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WASHINGTON (AP) - Marco Rubio has received an endorsement for the Republican presidential nomination from North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis as Rubio seeks to further consolidate support after a second-place finish in South Carolina and Jeb Bush's departure from the field. Tillis' backing comes three weeks before North Carolina holds its own primary on the…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump has won the South Carolina Republican primary, a second-straight victory for the billionaire real estate mogul after his first-place finish in New Hampshire. Complete but unofficial results show Florida Sen. Marco Rubio edged Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for second. Trump thanked his supporters for delivering his commanding first-place finish.…

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A gunman who authorities believe chose victims at random shot people in the parking lots of a western Michigan apartment complex, car dealership and restaurant, killing at least six and seriously injuring two others — including a 14-year-old girl — during a rampage and subsequent manhunt that spanned nearly seven hours,…

IUKA, Mississippi (AP) — Law enforcement authorities say one officer is dead and three are hospitalized with gunshot wounds after a standoff in northeastern Mississippi. Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain says the standoff ended in gunfire early Saturday at a home near the town of Iuka, Mississippi. Strain says the man who shot…

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The papal spokesman is stressing that Pope Francis often says build bridges, not walls, and that his remark while flying back from Mexico wasn't targeting U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. Francis said Thursday that a person who advocates building walls for solutions is `'not Christian." Trump, who has repeatedly called for…