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• Ex-Washington state NAACP leader Dolezal: 'I would say I'm black'
• John Kasich keeps it real, maybe too real
• Maine man faces charges after killing two in wild rampage
• Former Vietnam POW On Trump-McCain comments
• Trump escalates war of words with McCain, GOP rivals
• U.S. Republican Jeb Bush backs federal hiring freeze, lobbying rules
• Clinton's capital gains tax plan to urge focus on long-term growth
• McCain says Trump should apologize to U.S. military families
• Barge catches fire after collision in Houston Ship Channel -report
• North Carolina police officer to face trial for 2013 shooting
• Amid epic drought, Calif. farmers turn to water witches
• California freeway bridge collapses, blocking Ariz. traffic
• Americans favor Supreme Court term limits - Reuters/Ipsos poll
• U.S., Cuba restore full diplomatic ties after 5 decades
• Family spokesman: Mental issues dogged shooter who killed 5
• Black officer helps white supremacist suffering from heat at KKK rally
• Shooter's family says he suffered from depression
• Trump won’t apologize for McCain ‘war hero’ comments

Ex-Washington state NAACP leader Dolezal: 'I would say I'm black' Posted: 20 Jul 2015 01:12 PM PDT Washington state activist Rachel Dolezal, 37, resigned in June as president of the Spokane chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a leading civil rights organization, amid reports she was falsely claiming to be black. Dolezal came under intense scrutiny when a white couple who identified themselves as her estranged biological parents told U.S. media she has Caucasian roots. "It's taken my entire life to negotiate how to identify, and I've done a lot of research and a lot of studying," Dolezal told Vanity Fair in an interview published on Sunday.

John Kasich keeps it real, maybe too real Posted: 20 Jul 2015 12:39 PM PDT

Maine man faces charges after killing two in wild rampage Posted: 20 Jul 2015 11:48 AM PDT A Maine ex-convict accused of fatally shooting two people, kidnapping a woman and firing wildly at police during a high-speed chase through the state's sparsely populated north faced charges related to the spree on Monday. Dressed in a sleeveless green prison jersey, 35-year-old Anthony Lord appeared via closed-circuit television from the jail in Houlton, Maine, where he has been held since he was arrested on Friday at the end of his alleged rampage. Maine District Court Judge Bernard O'Mara asked the defendant if he understood he faced two counts of murder and one of kidnapping.

Former Vietnam POW On Trump-McCain comments Posted: 20 Jul 2015 10:25 AM PDT Yahoo's Bianna Golodryga interviews Capt. Charlie Plumb, a former Vietnam POW who was held alongside Senator McCain in the notorious Hanoi Hilton.

Trump escalates war of words with McCain, GOP rivals Posted: 20 Jul 2015 08:51 AM PDT Donald Trump continues to escalate his feud with John McCain, saying the Arizona senator and former prisoner of war has "abandoned our veterans"...

U.S. Republican Jeb Bush backs federal hiring freeze, lobbying rules Posted: 20 Jul 2015 08:03 AM PDT (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said on Monday he would overhaul Washington's culture with a federal balanced budget amendment, a freeze on government hiring and a longer ban on former members of Congress becoming lobbyists. "We need a president willing to challenge the whole culture in our nation's capital – and I mean to do it," Bush, the former Florida governor, said in remarks posted on his campaign website on Monday. (Reporting by Emily Stephenson and Luciana Lopez; Editing by Susan Heavey)

Clinton's capital gains tax plan to urge focus on long-term growth Posted: 20 Jul 2015 07:16 AM PDT Presidential contender Hillary Clinton's proposed plan to overhaul capital gains taxes aims to foster long-term growth by taxing some short-term investments at higher rates, an aide for her campaign said on Monday. Although details of the plan have yet to be finalized, it would create a sliding rate scale based on the length of an investment, an aide with the Democratic candidate's campaign said. Under her proposal, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, the rate for the shortest-held investments "would be no lower than the 28 percent proposed rate in President (Barack) Obama's budget, but perhaps higher," the aide said.

McCain says Trump should apologize to U.S. military families Posted: 20 Jul 2015 05:40 AM PDT Senator John McCain urged Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday to apologize to U.S. military families for saying prisoners of war are not heroes in his first direct response to remarks by Trump. Trump drew a barrage of criticism over the weekend after telling a Republican forum he did not think McCain, a Navy fighter pilot imprisoned for more than five years in Hanoi after being shot down, was a hero because he was captured. "He's not a war hero," Trump said Saturday at a gathering of religious conservatives in Ames, Iowa.

Barge catches fire after collision in Houston Ship Channel -report Posted: 20 Jul 2015 05:07 AM PDT The collision occurred around 1:20 a.m. (0620 GMT), when both the barges were being hauled by tug boats and one of the tugs lost power, according to the report on the website of Houston's Channel 13, an ABC affiliate. The barge that caught fire after being ruptured by the collision had been extinguished by a Houston Fire Department fire boat, it said. "The ship channel on the Bolivar side to Mile 348 is currently closed," according to the report.

North Carolina police officer to face trial for 2013 shooting Posted: 20 Jul 2015 04:18 AM PDT Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the manslaughter trial of a North Carolina police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in one of a series of killings that have sparked a fresh debate on race and justice in the United States. The case dates back to the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 14, 2013, when a 24-year-old former Florida A&M football player, Jonathan Ferrell, wrecked his car and went looking for help in a subdivision outside Charlotte, provoking a 911 call from a young woman who was surprised to find him knocking on her door in the middle of the night and feared a home invasion. Three Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers responded and when Ferrell approached them, officer Randall Kerrick fired 12 shots at the man, 10 of which hit, killing him.

Amid epic drought, Calif. farmers turn to water witches Posted: 20 Jul 2015 02:42 AM PDT

California freeway bridge collapses, blocking Ariz. traffic Posted: 20 Jul 2015 12:13 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — An elevated section of Interstate 10 collapsed Sunday amid heavy rains in the California desert, injuring one driver, stranding many others, and halting travel for thousands by cutting off both directions of a main corridor between Southern California and Arizona.

Americans favor Supreme Court term limits - Reuters/Ipsos poll Posted: 19 Jul 2015 11:05 PM PDT Most Americans would support imposing a term limit on the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices, who now serve for life, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll has found in the aftermath of major rulings by the court on Obamacare and gay marriage. Congress shows no signs of taking up the idea, though Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz has suggested the possibility of justices being voted out of office.

U.S., Cuba restore full diplomatic ties after 5 decades Posted: 19 Jul 2015 09:26 PM PDT More than a half century of Cold War and lingering enmity came to an abrupt but quiet end on Monday.

Family spokesman: Mental issues dogged shooter who killed 5 Posted: 19 Jul 2015 08:58 PM PDT CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A Kuwait-born man who shot and killed five service members in Tennessee suffered from depression since his early teen years and also fought drug and alcohol abuse, spending time in Jordan last year to help him clean himself up, a family spokesman said Sunday.

Black officer helps white supremacist suffering from heat at KKK rally Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:13 PM PDT The image of an African-American police officer assisting a man wearing a black T-shirt bearing a swastika and struggling in the heat goes viral.

Shooter's family says he suffered from depression Posted: 19 Jul 2015 02:14 PM PDT CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The family of the gunman who killed four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga says he had suffered from depression for many years and "was not the son we knew and loved."

Trump won’t apologize for McCain ‘war hero’ comments Posted: 19 Jul 2015 01:26 PM PDT Donald Trump is standing by his outrageous remarks as GOP presidential hopefuls call on him to exit the race.

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