Poll: Election 2016 shapes up as a contest of negatives  —  The coming presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump begins in a virtual dead heat, a competition between two candidates viewed unfavorably by a majority of the current electorate and with voters motivated as much by whom …

Five-year-old shoots, kills self while playing with gun  —  A five-year-old in Laplace gets her hands on a gun, and accidentally shoots and kills herself.  The accident happened Saturday at 9:45 a.m. at the girl's home on Country Club Drive.  —  Many residents on Country Club Drive …

Trump: I Don't Want Guns In Classrooms, But Some Teachers Should Have Guns  —  GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump said Sunday that he doesn't want guns to be in classrooms, but that “some teachers” should have guns.  —  Trump was asked to respond on Fox & Friends to criticism …

Elijah Wood: ‘Hollywood in the grip of child abuse scandal similar to Jimmy Savile’  —  Hollywood is in the grip a child sexual abuse scandal similar to that of Jimmy Savile in Britain, Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood has claimed.  —  The 35-year-old former child actor said paedophiles …

Just What Were Donald Trump's Ties to the Mob?  —  In his signature book, The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump boasted that when he wanted to build a casino in Atlantic City, he persuaded the state attorney general to limit the investigation of his background to six months.

Mars appears at its biggest, brightest as planet moves into opposition  —  Mars is at its biggest and brightest in over a decade, as it comes into a particularly close opposition.  —  Mars comes into opposition — the point when Mars and the Sun are on directly opposite sides of the Earth — once every two years.

Libertarian VP candidate doubles down on comparison of Trump, Nazis … William Weld, a Libertarian Party vice presidential candidate, is doubling down on his comparison of Donald Trump  —  's plan to deport millions of illegal immigrants to Nazi Germany.  —  “I'm absolutely certain that …

Washington state GOP convention backs Cruz over Trump  —  Donald Trump may be the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, but Washington state's GOP convention awarded 40 out of 41 elected delegate slots to Ted Cruz.  However, delegates are bound by party rules to cast national-convention ballots based …

Exaggerator wins the 141st Preakness Stakes  —  BALTIMORE — Exaggerator won the Preakness Stakes on a sloppy track Saturday, ending a Triple Crown bid by Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, who lost for the first time in nine career starts.  —  Cherry Wine finished second, with Nyquist third.