13-year-old Chimacum student charged with three counts of raping a 7-year-old  —  PORT TOWNSEND — A 13-year-old boy has been charged with three counts of first-degree rape after deputies said he attacked a 7-year-old girl on a Chimacum school bus.  —  The Chimacum Middle School student …

Sign inside Baltimore police van under investigation  —  Sign posted inside van: ‘Enjoy your ride, cuz we sure will!’  —  SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  The Baltimore City Police Department has launched an internal investigation after a WBAL-TV 11 News viewer shared four photographs of a sign inside a city police wagon.

AFL-CIO leader tries to quell pro-Sanders revolt  —  The labor federation's rules don't allow its state and local leaders to endorse presidential candidates, Richard Trumka says as the Vermont senator surges.  —  Richard Trumka has a message for state and local AFL-CIO leaders tempted to endorse Bernie Sanders: Don't.

Staffer Told Ted Cruz He Thought a Reporter Was Nice.  The GOP Candidate Responded With Harsh Advice.  —  After a young staffer told Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz how “nice” a member of the media is, Cruz said he actually stopped the young man with a harsh reminder about the intentions of most reporters.

The worst agreement in U.S. diplomatic history  —  The devil is not in the details.  It's in the entire conception of the Iran deal, animated by President Obama's fantastical belief that he, uniquely, could achieve detente with a fanatical Islamist regime whose foundational purpose is to cleanse …

Reddit is in meltdown.  —  The hugely popular link-sharing site is in a state of virtual lockdown after the volunteers who run some of the site's biggest communities (known as “subreddits") went on the digital equivalent of a general strike.  This followed the sacking of Victoria Taylor …

‘See you on the outside,’ Matt said in letter delivered to daughter in Buffalo suburb  —  Local woman received it 3 days after prison break  —  Three days after Richard W. Matt broke out of the maximum-security prison in Dannemora, his daughter living in a Buffalo suburb received a letter from him …

EXCLUSIVE: Charges possible against church shooter's associates  —  COLUMBIA, SC  —  A joint state and federal investigation into the activities of accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof has widened to include other persons of interest, according to multiple sources familiar with the ongoing investigation.

State Silences Bakers Who Refused to Make Cake for Lesbian Couple, Fines Them $135K  —  Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian finalized a preliminary ruling today ordering Aaron and Melissa Klein, the bakers who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, to pay $135,000 in emotional damages to the couple they denied service.

Romney to host the Christies, Rubios at his New Hampshire home  —  BEDFORD, N.H. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's comeback journey begins here in New Hampshire, so the Republican presidential candidate is paying a visit to the last winner of the state's first-in-the-nation primary and one of its most famous summertime residents.

Courtroom school reunion between judge, suspect  —  Judge Mindy Glazer, suspect Arthur Booth attended middle school together  —  Author: Jeff Tavss, Executive Producer, jtavss@local10.com … MIAMI -  —  While most school reunions are held in hotel ballrooms or local gymnasiums …

Smaller Majority “Extremely Proud” to Be an American  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Independence Day approaches, most in the U.S. say they are proud to be an American, including a slight majority, 54%, who are “extremely proud.”  The percentage saying they are “extremely proud” …

Koch-Backed Group Calls For No More National Parks  —  Claire Moser is the Research and Advocacy Associate with the Public Lands Project at the Center for American Progress.  You can follow her on Twitter at @Claire_Moser.  —  Just in time for the Fourth of July — when millions of people across …