Police: 2 Iowa officers killed in 2 ambush-style attacks
Authorities apprehended a man Wednesday suspected in the early morning killings of two Des Moines area police officers who were shot to death while sitting in their patrol cars in…
Events
Russians unconcerned by Kremlin’s saber-rattling
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russia (AP) — Russia held civil defense drills involving 40 million people this month, the largest since the collapse of the Soviet Union. State media broadcast instantly…
More migrants from around the world making way to US border
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL An increasing number of people from far-flung corners of the world quietly have tried to sneak into the United States among the hundreds of thousands of…
If elected, Clinton faces awkward coexistence with Comey
By ERIC TUCKER The relationship between James Comey and Hillary Clinton was never going to be tension-free, not when Comey’s FBI had conducted an election-year criminal investigation into the Democratic…
Activists split as Clinton makes push for black millennials
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Six months into Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, she met with a group of Black Lives Matter activists in Washington to make her case and seek their…
Clinton appears on cusp of commanding victory
By JULIE PACE and EMILY SWANSON Hillary Clinton appears on the cusp of a potentially commanding victory over Donald Trump, fueled by solid Democratic turnout in early voting, massive operational…
Judge approves Volkswagen emissions settlement
A federal judge in San Francisco has approved a $15 billion court settlement of most claims against Volkswagen for its emissions-cheating scandal. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer signed the order…
Iraqi leader resists US push for Turkish role in Mosul fight
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s push for Iraq to let Turkey play a role in the battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group encountered…