Ben Carson closing in fast on Donald Trump

Ben Carson closing in fast on Donald Trump
Chelsea Clinton can’t understand why Americans find Hillary dishonest: ‘My mom is my hero’
Hungary shuts EU border, taking migrant crisis into its own hands
Kentucky trooper tried to help suspect before fatal shooting
Suspect in 2 Mississippi killings dies of apparent suicide
Hundreds of Latinos protest at Trump rally, clash with supporters
Two students killed, three injured in Houston school bus crash
Property toll from Northern California wildfire grows to 585 homes
Floods kill 8, leave 5 missing in town known for sect leader
Brock: Clinton hasn’t asked me to stop attacking NYTimes
NKorea warns it has restarted all nuclear bomb fuel plants
Hillary Clinton pledges to tackle campus sexual assault

Posted: 15 Sep 2015 08:45 AM PDT

On the eve of the second Republican debate, a NYT/CBS News poll shows Ben Carson has pulled to within just four points of Donald Trump.

Chelsea Clinton can’t understand why Americans find Hillary dishonest: ‘My mom is my hero’

Posted: 15 Sep 2015 09:42 AM PDT

In an interview with NBC's "Today" show Tuesday, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton was asked how she felt about recent polls that show a majority of Americans don't find her mother honest and trustworthy.

Hungary shuts EU border, taking migrant crisis into its own hands

Posted: 15 Sep 2015 08:29 AM PDT

By Krisztina Than and Ivana Sekularac SERBIAN-HUNGARIAN BORDER (Reuters) - Hungary's right-wing government shut the main land route for migrants into the EU on Tuesday, taking matters into its own hands to halt Europe's influx of refugees. An emergency effort led by Germany to force European Union member states to accept mandatory quotas of refugees collapsed in discord. Under new rules that took effect from midnight, Hungary said anyone seeking asylum at its border with Serbia, the EU's external frontier, would automatically be turned back, and anyone trying to sneak through would face jail.

Kentucky trooper tried to help suspect before fatal shooting

Posted: 15 Sep 2015 10:19 AM PDT

EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky State Police trooper wanted to do a favor for the driver he pulled over late at night. It turned out the man was driving with a suspended license, so the lawman was arranging for overnight lodging for the man and his fellow travelers, including two children.

Suspect in 2 Mississippi killings dies of apparent suicide

Posted: 15 Sep 2015 05:28 AM PDT

Shannon Lamb was wanted in the slayings of his live-in girlfriend and a college professor.

Hundreds of Latinos protest at Trump rally, clash with supporters

Posted: 14 Sep 2015 10:12 PM PDT

By Emily Flitter DALLAS (Reuters) - A downtown Dallas rally by presidential hopeful Donald Trump produced some of the sharpest scenes of conflict yet in his campaign as hundreds gathered to protest his positions on immigration and confronted supporters as they left the event. Inside the rally at the American Airlines Center sports arena, the biggest cheers from the thousands of attendees erupted when the Republican front-runner said it was time to stop illegal immigration. "It's a massive problem," Trump said as the crowd around him stood roaring and waving Trump campaign signs and American flags.

Two students killed, three injured in Houston school bus crash

Posted: 15 Sep 2015 10:19 AM PDT

One of the students was pronounced dead at the scene and the other died at a hospital, the Houston Independent School District said. The other two students, both boys, and the bus driver were hospitalized with serious injuries, it said. The bus was bound for Furr High School, which is also home to a charter school, the district said.

Property toll from Northern California wildfire grows to 585 homes

Posted: 15 Sep 2015 10:05 AM PDT

By Curtis Skinner LAKEPORT, Calif. (Reuters) - The toll of property losses from a deadly Northern California wildfire, the most destructive this year in the western United States, climbed on Tuesday to at least 585 homes along with hundreds of other structures which have gone up in flames. The latest tally, up from Monday's estimate of 400 homes razed, came as firefighters began to gain ground against the blaze, which erupted on Saturday and quickly raced through several communities in the hills north of Napa County's wine-producing region. Thousands of residents remained displaced by evacuations, while the blaze, dubbed the Valley Fire, still posed a potential threat to some 9,000 buildings in the fire zone, roughly 50 miles (80 km) west of Sacramento, the state capital.

Floods kill 8, leave 5 missing in town known for sect leader

Posted: 15 Sep 2015 02:38 AM PDT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A wall of water swept away two vehicles carrying women and children in a Utah-Arizona border town Monday, killing at least eight people and leaving five others missing in a community that served as a home base for polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, authorities said.

Brock: Clinton hasn’t asked me to stop attacking NYTimes

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Conservative hit man turned avid Hillary Clinton supporter David Brock talked to Yahoo News.

NKorea warns it has restarted all nuclear bomb fuel plants

Posted: 15 Sep 2015 08:55 AM PDT

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — With a big anniversary drawing near, North Korea declared Tuesday it has upgraded and restarted all of its atomic fuel plants — meaning it could possibly make more, and more sophisticated, nuclear weapons.