After Shooting, Alleged Gunman Details Grievances in ???  Suicide Notes???  —  A man claiming to be Bryce Williams called ABC News over the last few weeks, saying he wanted to pitch a story, and wanted to fax information.  He never told ABC News what the story was.

DNC chair: Biden ‘would be welcomed’ to presidential race  —  NORTH MIAMI — The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee said on Wednesday that she would welcome Joe Biden to the presidential race if the vice president decides to run.  —  “It's my job to effectively manage …

Why Fox News' Defense Of Megyn Kelly Is Going To Backfire  —  Donald Trump has reignited his sexist harassment campaign against Megyn Kelly, and the folks at Fox News are, in seemingly coordinated fashion, striking back.  Fellow Fox News hosts and pundits are asking Trump to cool it …

White House hits back at Charles Koch  —  The White House fired back Wednesday at Charles Koch after a POLITICO article quoted him as saying he was “flabbergasted” by a recent attack on him and his brother by President Barack Obama during an energy speech in Las Vegas earlier this week.

Facebook Launches M, Its Bold Answer to Siri and Cortana  —  Today, a few hundred Bay Area Facebook users will open their Messenger apps to discover M, a new virtual assistant.  Facebook will prompt them to test it with examples of what M can do: Make restaurant reservations.  Find a birthday gift for your spouse.

Trump Telling GOP Brass He Will Forgo A Third-Party Run: Sources  —  Trump makes a big move.  —  Ryan Grim  —  Washington Bureau Chief, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON - Businessman Donald Trump has told several top Republicans that he will swear off the possibility of an independent bid …

2 stabbed in Sunset, 1 Sunset PD officer shot  —  State Police confirmed that the suspect is alive and in custody.  —  The suspect is being taken to a local hospital and then should be booked in the St. Landry Parish Jail on several charges, including attempted first degree murder of a police officer …

Almost None of the Women in the Ashley Madison Database Ever Used the Site  —  When hacker group Impact Team released the Ashley Madison data, they asserted that “thousands” of the women's profiles were fake.  Later, this number got blown up in news stories that asserted “90-95%” …

First State Legalizes Taser Drones for Cops, Thanks to a Lobbyist  —  North Dakota police will be free to fire “less than lethal” weapons from the air thanks to the influence of Big Drone.  —  It is now legal for law enforcement in North Dakota to fly drones armed with everything from Tasers …

Behind the Biden hype  —  Friends say the vice president is channeling the grief over his son's death into an agonizing decision over whether to run in 2016.  —  Getty  —  The Joe Biden who has been reaching out to Democratic operatives and would-be donors for a potential 2016 bid isn't quite the happy warrior of bygone days.

Judge: TN lethal injection protocol constitutional  —  A Davidson County judge has decided Tennessee's rules for killing death row inmates via lethal injection are constitutional in a major decision in the battle over capital punishment in the state.  —  But the Wednesday decision does …