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• Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb announces 2016 presidential bid
• Can P.G. Sittenfeld make millennials stop hating politics?
• Christie can’t win New Jersey. Does that matter?
• All-clear given after reports of shooting at Navy Yard
• Sanders raises $15 million after launching presidential bid
• Thousands evacuated after Tennessee train fire
• New warden, security measures after New York prison escape
• Thousands evacuated after freight train derails, catches fire, in Tennessee
• U.S. probe sees no links among black church fires in South
• Washington state reports first U.S. measles death in 12 years
• Episcopalians vote to allow gay marriage in churches
• Macy's dumps Trump; New York City reviewing contracts

Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb announces 2016 presidential bid Posted: 02 Jul 2015 11:36 AM PDT Webb is the latest politician to join the field of challengers going up against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton for the party's nomination.

Can P.G. Sittenfeld make millennials stop hating politics? Posted: 02 Jul 2015 08:07 AM PDT The 30-year-old is aiming to be the first member of his generation elected to the U.S. Senate.

Christie can’t win New Jersey. Does that matter? Posted: Here's the good news for Christie, if you want to be glass-half-full about it: At least he's not running for reelection as governor.

All-clear given after reports of shooting at Navy Yard Posted: 02 Jul 2015 08:26 AM PDT Reports of an active shooter at the site of a deadly 2013 attack spurred a massive response from law enforcement.

Sanders raises $15 million after launching presidential bid Posted: 02 Jul 2015 01:19 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign said Thursday the Vermont Democrat has raised $15 million since joining the race in late April, a strong total for his challenge against front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Thousands evacuated after Tennessee train fire Posted: A train carrying toxic chemicals derails and catches fire in eastern Tennessee.

New warden, security measures after New York prison escape Posted: 01 Jul 2015 08:51 PM PDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A range of new security measures is being put in place at a maximum-security prison to close gaps exploited by two inmates who escaped last month.

Thousands evacuated after freight train derails, catches fire, in Tennessee Posted: 02 Jul 2015 03:01 PM PDT A freight train carrying flammable and toxic gas derailed in eastern Tennessee, igniting a fire in one car and spreading noxious fumes that forced the evacuation of more than 5,000 people and the hospitalization of 25, officials said. Homes and businesses were evacuated following the derailment around midnight Wednesday of the CSX Corp train in Blount County, near Maryville, the officials they said. Local officials said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was monitoring air quality in the area.

U.S. probe sees no links among black church fires in South Posted: 02 Jul 2015 04:54 PM PDT Federal law enforcement officials have found no links among any of several recent fires at African American churches in the U.S. South and have determined that two were started by natural causes and one was due to an electrical fire. The investigation into the fires follows the June 17 shootings at a historic African American church in Charleston, South Carolina, in which nine black people were killed and a white man linked to racist views was charged in their deaths. A federal law enforcement team including the FBI and the Justice Department's civil rights division are investigating several church fires across five states over the past two weeks, Newman said.

Washington state reports first U.S. measles death in 12 years Posted: 02 Jul 2015 03:56 PM PDT By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - A previously undetected measles infection was found by an autopsy to be the underlying cause of a Washington state woman's death this spring, marking the first known U.S. fatality from the disease in 12 years, public health officials said on Thursday. The woman from Clallam County, in northwestern Washington, was most likely exposed to measles at a medical facility during a recent outbreak in the area, the state Health Department said in a statement on its website. The cause of her death was ruled by medical examiners as pneumonia due to measles, according to the agency.

Episcopalians vote to allow gay marriage in churches Posted: 02 Jul 2015 12:20 AM PDT Episcopalians overwhelmingly voted to allow religious weddings for same-sex couples.

Macy's dumps Trump; New York City reviewing contracts Posted: 01 Jul 2015 10:43 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Macy's department store chain joined an ongoing exodus from association with Donald Trump and New Mexico's governor and New York City's mayor slammed him over his comments on Mexican immigrants.

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