests of Russia, which warned of pos…
Bond set at $1 million in suitcase deaths
ELKHORN, Wis. (AP) — Two women found dead in suitcases along a Wisconsin highway may have died accidentally, perhaps during consensual sex, the defense attorney for the former police officer suspected in their dea…
Police: Defense attorney fatally shot in Kentucky
SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) — A defense attorney well known in his small, southern Kentucky town was shot and killed outside of his law office early Friday by a man who wanted his help but was turned down, according to poli…
Syrian rebels could help in Iraq
Arizona man charged after highway shootout
Mountain lion scares Utah shoppers
Nuns seek new mediation for claims of sex abuse
HELENA — Attorneys for an order of nuns plan to ask a judge Thursday for a new round of negotiations to settle claims of child sex abuse by priests and nuns in Montana, a request that comes less than three weeks be…
Experts say ruling tees up gay marriage for top court
DENVER (AP) — When the U.S Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act exactly one year ago, it stopped short of saying states cannot ban gay marriage.