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• Sanders raises $15 million after launching presidential bid
• Bodies found in search for missing Arizona couple, man arrested
• Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb announces 2016 presidential bid
• BP reaches $18.7 billion settlement over deadly 2010 spill
• California cancer patient with amnesia identified by sister: NBC
• Can P.G. Sittenfeld make millennials stop hating politics?
• Thousands evacuated in Tennessee after freight train derails, catches fire
• Police respond to reports of active shooter at D.C. Navy Yard
• For New York Puerto Ricans, debt crisis begins to hit home
• Police respond to reported active shooter at Navy Yard: Washington Post
• Christie can’t win New Jersey. Does that matter?
• Thousands evacuated after Tennessee train derailment
• Macy's dumps Trump; New York City reviewing contracts
• Episcopalians vote to allow gay marriage in churches
• In America's South, black church fires fan racial fears
• Man bitten by shark on NC Outer Banks is 7th this summer
• Obama: 'New chapter' begins as U.S., Cuba to open embassies
• Amtrak seeks to combine lawsuits over fatal Philadelphia derailment
• Maine lawmakers tighten foreclosure rules in win for consumers
• U.S. campaign highlights stress of fireworks on combat veterans

Sanders raises $15 million after launching presidential bid Posted: 02 Jul 2015 01:48 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign said Thursday the Vermont Democrat has raised $15 million since joining the race in late April, a strong total for his challenge against front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Bodies found in search for missing Arizona couple, man arrested Posted: 02 Jul 2015 12:27 PM PDT Two bodies believed to be an Arizona couple who vanished 10 days ago were found on Thursday by sheriff's officials and a man was arrested on suspicion of their murder, authorities said. Mike and Tina Careccia were last seen leaving their home in Maricopa, 30 miles south of Phoenix, on June 22, a son told police. Authorities said Jose Valenzuela, 38, was booked into the Pinal County jail on suspicion of first-degree murder after their remains were discovered on the property where he lives.

Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb announces 2016 presidential bid Posted: 02 Jul 2015 11:51 AM PDT Webb is the latest politician to join the field of challengers going up against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton for the party's nomination.

BP reaches $18.7 billion settlement over deadly 2010 spill Posted: 02 Jul 2015 11:00 AM PDT By Terry Wade and Kristen Hays HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc will pay up to $18.7 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and five states to resolve nearly all claims from its deadly Gulf of Mexico oil spill five years ago in the largest corporate settlement in U.S. history. BP shares jumped more than 5 percent in New York trading as investors said the British company, often mentioned as a potential acquisition target, could now turn the page on one of the darkest chapters in its century-long history. Under the agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the states, BP will pay at least $12.8 billion for Clean Water Act fines and natural resource damages, plus $4.9 billion to states.

California cancer patient with amnesia identified by sister: NBC Posted: 02 Jul 2015 09:04 AM PDT (Reuters) - A woman with amnesia who has been undergoing cancer treatments since she was found semiconscious in Southern California has been identified by her sister after turning to social media in a bid to rekindle her memory and find her family, an NBC affiliate in San Diego reported on Thursday.

Can P.G. Sittenfeld make millennials stop hating politics? Posted: 02 Jul 2015 08:29 AM PDT What kind of person becomes a politician?

Thousands evacuated in Tennessee after freight train derails, catches fire Posted: 02 Jul 2015 08:10 AM PDT Specialists advised firefighters to let the fire burn itself out because attempts to extinguish it could be hazardous, Blount County firefighter Kermit Easterling said. At least one car contained a highly flammable and toxic gas, according to a Blount County Sheriff's Office post on Facebook.

Police respond to reports of active shooter at D.C. Navy Yard Posted: 02 Jul 2015 05:51 AM PDT The facility, which was the scene of a deadly shooting in 2013, is on lockdown as authorities investigate.

For New York Puerto Ricans, debt crisis begins to hit home Posted: 02 Jul 2015 05:35 AM PDT Before this week, Harriet Richardson's retirement dream was still intact: work a few more years in the United States before heading back to find a quiet, ocean-front house in her native Puerto Rico. Over a plate of fried plantains and rice at El Nuevo Bohio restaurant, a lunch spot popular with Puerto Ricans in New York's Bronx borough, Richardson, a corrections officer, said Puerto Rico's debt crisis may derail her plan.

Police respond to reported active shooter at Navy Yard: Washington Post Posted: 02 Jul 2015 05:18 AM PDT U.S. Park Police are responding to reports of an active shooter at Navy Yard in Washington, the Washington Post said on Thursday. Reuters could not immediately verify the report, which comes amid heightened security concerns ahead of the U.S. Independence Day holiday weekend. Representatives for the Park Police could not be immediately reached.

Christie can’t win New Jersey. Does that matter? Posted: 02 Jul 2015 03:51 AM PDT Here's the good news for Christie, if you want to be glass-half-full about it: At least he's not running for reelection as governor.

Thousands evacuated after Tennessee train derailment Posted: 02 Jul 2015 03:34 AM PDT A train carrying toxic chemicals derails and catches fire in eastern Tennessee.

Macy's dumps Trump; New York City reviewing contracts Posted: 01 Jul 2015 11:39 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Macy's department store chain joined an ongoing exodus from association with Donald Trump and New Mexico's governor and New York City's mayor slammed him over his comments on Mexican immigrants.

Episcopalians vote to allow gay marriage in churches Posted: 01 Jul 2015 06:35 PM PDT Episcopalians overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to allow religious weddings for same-sex couples, solidifying the church's embrace of gay rights that began more than a decade ago with the pioneering election of the first openly gay bishop.

In America's South, black church fires fan racial fears Posted: 01 Jul 2015 04:39 PM PDT (Reuters) - Some were deliberately lit. Others were caused by an electrical fault or lightning. But regardless of the origins, a spike in fires at black churches is fraying nerves at a time of heightened racial tensions across the United States.

Man bitten by shark on NC Outer Banks is 7th this summer Posted: 01 Jul 2015 04:23 PM PDT RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A shark bit a 68-year-old man several times Wednesday in waist-deep water off North Carolina's Outer Banks, officials said, the seventh in a record-breaking year of shark attacks for the state's coastal waters.

Obama: 'New chapter' begins as U.S., Cuba to open embassies Posted: 01 Jul 2015 03:50 PM PDT President Obama announced the U.S. and Cuba are opening embassies in their respective capitals later this month and formally reestablished diplomatic relations between the two countries for the first time in more than 50 years. "More than 54 years ago at the height of the cold war, the United States closed its embassy in Havana. Today, I can announce that the United States has agreed to formally reestablish diplomatic relations with the republic of Cuba and re-open embassies in our respective countries," the president said in the Rose Garden today.

Amtrak seeks to combine lawsuits over fatal Philadelphia derailment Posted: 01 Jul 2015 03:01 PM PDT The railroad on Tuesday joined many plaintiffs in requesting that the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation appoint U.S. District Judge Legrome Davis, who already oversees 16 cases stemming from the accident, to handle all 22 existing lawsuits plus "numerous" others it expects to be filed. Passengers on Train 188 have sued Amtrak in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey over injuries linked to the May 12 derailment, which occurred when the train left the track along a northbound curve in Philadelphia after traveling at more than twice the speed limit. Amtrak has said its liability from a single accident is capped at $200 million, under a 1997 federal law.

Maine lawmakers tighten foreclosure rules in win for consumers Posted: 01 Jul 2015 02:28 PM PDT Homeowners in Maine gained stronger protection against bank foreclosures under legislation approved late on Tuesday over the objections of some of the United States' largest lenders in what consumer advocates called a win for homeowners. The new law makes Maine one of few U.S. states to legislate over accusations nationwide that banks used suspect mortgage documentation in home foreclosures after the 2008 credit crisis. The focus of the dispute is Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS), set up by U.S. banks before the housing bubble of the 2000s.

U.S. campaign highlights stress of fireworks on combat veterans Posted: 01 Jul 2015 01:22 PM PDT Gourley's husband Justin, who served in the U.S. Navy from 2000 to 2004, is one of about 500,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, which can be worsened by the cracks and thunder of celebratory fireworks. This year, in an effort to expose an issue about which many veterans feel shame, the Gourleys launched a sign campaign to educate their neighbors about the effects of fireworks on combat veterans.

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