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Tesla unveils first SUV — VIDEO

The first Tesla Model X SUVs have been delivered to six lucky customers. Elon Musk handed over the keys Tuesday during an event near the automaker’s factory in Northern California.

 
Police officer fatally shot at South Carolina mall

A South Carolina police officer was fatally shot at a mall on Wednesday during a struggle with a knife-wielding gunman, a law enforcement official said.

 
Court upholds verdict in billionaire Koch’s counterfeit wine case

Billionaire William Koch persuaded a federal appeals court to uphold a jury verdict and $1.15 million award against Silicon Valley entrepreneur and fellow oenophile Eric Greenberg over the sale of 24 bottles of fake Bordeaux.

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Grand jury probe leads to resignation of Okla. sheriff

Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz resigned after a grand jury recommended he be removed from office and indicted him on two misdemeanors, the Tulsa World newspaper reported on Wednesday.

 
Ky. county clerk’s meeting with Pope Francis divides public

A Kentucky county clerk who had been jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples secretly met Pope Francis in a move that disappointed many liberal Catholics and encouraged officials who support her stance.

 
3 Civil War cannons found in South Carolina river

Salvors who picked over a Civil War gunboat probably thought the cannons were with the rest of the wreckage in a South Carolina river. Instead, three mighty artillery pieces belonging to the CSS Pee Dee were back upstream.

 
Ga. woman executed after appeals fail to spare her life

After a five-hour delay, Georgia death row inmate Kelly Gissendaner was executed early Wednesday morning for her role in the killing of her husband.

 
Russia begins air strikes over Syria, warns US to stay clear

Russia launched air strikes against targets in Syria on Wednesday in the Kremlin’s biggest intervention in the Middle East in decades, telling the U.S. air force to steer clear while its warplanes were in action.

 
Joaquin becomes hurricane, heads toward Bahamas

Joaquin, formerly a tropical storm, has strengthened into the third hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic season, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday.

 
Father of Washington shooter convicted on gun charges

The father of a Washington state teen who went on a deadly shooting rampage at his high school last October was convicted on Tuesday of federal gun charges, prosecutors said.

 
UCLA student, another man charged with killing of sorority member

Two men were charged on Tuesday in the murder of a University of California, Los Angeles student and sorority member found slain in her burned-out apartment near the campus last week following an apparent botched robbery, prosecutors said.

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