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Ted Cruz booed lustily

senator refuses to endorse Donald Trump

Asylum-seeker goes on rampage

on German train could renew worries about refugees

Pence tries to rally backing for Trump

pick says businessman ‘reminds me’ of Ronald Reagan

Nation & World Briefs

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A Kansas City, Kansas, police officer was shot and killed on Tuesday while searching for a…

Guns more often used to commit crimes

Self-defense is rarely reason for firearms use, study finds

Trump campaign dismisses criticism of Melania Trump speech

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, walks off stage with his wife, Melania, during the Republican National Convention Monday night…

Turkey fires tens of thousands in coup plotters hunt

A Turkish policeman stands guard in Ankara, Turkey, in front of a damaged building inside the special forces police base…

Trump triumphs as GOP nominee

completes stunning climb

Tensions with West rise as Turkey continues purge

Government supporters light flares during a protest in Taksim Square, in Istanbul on Monday. Turkey’s Interior Ministry has fired nearly…

French authorities paint complex picture of attacker

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins, who oversees terrorism investigations, said by all accounts Mohamed Lahouaiyej Bouhlel drank, ate pork and had…

Police: Gunman who killed 3 was ‘seeking out’ officers

The gunman’s “movements, his direction, his attention was on police officers,” state police Col. Mike Edmonson said. He would not…

GOP to kick off convention; Trump to make surprise visit

Howard Wilkinson, right, takes a picture of a bobblehead of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that is on sale near…

Nation & World Briefs

BALTIMORE – A judge on Monday found the highest-ranking officer charged in Freddie Gray’s arrest and death not guilty on…

Baton Rouge police killer: An ex-Marine from Kansas City

The gunman who killed three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, La., has been identified as Gavin Eugene Long, whose…

Slain officer’s touching Facebook message days before death

In this 2016 photo provided by Trenisha Jackson, her husband, Baton Rouge Police Officer Montrell Jackson, holds his son, Mason,…

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PENN TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania – Joshua Lee Long, a 26-year-old man who’s incarcerated by Cumberland County in connection with a string…

Obama urges Americans to tamp down inflammatory rhetoric

Speaking after the shooting of police officers in Baton Rouge, La., President Barack Obama said, “We as a nation have…

Turkish govt cracks down after coup try; 6,000 detained

Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen speaks to members of the media at his compound on Sunday in Saylorsburg, Pa. Turkish officials…

More suspects arrested in connection with truck attack in Nice

People comfort each other Sunday at a makeshift memorial to honor the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack, that…

Chief: Taking steps in Cleveland to thwart terrorist attack

A demonstrator organizes protest signs on Sunday in Cleveland in preparation for the Republican National Convention that starts Monday.John Minchillo/Associated…

New study suggests more anger, aggressive behavior among U.S. drivers

common forms: tailgating, yelling and honking

Shooter of 3 Baton Rouge officers ID’d

3 officers killed; suspect who ambushed them dead