Young boy who went missing from Boston beach found dead

Sen. Bernie Sanders urged supporters to rally behind Hillary Clinton at the Democratic convention, but ardent followers who marched for hours in punishing heat Monday and planned to do so again seemed intent on... Bernie Sanders loyalists protested inside and outside the Democratic National Convention site and clashed with police on Tuesday after Hillary Clinton won the party's presidential nomination. Most of the roughly 20,000 evacuees forced out by a wildfire have been cleared to go home, but firefighters still had huge work ahead in taming a massive wildfire northwest of Los Angeles.

Obama expanding refugee program for Central Americans

The Obama administration will soon expand efforts to help Central American families and children legally immigrate to the United States amid another surge of migrants caught crossing the border illegally. The Obama administration will soon expand efforts to help Central American families and children legally immigrate to the United States amid another surge of migrants caught crossing the border illegally.

Pro-Sanders demonstrators march in the sweltering heat

Several hundred Bernie Sanders supporters and other demonstrators marched down Philadelphia's sweltering Broad Street on the opening day of the Democratic convention Monday, chanting "Nominate Sanders or lose in November!" and "Hey, hey, ho, ho, the DNC has got to go!" Destine Madu, a protester from Maplewood, New Jersey, said it doesn't matter if Sanders is calling on his backers to support Hillary Clinton. The protests took shape amid a punishing heat wave, with oppressive humidity and temperatures in the mid-90s, along with the possibility of severe thunderstorms in the evening.

Texas police officer killed in apparent burglary attempt

The last of the three Louisiana law enforcement officers killed in an ambush near a busy highway in Baton Rouge is being buried Monday. Hundreds of law enforcement officers from around the country streamed past the casket Monday of a slain Baton Rouge police officer, some solemnly saluting and others making the sign of the cross as they paid their respects... Authorities say two people have been killed and more than a dozen shot at a nightclub in Fort Myers, Florida.

The Latest: Police want to talk to those injured in shooting

The last of the three Louisiana law enforcement officers killed in an ambush near a busy highway in Baton Rouge is being buried Monday. Hundreds of law enforcement officers from around the country streamed past the casket Monday of a slain Baton Rouge police officer, some solemnly saluting and others making the sign of the cross as they paid their respects... Authorities say two people have been killed and more than a dozen shot at a nightclub in Fort Myers, Florida.

Heat wave, drought showing no signs of slowing down

A wildfire burns in the East Walker Ranch open space on Placerita Caynon Road in Santa Clarita, Calif., Sunday, July 24, 2016. Flames raced down a steep hillside "like a freight train," leaving smoldering remains of homes and warnings that more communities should be ready to flee the wildfire churning through tinder-dry canyons in Southern California, authorities said Sunday.

Mother of toddler abducted from Primark says pictures of her…

Smoke and a layer of 'apocalyptic-looking' ash covers Los Angeles as huge 20,000-acre wildfire burns out of control north of the city and forces at least 1,000 residents to abandon their homes College student, 20, 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 Trump says French and Germans could face 'extreme vetting' before entering US because their countries have been 'compromised by terrorism' White Sox pitcher 'cuts up his team's novelty uniforms because he doesn't want to wear them' and is pulled from game Donald Trump's phantom lovers: How the man who would be President posed as his own publicist to claim he'd slept with the world's most desirable women ... and is still lying about it 25 years later The Kaine man! Clinton makes first appearance on the campaign trail in Miami with ... (more)

Defining the passage of CARA

PORTSMOUTH – President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act this week, moving forward federal efforts to battle the nation's opioid addiction epidemic. CARA authorizes a comprehensive list of programs intended to help states add recovery services and to strengthen already existing programs.

Bernie Sanders: Most Retweeted Response To Donald Trump’s RNC Speech

If you were on Twitter last night, you saw a tidal wave of responses being sent over the Intertubes as Donald Trump laid out his shrieking and narcissistic vision of America to the viewers for about seventy five minutes. The top tweet of the "Eve of The Apocalypse" speech came from Senator Bernie Sanders , who like all of us, had the same visceral reaction to it.

‘Earthquake’ reported off Florida waters was really a Navy test

Remember all that social media buzz over the weekend about an earthquake off the coast of Daytona Beach? Never mind. It appears the “earthquake” detected by the U.S. Geological Survey on Saturday was really triggered by a manmade explosion designed to test the seaworthiness of a new Navy vessel.

International (Non-)Cooperation in a Changing World Order

U.S. President Barack Obama extends his hand to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 28, 2015 . The following is a guest post by Terrence Mullan , program coordinator of the International Institutions and Global Governance program at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Windsor residents worry over large farms’ water withdrawal

The use and availability of groundwater in Aiken County is continuing to raise concern with Windsor-area residents, and many are questioning what impact large farms around them could have on water supply. Residents have named B C farms, owned by the Woody family, in regards to withdrawing water for agricultural use.