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Trump right and wrong on Charlottesville

It’s possible to be right and wrong simultaneously. Just look at President Donald Trump’s statements after last weekend’s tragedy in Charlottesville.

Trump may snap his streak, issue first presidential pardon — ANALYSIS

President Donald Trump has not used the power granted to him by the U.S. Constitution to pardon or commute federal offenders, but that could change Tuesday when Trump visits Phoenix.

Dick Gregory, a comedian and civil rights activist, dies

Dick Gregory, the comedian and activist and who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional health, has died. He was 84.

Trump rally in Phoenix may focus on feud with Jeff Flake

When President Donald Trump takes the stage this week at a rally in Arizona, the state’s junior senator will be nowhere to be seen. But Trump is likely to save some choice words for Sen. Jeff Flake.

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Tennessee site helps revive nuke cleanup program in U.S.

A processing center for radioactive waste in Tennessee has made its first shipment in five years to the federal government’s only underground nuclear waste repository, marking another milestone as the U.S. gets its multibillion-dollar cleanup program back on track.

Visitors invading Grand Teton park in Wyoming to see eclipse

Its jagged, soaring peaks rise high over northwest Wyoming, but Grand Teton National Park is always in the shadow of its world-renowned neighbor, Yellowstone National Park.

Wreckage of lost U.S. warship Indianapolis found in Pacific

Researchers have found the wreckage of the U.S. warship Indianapolis, which was sunk by a Japanese torpedo in the final days of World War II, more than 18,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, the Navy said Saturday.

Bridal Spectacular holds final show at Cashman Center

Saturday marked the end of a 26-year-long chapter for the Bridal Spectacular Veils and Vino expo as show organizers and longtime vendors toasted the Cashman Center event space goodbye.

MGM Resorts chief denounces bigotry in letter to employees

MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren sent a letter to employees Friday that denounced equality-threatening violence and bigotry, and said the casino company would match employees’ donations to civil rights groups.

Finland stabbings ‘a likely terror act’, intelligence agency says

The knife attack in western Finland that left two people dead and seven others wounded is “a likely terror act,” Finland’s intelligence agency said Saturday, while police said Europol was investigating if it had any ties to deadly vehicle attacks in Spain.

Solar eclipse could affect temperatures, solar power in U.S.

Getting ready to watch the solar eclipse? Bring a sweater along with those special glasses because the mercury could dip as the moon’s shadow crosses the land.

Duke University removes vandalized Robert E. Lee statue

Duke University removed a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee early Saturday after it was vandalized amid a national debate about monuments to the Confederacy.

Man uses drone to smuggle meth from Mexico to California

A 25-year-old U.S. citizen has been charged with using a drone to smuggle more than 13 pounds of methamphetamine from Mexico by drone, an unusually large seizure for what is still a novel technique to bring illegal drugs into the United States, authorities said Friday.