Central US bracing for ‘heat dome;’ heat indexes to top 100
CHICAGO (AP) – High temperatures and humidity will bake much of the central U.S. this week, sending heat indexes soaring as high as 115 degrees in some places for the first time this year. The National Weather Service says the high pressure system, sometimes called a “heat dome,” will push conditions to their hottest point…
Georgia Police: Shots fired from vehicle as it passed officer’s car
DACULA, Ga. (AP) – A Georgia police officer says gunshots were fired from a passing vehicle as he sat in his parked patrol car, the second such shooting in metro Atlanta in a 10-day span. The officer wasn’t hurt. The shootings come as police nationwide are on edge after a total of eight officers were…
Staffer: ‘Mistake’ led to Trump speech kerfuffle
The Trump campaign has said denied accusations of plagiarism, saying the similarities were coincidence