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WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Clinton is offering an intimate look at her Methodist faith and how it has influenced her life in public service. At the National Baptist Convention in Kansas City, Clinton recalled her father's nightly prayers, her mother's time as a Sunday School teacher and the youth minister who took her to see…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri is appealing a federal court's decision that requires the state to break one of its most-guarded secrets and reveal the name of any supplier of its lethal injection drug. Calling the matter "a question of exceptional importance," the state on Wednesday asked the full 8th Circuit Court of Appeals…

WASHINGTON (AP) - Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson says he, "blanked" when he was asked about the name of Syria's largest city. Johnson said in a statement that he thought Aleppo was an acronym when asked about it on the television show "Morning Joe" Thursday morning. Johnson responded, "What is Aleppo?" That response quickly went viral.…

ALPINE, Texas (AP) - Police in the West Texas town of Alpine say there's an "active shooter" situation at a high school and schools have been locked down amid the search for a suspect. Elizabeth Carter, a lieutenant at the Texas Department of Public Safety, said someone brought a gun onto the Alpine High School…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band just don't want to leave the stage. Wednesday night's concert at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia lasted nearly four hours, four minutes, breaking the previous record for the group's longest U.S. show set last week. Philadelphia Daily News sports statistician and Springsteen fan Bob Vetrone…