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.

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.

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.

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.

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” …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

Second-grade teacher's unique homework policy goes viral  —  Every school year, elementary school students are faced with new challenges.  —  They have to make new friends, get to know new teachers and learn how to juggle more complex courses.  —  But there's at least one stressful thing second-graders …

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.

President Obama Honors Outstanding Mathematics and Science Teachers  —  WASHINGTON, DC — President Obama today named 213 mathematics and science teachers as recipients of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

'I wasn't crazy.' A homeless woman's long war to prove the feds owe her $100,000.  —  If you've spent any time in downtown Washington, you've probably seen 80-year-old Wanda Witter.  —  Shock white hair, a determined, unsmiling set to her mouth, jeans.  She may have asked you for some change …

Tattoos spelling out ‘NO!’ are being given to young girls at German swimming pools to help stop sex attacks  —  Young girls at German swimming pools are being given temporary tattoos with the word ‘NO!’ on them in an attempt to put off rapists.  —  The stick-on messages say ‘no’ in German …

Did Donald Trump make donations for flood relief in Louisiana?  Here's what we know.  —  Last week, Donald Trump toured areas of Louisiana that had been devastated by flooding.  During his visit, news outlets reported that he had made at least two donations to flood-relief efforts there.

Donald Trump Doesn't Have an Immigration Policy.  He Has Adjectives and Adverbs.  —  Firm.  Fair.  Tremendous.  Perhaps with a lot more energy.  —  It is more than a little funny to watch the political world try to suss out Donald Trump's allegedly new immigration policy, as though there is, was, or ever will be such a thing.

Trump's challenge: How to sell deportations to suburban swing voters  —  There's a lot of confusion out there about where Donald Trump stands on immigration.  Bill O'Reilly did a reasonably good job of trying to pin Trump down last night, and revealed some important things …