Rick Perry Drops Out of 2016 Presidential Race  — Shares-

107 dead after crane collapses at world's holiest mosque in Mecca  —  At least 107 people died and 238 more were injured when a crane collapsed at the Grand Mosque of Mecca ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, the Saudi Interior Ministry said on Friday.  —  The Kingdom's General Directorate …

U.S. Drops Charges That Professor Shared Technology With China  —  WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department arrested the chairman of Temple University's physics department this spring and accused him of sharing sensitive American-made technology with China, prosecutors had what seemed …

Kentucky Clerk Asks For Order Allowing All Couples To Marry To Be Put On Hold  —  On Sept. 3, Judge David Bunning expanded his order that Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis end her “no marriage licenses” policy to cover all couples — not just the plaintiffs in the case.

Justice Department Lawyers: Clinton Had Authority To Delete Personal Emails  —  In a little noticed brief, filed on Wednesday to a federal court, Department of Justice lawyers outlined a comprehensive defense of the contentious decision by Hillary Clinton to wipe the private email server …

New mission for Team Romney: Stop Trump  —  Some of them go back to 2002, the win.  Others slogged through Iowa, twice, and rode aboard the Mitt Mobile.  In 2012, they were so close to the White House they could taste it.  —  Now, the Mitt Romney diaspora — an army of former aides …

Portland-bound passengers urinated on; man jailed  —  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — A 27-year-old man spent about 5 hours in jail Friday after he reportedly urinated on several passengers right before landing at Portland International Airport.  —  According to a police report first obtained by KOIN 6 News …

University of California considering recognizing a “right” to be “free from ... expressions of intolerance”  —  Here is a proposed policy that the Regents of the University of California's Committee on Education Policy will be discussing next Thursday: … So let's look closely at this:

Kim Davis' Legal Team Declines Oath Keepers' Offer to Protect Her Against Unlawul Arrrest  —  Upon request by Kim Davis' legal team, Oath Keepers is canceling the planned security detail for Mrs. Davis in Morehead, Kentucky.  —  Oath Keepers has been contacted by Kim Davis' legal team at Liberty Counsel …

Trump's ‘haters and losers’ Sept. 11 tweet vanishes  —  A 2-year-old tweet from Donald Trump's Twitter account vanished Friday morning, one in which the current Republican presidential candidate commemorated the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by offering “best wishes to all, even the haters and losers.”

Study: All-male Marine units outperform squads with women  —  All-male ground combat units in the Marines were faster, more lethal and less injured than units with mixed genders, according to a Marine Corps study that looked at integrating women into all service jobs.

The amazing honesty of Joe Biden  —  Joe Biden's unique trait as a politician is — and always has been — his honesty.  Sometimes that honesty gets him into varying degrees of trouble.  Sometimes it makes it seem as though he's the closest thing to a real person you could possibly hope for in politics.