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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.

Ben Carson slams Trump’s tax plan

Ben Carson is attacking a key element of Donald Trump’s tax plan, saying it’s wrong not to make all Americans pay some income tax.

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Agencies stop searching for 6-year-old missing after Utah flood

The search for a 6-year-old boy who was washed away in a flood in Hildale, Utah, has been been suspended and non-local resources have returned to their jurisdictions, according to the Washington County Emergency Services.

 
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.

 
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.