Drug kingpin goes on the run days before he was due to be sentenced …

One last dance: Girl, 14, who has chosen to die next month because the pain from her incurable genetic disease is too much to bear is crowned prom queen at party in her honor College student, 22, who vanished on a bike ride is found dead after being 'abducted' by man who committed an eerily similar crime 26 years ago but only served three years Boy, 12, dies after collapsing while hiking in 100 degrees in Phoenix and his adult companion was unable to call 911 so left him on the desert trail and raced for help The Kaine man! Clinton makes first appearance on the campaign trail in Miami with her new running mate and declares him 'everything that Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not!' 'I'm hoping I'm not going to have to brush up on my Dora the Explorer': Fury as CNN commentator criticizes Kaine for speaking Spanish in speech at Miami rally Trump inches closer to the White House as new poll ... (more)

Blokes Advice Facebook group slammed by domestic violence support service Red Heart Campaign

One last dance: Girl, 14, who has chosen to die next month because the pain from her incurable genetic disease is too much to bear is crowned prom queen at party in her honor College student, 22, who vanished on a bike ride is found dead after being 'abducted' by man who committed an eerily similar crime 26 years ago but only served three years Boy, 12, dies after collapsing while hiking in 100 degrees in Phoenix and his adult companion was unable to call 911 so left him on the desert trail and raced for help The Kaine man! Clinton makes first appearance on the campaign trail in Miami with her new running mate and declares him 'everything that Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not!' 'I'm hoping I'm not going to have to brush up on my Dora the Explorer': Fury as CNN commentator criticizes Kaine for speaking Spanish in speech at Miami rally Trump inches closer to the White House as new poll ... (more)

Sinister links of cult of Corbyn: Hardline Left-wing group backing…

One last dance: Girl, 14, who has chosen to die next month because the pain from her incurable genetic disease is too much to bear is crowned prom queen at party in her honor American surfer, 59, loses his leg but survives vicious crocodile attack at popular Costa Rican beach after his friend fought it off with his bare hands Boy, 12, dies after collapsing while hiking in 100 degrees in Phoenix and his adult companion was unable to call 911 so left him on the desert trail and raced for help ENTIRE Russian team of 387 athletes will be banned from competing at the Rio Olympics as punishment for their country's state-sponsored doping programme The Kaine man! Clinton makes first appearance on the campaign trail in Miami with her new running mate and declares him 'everything that Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not!' Who is Tim Kaine? Clinton's VP pick is a Spanish-speaking Catholic with a ... (more)

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The Democrats’ Self-Serving Distractionsby Kevin D. WilliamsonIt is…

They'll do anything to keep aggrieved voters from noticing which party has run America's cities into the ground. After the massacre at a gay club in Orlando, Fla., by an American Muslim of Afghan origin affiliated with the Islamic State, the editors of the New York Times argued that the fundamental problem was "hate" exemplified by .

Conservative opposition endangers House Republican gun bill

Conservative opposition put a House Republican gun and anti-terrorism bill in jeopardy Wednesday, even as Democrats pressed for election-year votes on their proposals to stiffen firearm curbs. In an embarrassing blow to House Speaker Paul Ryan, members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus said they would oppose the measure despite its similarity to a GOP bill in the Senate that's endorsed by the National Rifle Association.

Take Five: Lisa Murkowski

In this week's Take Five, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski talks about taking the stairs, traveling home to Alaska and arctic squirrels. A : I wish that I could tell you that I have a season ski pass but I have had to give that up since I've been in the Senate.

Alaska Natives, environmentalists add to push for action on nearby Canadian mining

Alaska Native and environmental groups on Monday petitioned the Interior Secretary to launch a formal investigation into whether pollution from mines in British Columbia is causing problems for wildlife across the border in Southeast Alaska. The groups pointed to a 1971 amendment and several international agreements to argue that Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has a duty to launch an investigation into the potential Alaskan environmental impacts from six hard-rock mines in British Columbia.

Democrats weren’t the first to stage gun sit-in: Darcy cartoon gallery

While British voters put their economy at risk by voting to leave the European Union, the U.S. Congress continued to put the lives of innocent Americans at risk by remaining firmly in the National Rifle Association's pocket, killing common-sense gun control legislation. On June 15, when I posted my cartoon and column on the Orlando mass shooting, I wrote that if Congress wouldn't pass reasonable gun-control legislation after 20 children were massacred at Sandy Hook, they were unlikely to do anything after 49 adults were massacred in a gay nightclub.

Hawaii becomes first US state to place gun owners on FBI database

Hawaii's governor signed a bill making it the first state to place its residents who own firearms in a federal criminal record database and monitor them for possible wrongdoing anywhere in the country, his office said. The move by gun control proponents in the liberal state represents an effort to institute some limits on firearms in the face of a bitter national debate over guns that this week saw Democratic lawmakers stage a sit-in at the U.S. House of Representatives .

Analysis: Eldridge tests state’s gun stance in Senate bid

During his re-election bid two years ago, Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor touted his opposition to legislation expanding background checks for firearms sales and wore the criticism he faced from gun control advocates as a badge of honor. His reward was being defeated by a Republican challenger who enjoyed an advertising blitz on his behalf by the National Rifle Association.