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• D.C. watchdog group calls for feds to probe alleged violations by NRA
• Person of interest in upstate New York prison break: Who is Joyce Mitchell?
• McKinney police officer blames aggression at pool party on emotional stress
• US orders more troops to Iraq, but no overhaul of strategy
• NTSB: Amtrak engineer wasn't talking, texting on cellphone
• New trial for man who said he killed New York boy to open in 2016
• Exclusive: Confusion clouds count of cars hit by Takata air bag recall
• Texas officer in video let 'emotions get the better of him': lawyer
• McKinney officer who pulled his gun on teens resigns — but is it enough?
• Hunt for killers expands to Vermont; staffer under suspicion
• LeBron leads Cleveland to 2-1 NBA Finals lead
• Obama considers sending more troops to help train Iraqi forces
• S.F. Giants' Chris Heston no-hits Mets

D.C. watchdog group calls for feds to probe alleged violations by NRA Posted: A watchdog group asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the National Rifle Association for failing to disclose $33.5 million in political expenditures on its tax returns over a six-year period.

Person of interest in upstate New York prison break: Who is Joyce Mitchell? Posted: 10 Jun 2015 02:39 PM PDT Authorities are questioning Joyce Mitchell, a female prison employee, about the inmates who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility last weekend.

McKinney police officer blames aggression at pool party on emotional stress Posted: 10 Jun 2015 12:03 PM PDT The lawyer for a McKinney, Texas, police officer who has become the country's latest exemplification of bad cop behavior on Wednesday blamed her client's aggressive actions on emotional stress.

US orders more troops to Iraq, but no overhaul of strategy Posted: 10 Jun 2015 01:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama ordered the deployment of up to 450 more American troops to Iraq on Wednesday in an effort to reverse major battlefield losses to the Islamic State, an escalation but not a significant shift in the struggling U.S. strategy to defeat the extremist group.

NTSB: Amtrak engineer wasn't talking, texting on cellphone Posted: 10 Jun 2015 12:46 PM PDT A new report deepens the mystery of what caused the accident that killed eight and injured about 200.

New trial for man who said he killed New York boy to open in 2016 Posted: 10 Jun 2015 03:05 PM PDT A new trial for the former New York deli worker who confessed to strangling 6-year-old Etan Patz in a case that changed the way the U.S. responds to missing children will open in 2016, a judge said on Wednesday. A month after declaring a mistrial because of a hung jury, Judge Maxwell Wiley told Pedro Hernandez that a new jury would be picked as early as December to hear the kidnapping and murder case in state Supreme Court in Manhattan. Seven jurors from Hernandez' first murder trial, in which a single holdout declined to convict him in the 1979 killing, returned to court to hear the judge's decision.

Exclusive: Confusion clouds count of cars hit by Takata air bag recall Posted: 10 Jun 2015 02:29 PM PDT The number of vehicles on U.S. roads with potentially defective Takata air bags appears to be less than half the 34 million initially estimated by federal regulators, according to a Reuters analysis of recall records submitted to the watchdog and confirmed by the car companies. About 16.2 million vehicles — roughly one out of every 16 cars on U.S. highways — may have one or two defective air bags supplied by Japan's Takata Corp , vehicle manufacturers confirmed to Reuters. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Wednesday said it has not counted the absolute number of vehicles, but said it was aware of 30 million potentially defective Takata parts that need to be replaced.

Texas officer in video let 'emotions get the better of him': lawyer Posted: 10 Jun 2015 02:26 PM PDT McKinney Police Corporal Eric Casebolt, who is white, resigned on Tuesday after being seen in a video responding to a disturbance at a pool party on Friday where he appeared to target black youths, an incident that has added to concerns about racial bias in U.S. policing. "He never intended to mistreat anyone," lawyer Jane Bishkin told a news conference, adding that Casebolt hoped his resignation can bring healing. Prior to the incident, Casebolt had responded to one suicide and worked to prevent another, causing him to be under emotional strain when he arrived at the disturbance, Bishkin said.

McKinney officer who pulled his gun on teens resigns — but is it enough? Posted: 10 Jun 2015 06:05 AM PDT The white police officer who threw a black bikini-clad girl to the ground and pulled his gun on two others while responding to a disturbance at a pool party in McKinney, Texas, resigned on Tuesday. But some community members say his resignation is not enough.

Hunt for killers expands to Vermont; staffer under suspicion Posted: 10 Jun 2015 04:12 PM PDT DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — The manhunt for two escaped killers expanded to campsites and boat slips in Vermont on Wednesday, and State Police said a female prison staff member being questioned may have had a role in helping the men.

LeBron leads Cleveland to 2-1 NBA Finals lead Posted:

Obama considers sending more troops to help train Iraqi forces Posted: 09 Jun 2015 06:45 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — The Obama administration is nearing a decision on how to improve and accelerate the training of Iraqi security forces in light of recent setbacks against the Islamic State, including the possibility of setting up new training camps in Anbar Province, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

S.F. Giants' Chris Heston no-hits Mets Posted:

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