MANY DONORS TO CLINTON FOUNDATION MET WITH HER AT STATE  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money - either personally or through companies or groups - to the Clinton Foundation.

Donald Trump Used Campaign Donations to Buy $55,000 of His Own Book  —  Donald Trump used his campaign funds to buy thousands of copies of his own book at retail cost, simultaneously diverting donor money back into his pockets while artificially boosting his sales figures.

6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Italy, Killing at Least 10  —  ROME — Strong earthquakes struck central Italy early Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, trapping many others under debris and setting off tremors that awakened residents in Rome nearly 100 miles to the southwest.

RNC chief: Trump could lead Clinton by Labor Day  —  Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus predicted on Tuesday that Donald Trump  —  in the polls by Labor Day.  —  “I think what you are seeing on the campaign is a continuation of a good couple of weeks that Donald Trump has had …

Inside Donald Trump's new strategy to counter the view of many that he is ‘racist’  —  Donald Trump is rapidly trying to turn around his presidential campaign with a vigorous and at times strained effort to shed a label applied to him by a substantial portion of the electorate: racist.

Get 'em off!  Armed police order Muslim woman to remove her burkini on packed Nice beach - as mother, 34, wearing Islamic headscarf is threatened with pepper spray and fined in Cannes  —  The French ban on the burkini is threatening to turn into a farce as police officers armed with pepper spray …

French man allegedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ in fatal stabbing of British woman at Australian hostel  —  A British man is in a critical condition and a woman is dead after attack witnessed by up to 30 people in Home Hill, in Queensland's north  —  A French man allegedly cried “Allahu Akbar” …

Vigil held for deaf driver killed in trooper-involved shooting  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Friends and neighbors gathered Monday evening with the family of a deaf man who was killed last week in a trooper-involved shooting.  —  Daniel Harris, 29, was shot and killed by a Highway Patrol trooper …

Republicans currently have just a 38% chance of keeping their Senate majority  —  Every day seems to bring another story about nervous Republican House and Senate candidates, wondering if Donald Trump is going to cost them their seats.  Here's the interesting thing: Yes …

Mass Lesbian Farm Infiltration Is Obama's Best Scheme Yet  —  Barack Obama is nearing the finish line of a presidency filled with accomplishments ranging from death panels to FEMA camps to the importation of Sharia law.  Year eight is a natural time for Obama to unveil the most deviously brilliant plot …

S.C. Democrats tout new poll showing Clinton, Trump in dead heat  —  WASHINGTON — A new poll shows Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tied in the presidential contest in the Palmetto State.  —  The poll, paid for by the South Carolina Democratic Party and conducted by the Feldman Group …

The return of ‘Straight Talk’ McCain  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The dour John McCain of Capitol Hill is on hiatus.  In his place, at least for a day: The loose, accessible, happy warrior of Straight Talk Express yesteryear.  —  McCain is deadly serious about winning reelection and continuing …

More Attacks on Transgender Rights  —  Just days after the federal Department of Education in May issued sensible antidiscrimination guidelines for accommodating transgender students, Texas' attorney general, Ken Paxton, set out to challenge them.  —  His team reached out to tiny school districts …

Raising Money for Clinton, Cher Sounds Off (and Not Just About Trump)  —  She compared him to Hitler, likened his campaign to a “racist” version of “Fun with Dick and Jane” and even said he evoked the murderous child star in “The Bad Seed.”  —  “I just think he's” an idiot …

Change is not your friend this year: Jill Lawrence  —  Trump says we should bet our economy on him.  He also wants to sell you a casino and a university.  —  What do you have to lose?  Donald Trump keeps asking African Americans.  But really that's his question to all of us.

Why bullying is such a successful evolutionary strategy  —  It is not just people that bully the vulnerable.  Many animals do it too, and in evolutionary terms it may even work  —  Frodo ruled with an iron fist.  He incited fear among his fellow group members.  —  His “demonic streak”, as it was later called, started early.

Clinton leads Trump by 12 points in Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 12 percentage points among likely voters, her strongest showing this month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday.

2M people off food stamp benefits in last year  —  The number of Americans who receive food stamps has dropped by more than 2 million over the last year, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as states begin to reintroduce work rules relaxed during the recession.

A terrorist attack in Roanoke  —  A man in Roanoke County is in custody after attacking a couple in an apartment complex.  The man, Wasil Farooqui, slashed the victims with a knife while allegedly shouting “Allahu Akbar.”  The couple doesn't know Farooqui.  Apparently he selected them at random to be attacked.

If Trump's New Immigration Plan Sounds Familiar, That's Because Obama Is Already Enforcing It  —  Donald Trump has built his presidential campaign around harsh rhetoric toward immigrants—referring to people who cross the border as “rapists,” pledging to build a wall between the United States and Mexico …