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‘I felt him breathe’: Escape from the Navy Yard

The first bang sounded distant and muffled. On the fourth floor, Bertillia Lavern assumed somebody downstairs was setting up for an event and had dropped a folding table.

 
Pennsylvania town seeks to fire police chief in gun videos

Town officials said Thursday they intend to fire a police chief suspended after he posted online videos of himself shooting automatic weapons and going on profanity-laced tirades about liberals and the Second Amendment.

 
Pope blasts abortion after decrying focus on rules

Pope Francis offered an olive branch of sorts to the doctrine-minded, conservative wing of the Catholic Church on Friday as he denounced abortions as a symptom of today’s “throw-away culture” and encouraged Catholic doctors to refuse to perform them.

 
Scheme to snag iPhones leads to chaos in Calif.

An overnight campout for the new iPhone turned chaotic Friday morning when two men were arrested for fighting outside an Apple Store and a man’s plan to hire homeless people to wait in line for the coveted devices backfired, authorities said.

 
House guts funding for Obamacare, sets up showdown

Charting a collision course with the White House, the Republican-controlled House approved legislation Friday to wipe out President Barack Obama’s health care program, and simultaneously prevent a partial government shutdown.

 
Obama: GOP budget critics holding country ‘hostage’

President Barack Obama furiously responded Friday to congressional budget battles that could threaten a partial government shutdown, accusing Republicans voting against his health care law of focusing on politics and “holding the whole country hostage.”

 
Police: Assault-style rifle used in Chicago attack

Those behind a late-night attack at a southwest Chicago park in which 13 people were wounded, including a 3-year-old, used an assault-style weapon to spray the crowd with bullets, making it “a miracle” no one was killed, the city’s police superintendent said Friday.