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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…
Woman who drove with dying man on car gets 55 years prison sentence
Senate backs bill to improve health care for vets
Militants overrun major city
BAGHDAD (AP) — In a stunning assault that exposed Iraq’s eroding central authority, al-Qaida-inspired militants overran much of Mosul on Tuesday, seizing government buildings, pushing out security forces and captur…
Thousands flee floods in World Cup host city
Gunman kills student at Oregon high school
Woman wants daughter's name to be Awesome
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Juneau, Alaska, woman wants to give her daughter an awesome middle name. Literally.
EPA promotes global warming plan
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency promoted proposed clean power plant rules to Western governors Tuesday, framing the plan as a way to deal with destructive wildfires a…
FAA OKs commercial drone flights
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it has granted the first permission for commercial drone flights over land, the latest effort by the agency to show it is loosening restrictions o…
Five troops killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Five Americans with a special operations unit were killed by a U.S. airstrike called in to help them after they were ambushed by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, in one of the deadlies…
Obesity surgery may 'cure' diabetes for 15-plus years
CHICAGO (AP) — Obesity surgery may keep diabetes in remission even after 15 years in some patients, a study suggests.
Gunman kills student in Portland high school
North Korea says it is holding an American tourist
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has detained a 56-year-old man from Ohio, accusing him of an unspecified crime after he traveled to the communist-led country as a tourist, the nation’s state news agency and t…
Mourdock compares U.S. economic woes to Nazi Germany
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana politician who lost his Republican Senate campaign two years ago amid criticism for his comment about rape is now comparing the handling of the national economy to the events leading …
Driver charged in crash that injured Tracy Morgan
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured Saturday after a tractor-trailer rammed into his chauffeured limousine bus, setting off a chain-reaction crash that left a fellow co…
Poroshenko sworn in as president of Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s new president on Saturday called for pro-Russian rebels in the country’s east to lay down their arms and welcomed dialogue with the insurgents, but said he wouldn’t negotiate with tho…