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• Two killed, six injured in boat accident near Baltimore bridge
• Two dead, three hurt in shooting at Kansas City family gathering
• Attorney General Loretta Lynch Faces Potential Minefield With Hillary Clinton Email Investigation
• Coast Guard widens search for two Florida teens missing at sea
• Trump tops CNN poll of 2016 Republicans, says he leads 'movement'
• Trump surge among Republican voters shows no sign of abating
• Rand Paul plans to keep pushing to defund Planned Parenthood
• 2016 Republicans use Trump, TV to make debate cut
• Paris police open fire on car at Tour de France barricades
• Obama urges Kenya to use tough past to guide its future
• Clinton: I did not send or get classified emails on private account
• Lafayette theater gunman spent weeks before rampage drinking beer at a motel pool
• Obama aide: Under new Gitmo plan, some detainees would be sent to U.S.
• Firefighters swiftly extinguish fire at The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas
• Obama aide: Under new Gitmo plan, some detainees would be sent to U.S.
• Funeral on Monday for a Louisiana theater shooting victim

Two killed, six injured in boat accident near Baltimore bridge Posted: 26 Jul 2015 12:43 PM PDT Two bodies were pulled from the water near the Francis Scott Key Bridge spanning the Patapsco River, Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police said in a statement. The power boat hit a concrete piling along a shipping channel that protects the bridge from boat strikes, police said.

Two dead, three hurt in shooting at Kansas City family gathering Posted: 26 Jul 2015 12:09 PM PDT KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - Two people were killed and three others wounded by gunfire at a family gathering in Kansas City overnight, police said Sunday.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch Faces Potential Minefield With Hillary Clinton Email Investigation Posted: 26 Jul 2015 11:53 AM PDT The latest controversy over Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email system while secretary of state is not only a possible drag on her presidential campaign, but it also creates a potential headache for Attorney General Loretta Lynch. The inspectors general for the State Department and intelligence community on Friday disclosed that an internal review of Clinton's system concluded some emails contained classified information and that the inspectors general had sent a non-criminal "referral" to the Justice Department over the matter. Lynch and her department must now determine what to do next -- including whether to open a criminal investigation -- and whatever she decides will be under intense scrutiny, especially by Republicans on Capitol Hill.

Coast Guard widens search for two Florida teens missing at sea Posted: 26 Jul 2015 11:37 AM PDT Airplanes, helicopters and speedboats had covered more than 14,000 square nautical miles in the search for Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, both 14, who were last seen on a 19-foot white fishing boat in the waters of Palm Beach County, the Coast Guard said. National Football League Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath, who is a neighbor of the boys, offered a $100,000 reward to qualified searchers for the boys' safe return.

Trump tops CNN poll of 2016 Republicans, says he leads 'movement' Posted: 26 Jul 2015 09:22 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Real estate magnate Donald Trump moved to the top of the 2016 Republican presidential field in a CNN poll released on Sunday, edging rival Jeb Bush and gaining support from Republicans in the last month despite a series of controversial statements. Trump was backed by 18 percent of Republicans in the CNN poll, which was conducted entirely after his July 18 criticism of Republican Senator John McCain's war record. His lead over Bush, a former Florida governor who was at 15 percent, was within the poll's margin of error. "There is a movement going on. ...

Trump surge among Republican voters shows no sign of abating Posted: 26 Jul 2015 09:03 AM PDT Donald Trump's wild ride to the front of the Republican presidential field showed no signs of abating Sunday, with a new poll showing him with a big lead in a key early primary state. The NBC/Marist poll had the trash-talking billionaire with a seven point lead in New Hampshire and just two points behind the leader in Iowa, another closely watched early primary state. A CNN/ORC poll, meanwhile, found that most Republicans voters want to see him stay in the race and 22 percent thought he would be their party's eventual nominee, ahead of every other candidate except Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor whose brother and father were presidents.

Rand Paul plans to keep pushing to defund Planned Parenthood Posted: 26 Jul 2015 07:23 AM PDT U.S. Republican presidential contender Rand Paul said on Sunday he plans to continue his push to cut federal funding on the non-profit women's health group Planned Parenthood over a dispute about treatment of aborted fetal tissue. Paul said he was pursuing several strategies, including a so-called discharge petition that he said requires the support of at least 16 additional senators. Paul's earlier attempt to attach a defunding amendment to transportation legislation was blocked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

2016 Republicans use Trump, TV to make debate cut Posted: 26 Jul 2015 06:16 AM PDT AMES, Iowa (AP) — Rick Perry is attacking Donald Trump's credibility and branding the billionaire businessman "a cancer on conservatism." Rick Santorum, a conservative stalwart, popped up on a TV program popular with liberals. Lindsey Graham set his cellphone on fire.

Paris police open fire on car at Tour de France barricades Posted: 26 Jul 2015 04:07 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — Paris police officers opened fire on a car that tried to crash through barricades about eight hours before the final arrival of the Tour de France cycling race on Sunday, a police official said.

Obama urges Kenya to use tough past to guide its future Posted: 26 Jul 2015 03:01 AM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — President Barack Obama told Kenyans on Sunday that their country is at a crossroads and urged them to "choose the path to progress" by continuing to root out corruption, eliminate income inequality and be more inclusive of women and girls.

Clinton: I did not send or get classified emails on private account Posted: 25 Jul 2015 09:13 PM PDT By Alana Wise WINTERSET, Iowa (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Saturday that she did not use a private email account to send or receive classified information while she was secretary of state, in response to a government inspector's letter this week. "I did not send nor receive anything that was classified at the time," Clinton said at a campaign stop in Iowa. The email controversy has dogged Clinton's bid for the presidency, fuelling worries that the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination has tried to sidestep transparency and record-keeping laws.

Lafayette theater gunman spent weeks before rampage drinking beer at a motel pool Posted: 25 Jul 2015 05:25 PM PDT LAFAYETTE, La. — The gunman who opened fire on Lafayette moviegoers before killing himself spent the final weeks of his own life drinking and tanning poolside at a pay-by-the-week motel.

Obama aide: Under new Gitmo plan, some detainees would be sent to U.S. Posted: 25 Jul 2015 02:41 PM PDT Speaking at the Aspen Security Conference, deputy national security advisor Lisa Monaco said the White House is drafting a plan to close the prison that it will present shortly to Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Firefighters swiftly extinguish fire at The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas Posted: 25 Jul 2015 02:25 PM PDT A fire broke out at The Cosmopolitan Hotel on Las Vegas Boulevard Saturday.

Obama aide: Under new Gitmo plan, some detainees would be sent to U.S. Posted: 25 Jul 2015 02:07 PM PDT

Funeral on Monday for a Louisiana theater shooting victim Posted: 25 Jul 2015 01:04 PM PDT Mayci Breaux, 21, will be remembered in an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian burial at the Church of the Assumption in Franklin, Louisiana, Ibert's Mortuary said in an online obituary. Franklin is about 50 miles southeast of Lafayette. Breaux and Jillian Johnson, 33, were killed on Thursday night when authorities said John R. Houser, fired at them and others at the Grand 16 Theater in Lafayette during the movie "Trainwreck." Houser, 59, then killed himself.

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