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DALLAS (AP) - Dallas police say three people are in custody in the shootings of 11 officers. Four officers were killed. Police Chief David Brown says a fourth person is in a parking garage, exchanging gunfire with officers. He says the three in custody are not cooperating with police. Brown says the snipers fired from elevated…

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois says Donald Trump is an "Eastern, privileged, wealthy bully." Trump called Kirk, one of the more vulnerable GOP incumbents, a loser at the closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Kirk did not attend meeting, but The Washington Post described the presidential candidate's…

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he doesn't think a police officer would have shot and killed a driver who apparently was pulled over for a broken taillight if the driver had been white instead of black. Dayton said Thursday at a news conference in St. Paul that he thinks the police…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week to new lows for the year, pushed down by financial tumult in Europe. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac says the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage fell to 3.41 percent from 3.48 percent a week ago. A year ago, the 30-year rate stood at 4.04 percent. The…

Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice faces manslaughter, assault and other charges stemming from the death of Freddie Gray