Bill Clinton says Hillary once told him she'd never run for office

Bill Clinton says Hillary once told him she'd never run for office
Kerry pushes back against critics of Iran deal
Sheriff: Sandra Bland told jailer of prior suicide attempt
Sandra Bland had marijuana in her system, DA reported as saying
Four adults, three teens shot across Baltimore in overnight gun violence: police
Swimmers take dip in long-polluted New York lake to hail cleanup
Federal charges including hate crimes for accused shooter
Poll: Nearly half of United States has tried marijuana
GOP presidential hopeful Lindsey Graham destroys flip phone

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:26 AM PDT

When Bill Clinton first proposed to Hillary, he told her, "I want you to marry me, but you shouldn't it." The future president told the future first lady-turned-senator-turned-secretary of state-turned-presidential candidate he wanted her to get into politics instead. "Oh my God," Hillary responded. "I'll never run for office. I'm too aggressive, and nobody will ever vote for me."

Kerry pushes back against critics of Iran deal

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 09:22 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry bluntly challenged critics of the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran on Thursday, calling it "fantasy, plain and simple," to think the United States failed to hold out for a better deal at the bargaining table.

Sheriff: Sandra Bland told jailer of prior suicide attempt

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 07:27 AM PDT

Bland told a Texas guard she had tried to kill herself in the past, the sheriff said.

Sandra Bland had marijuana in her system, DA reported as saying

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 10:33 AM PDT

Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis made the disclosure in a text message to attorney Cannon Lambert, who has called the state's autopsy on the Chicago-area woman defective, Lambert said. "Looking at the autopsy results and toxicology, it appears she swallowed a large quantity of marijuana or smoked it in the jail," Mathis said in a text message to Lambert that the attorney provided to Reuters.

Four adults, three teens shot across Baltimore in overnight gun violence: police

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:23 PM PDT

The three teenagers, ages 13, 15 and 16, sustained non-life threatening gunshot wounds around 11 p.m. on Wednesday in East Baltimore, police said. Interim Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, who went to the crime scene, said the community had seen enough violence. "It is certainly unacceptable for this community to see three teenagers being shot on a beautiful summer night like this," he told the Baltimore Sun newspaper.

Swimmers take dip in long-polluted New York lake to hail cleanup

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 06:42 AM PDT

A group of swimmers took a plunge in a New York lake long considered one of the most polluted U.S. waterways to prove it is now safe for recreation. About 40 swimmers participated in the symbolic swim on Wednesday in Onondaga Lake, northwest of Syracuse, the first time since 1940 that people have been allowed in the water. "The restoration has just been incredible," said swimmer Neil Murphy, former president of the New York State College of Environmental Science and Forestry and an expert on Onondaga Lake.

Federal charges including hate crimes for accused shooter

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 06:55 PM PDT

The man accused of killing nine black church members last month in Charleston, South Carolina, was indicted Wednesday on 33 federal counts, including hate crimes, firearms violations and obstructing the practice of religion, which could include the death penalty.