GOP Convention: Doom and gloom at home, clamor for Trump

John Tiegen, a U.S. Marine Corp veteran and Mark Geist, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who fought in Benghazi, L-R, speak during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. Pat Smith, mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, salutes after speaking during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.

GOP speakers to focus on Benghazi as convention opens

Republicans are reminding the nation that Hillary Clinton was secretary of state during the deadly 2012 attacks on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, part of a broader focus on national security at the GOP convention. Pat Smith, the mother of Sean Smith , a State Department employee who was killed in Benghazi, is one of several speakers Monday night tied to the twin attacks on Sept.

The Latest: Hundreds of demonstrators support Turkish gov’t

For the fourth night in a row, hundreds of demonstrators have taken to Turkey's squares in a new show of support for the government after a failed coup attempt. First called for by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the night of the coup, the "democracy meetings" have been held in all of Turkey's major cities every night for the past four nights.

‘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.

Port Chicago explosion anniversary marked as US focuses on race

On a day when America's struggle with racial issues raged again, hundreds of Bay Area residents gathered in the East Bay to remember a mostly forgotten race-tinged incident that occurred 72 years earlier, taking the lives of 202 African Americans and leaving 50 more convicted of mutiny. The annual commemoration of the horrific Port Chicago explosion took place not at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine, which President Obama made a national memorial in 2009, but a couple of miles inland under a large, wind-buffeted white tent.

Crowds rejoice; Failed coup strengthens Turkey’s president

Rather than toppling Turkey's strongman president, a failed military coup that left more than 250 dead appears to have bolstered Recep Tayyip Erdogan's immediate grip on power and boosted his popularity. Tens of thousands marched through the streets in half a dozen Turkish cities late Saturday, waving flags and singing songs in an emotional outpouring of support for the long-time leader as security forces rounded up military personnel it branded coup supporters and launched a purge of judges seen as government opponents.

Airlines’ hiring push could have negative effect on number of military pilots

A Rand Corp. study has found the Air Force could lose more pilots in coming years amid a hiring surge and salary increases by the nation's largest airlines. Military pilots are a likely target as American, Delta and United all boost pilot hiring during the next 20 years to replace their aging workforces, the California-based military issues think tank said in a study released Tuesday.

White supremacist is arrested after woman who was shot in the face…

Giving Melania a run for her money? Meet the Republican VP pick's teacher wife of 31 years - who has her own business selling towel charms - and their three children in the Marines and media Russia's ENTIRE team could be banned from Rio Olympics: Thirty anti-doping officials and athlete groups from the US, Canada and more to demand expulsion Burglary suspect 'had a stolen human brain nicknamed "Freddy" hidden under a friend's trailer in a Wal-Mart shopping bag and used the embalming fluid to get HIGH' 'The coup is a gift from God': Erdogan uses botched rebellion to start purge - including arresting of 3,000 secular judges - to forge radical new Turkey after urging Islamists to stay on the streets Did Erdogan STAGE the coup? US-based Turkish cleric facing extradition over botched rebellion claims president orchestrated plot to justify a clampdown on civil rights FAA bans all flights from ... (more)

FBI offers reward for wanted man

The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a 27-year-old man with ties to Los Angeles and Orange counties who is suspected of killing his wife at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The body of Iris Armstrong, a human resources specialist assigned to the 189th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, was discovered July 6 in the Nijmegen neighborhood home on Fort Bragg she shared with Jason Earl Armstrong Jr., according to the FBI.

Turkish coup quashed, 194 reported killed in clashes

Turkey's president declared he is in control of the country early Saturday as loyal military and police forces quashed a coup attempt during a night of explosions, air battles and gunfire that left dozens dead. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who flew home early Saturday, said coup supporters "will pay a heavy price for their treason to Turkey."

2 found safe in ocean after plane disappears from radar

The Coast Guard rescued a man and woman in the ocean off Hawaii on Friday, nearly a day after the plane they were in disappeared from radar. "What a way to celebrate aloha Friday," Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle said of the relief in finding the two alive.

Woman who pointed out alleged rapist is sentenced in killing

Esparza a former psychology professor was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for the 1995... Norma Patricia Esparza was a Southern California college student in 1995 when she says she was raped by a man she met at a bar. A black man killed by police in front of a convenience store was remembered as the "meaning of Southern hospitality" and a good man whose death at the hands of two white police officers "woke up Baton Rouge and... Grieving residents of Baton Rouge honored an appeal at the funeral of a black man killed by police to celebrate his life rather than demonstrate about his death.