Gunman kills 7 in a rampage that started with a West Texas traffic stop  —  Odessa, Texas (CNN)A man who was pulled over by Texas troopers shot at them with a rifle and sped away, setting off a terrifying rampage that ended with seven victims and the shooter dead, police said.

Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice  —  The singer on living with Parkinson's, the perils of stardom, and mourning what the border has become.  —  It's been ten years since Linda Ronstadt, once the most highly paid woman in rock and roll, sang her last concert.

How Much Will the Trade War Cost You by the End of the Year?  —  A new wave of tariffs by the Trump administration went into effect on Sunday, rendering the majority of goods imported to the United States from China subject to import taxes.  —  It is the latest move in a drawn-out conflict between the world's two largest economies.

Ocasio-Cortez mocks Boston ‘Straight Pride Parade’ over lack of women  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Saturday called out participants in Boston's “Straight Pride Parade,” saying it should have been called the “I-Struggle-With-Masculinity” parade.

Some secrets do keep.  A year later, the Trump official who penned an explosive op-ed is still unknown.  —  Almost a year later, we still don't know.  —  Outside of a tiny circle of insiders, no one knows who wrote the instantly viral op-ed column about President Trump that appeared in the New York Times last Sept. 5.

The Trump decision that pushed James Mattis to his breaking point  —  The retired four-star Marine Corps general said in an interview with CBS that aired Sunday that he had intended to serve the full four years, but resigned when he determined his views were not “aligned” with President Donald Trump's.

Trump campaign plots to make allegations of social media bias core part of 2020 strategy  —  President Trump's campaign and key allies plan to make allegations of bias by social media platforms a core part of their 2020 strategy, officials tell Axios.  —  The big picture: Look for ads …

Representative Matt Schaefer  —  “Do something!” is the statement we keep hearing.  As an elected official with a vote in Austin, let me tell you what I am NOT going to do.  I am NOT going to use the evil acts of a handful of people to diminish the God-given rights of my fellow Texans.  Period.

The Latest: U.S. mass killings reach total for all of 2018  —  ODESSA, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a shooting in West Texas (all times local):  —  A database shows that the West Texas shooting brings the number of mass killings in the U.S. so far this year to 25, which is as many mass killings as in all of 2018.

With meticulous planning then mass arrests and ‘torture’, Kashmir's autonomy was lost  —  Warning: this article contains images which some readers may find distressing  —  When Jammu and Kashmir's governor addressed the world in a press conference on 4 August, people in the Muslim-majority valley were worried.

NYC bicyclists are killing pedestrians and the city won't stop it  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio has aggressively pushed a bike-friendly agenda, adding about 100 miles of dedicated lanes for cyclists amid a spike in rider collisions, but he's done little to address the danger that bikers themselves pose.

Did Joe Biden Tell a False Story About a War Hero?  —  Claim  —  U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden told a “false” or “fabricated” story about a war hero while on the campaign trail.  —  Rating  —  What's True  —  In recounting a story about a grief-stricken soldier …

53 People Died in Mass Shootings in August Alone in the U.S.  —  So far this year, there have been at least 38 shootings with three or more fatalities, data shows.

In Trump country, a group of coal miners rebel over lost jobs, missed paychecks  —  CUMBERLAND, Ky. — Sitting in lawn chairs plopped in the middle of train tracks, two coal miners smoked and chewed tobacco to pass the time.  There's been little else to do here for the past four weeks …