In first national ad, Clinton hits GOP on Benghazi  —  Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is seeking to capitalize off of Republicans' comments linking her political performance with the House committee investigating the 2012 violence in Benghazi, Libya.

Ben Carson: On gun control, Snowden — and Trump  —  NEW YORK — Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who trails only Donald Trump at the top of the Republican presidential field, says the lesson of the nation's latest mass shooting isn't to enact more limits on guns but to consider whether …

Exclusive: Biden himself leaked word of his son's dying wish  —  <p>Joe Biden has been making his 2016 deliberations all about his late son since August.</p><p>Aug. 1, to be exact — the day renowned Hillary Clinton-critic Maureen Dowd published a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/ 02 …

Georgia Man Loses Job, Upsets Mother after Facebook Post  —  ATLANTA - A swirl of controversy over a Facebook post and its accompanying racially-charged comments have led to an Atlanta man's job termination.  —  Gerod Roth, who is white, was fired from the Polaris Marketing Group in Atlanta …

Scandal Erupts in Unregulated World of Fantasy Sports  —  A major scandal is erupting in the multibillion-dollar industry of fantasy sports, the online and unregulated business in which players assemble their fantasy teams with real athletes.  On Monday, the two major fantasy companies …

Dissent on Israel Not Permitted at Bernie Sanders Event  —  In 2004, while President George W. Bush was running for re-election, he developed a sinister reputation for aggressively banishing political dissent from his events.  Bush “rewrote the playbook for organizing campaign rallies,” …

Graham opposed Sandy aid but wants help in South Carolina  —  Washington (CNN)Sen. Lindsey Graham is asking for federal aid for his home state of South Carolina as it battles raging floods, but he voted to oppose similar help for New Jersey in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2013.

Boy, 12, dies in Carroll County target shooting accident  —  » RELATED CONTENT

Clinton searches for theme  —  At Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, staffers are invited to complete a phrase that is written on a wall: “Hillary for ...”  —  Beside it, staffers have plastered dozens of sticky notes with various words and phrases.

NO COMMENTS ALLOWED ON REDDIT'S NEW NEWS SITE ‘UPVOTED’  —  Reddit's got problems.  It can be a hotbed of hostility and harassment—even for loyal users.  For the uninitiated, it's hard to understand, use, or even see the appeal.  And if you're an advertiser, nobody would blame you for staying away …

Rihanna in Cuba: The Cover Story  —  Rihanna is firmly in control of her life and career—but not of her image, which has veered between club-hopping temptress and poster child for victims of domestic abuse.  As the 27-year-old readies her long-awaited new album, she talks candidly …

Why Marco Rubio's Chances Are Rising  —  A lot has changed since April, when Marco Rubio announced his presidential bid.  Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin was the top candidate of mainstream conservative activists and donors.  Jeb Bush seemed like a fund-raising juggernaut with natural appeal …

Oregon Killer's Mother Wrote of Troubled Son and Gun Rights  —  ROSEBURG, Ore. — When a downstairs neighbor of Laurel Harper learned there was a gunman on the loose at Umpqua Community College here, he ran up to tell her, knowing that her son, Christopher Harper-Mercer, was a student there.

U.S. Sees Russian Drive Against CIA-Backed Rebels in Syria  —  White House noncommittal about coming to aid of its allies  —  Tension builds as Russia targets CIA-backed rebels in Syria and violates Turkish airspace, drawing a rebuke from the U.S. State Department.  Mark Kelly reports.  —  By

Rivals fail to faze local pot stores  —  Sales fell slightly last week as Oregon stores opened  —  The owner of one of Vancouver's highest-grossing marijuana stores envisions a future where the Southwest Washington-Portland region is “the Napa Valley for marijuana.”

Five Questions About the Bombing of a Hospital in Kunduz  —  On Saturday, at 2:08 A.M. local time, an American AC-130 began to bomb a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), in Kunduz, Afghanistan.  According to accounts from doctors and nurses …

President ‘Mumbo-Jumbo’  —  Obama's preferred method for dealing with disagreement is denigration.  —  David Petraeus testified last month to the Senate Armed Services Committee on U.S. policy in the Middle East.  Regarding Syria, the former general and CIA director urged a credible threat …

After talking up money, Donald Trump isn't spending it  —  Many Republicans have tried and failed to win the presidential nomination without support from the party establishment.  Donald Trump argues he is different from those hopefuls because his wealth enables him to fund an insurgent campaign all by himself.

Obama's trade deal faces stiff headwinds  —  The White House's announcement Monday of an international trade deal covering 40 percent of the world's economy sets the stage for a bruising, months-long congressional battle that is already spilling into the 2016 presidential race.