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Cruz changes mind, will vote for Trump

Says Clinton is ‘wholly unacceptable’

Charlotte curfew ends after largely peaceful protest night

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A third night of protests over a fatal police shooting in Charlotte gave way to quiet streets as a curfew enacted by the city’s mayor ended early Friday. The lar...

162 bodies retrieved after migrant boat capsizes off Egypt

ROSETTA, Egypt – The bodies of 162 people had been pulled from the waters off the Egyptian coast by Friday, three days after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranea...

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Chicago Mayor to outlines plan to reduce violence CHICAGO – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will announce a $36 million mentoring initiative for thousands of youths from high-crime nei...

Assad blames U.S. for collapse of Syria truce

DAMASCUS, Syria – He’s been stigmatized internationally, a contentious figure presiding over a ruinous civil war that seems to slip into further depravity every day. But in his power base in...

Beached boats, pink water as drought saps Great Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY – On the southern shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, more than 100 boats are sitting high and dry in a parking lot, unable to sail the shallow, drought-stricken sea. ...

Charlotte police refuse to release video of deadly shooting

Governor sends in National Guard

Amid scrutiny, California to track all police use of force

LOS ANGELES – From a broken bone to a fatal shooting, all 800 police departments in California must begin using a new online tool launched Thursday to report and help track every time office...

Your TV may use more energy than you think

SAN FRANCISCO – An environmental group on Wednesday accused three major television manufacturers of misleading consumers and regulators about how much energy their high-definition screens de...

Police battle protesters in Charlotte

ACLU seeks release of video in fatal shooting of black man

Climate change pact passes major milestone

UNITED NATIONS – Thirty-one countries formally joined the Paris climate change pact Wednesday, bringing the total number of countries ratifying the treaty to 60 and raising hopes that it wil...

Mylan CEO set to defend EpiPen prices amid public outcry

WASHINGTON – The head of pharmaceutical company Mylan is defending the cost for life-saving EpiPens, signaling the company has no plans to lower prices despite a public outcry and questions ...