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Parkland anniversary highlights how Democrats have shifted on guns

By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

In the final weeks before the 2008 election, Barack Obama's campaign sent mailers to Florida voters reassuring them that he supported the Second Amendment. In the opening days of the 2020 Democratic primary, it's hard to imagine any candidate feeling…

The latest border security deal, explained

By Lisa Desjardins, Yamiche Alcindor

Here is exactly what’s in the compromise struck between the top Republicans and Democrats on the congressional appropriations committees, and how it looks from both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue.

Polar bears move into Russian town by the dozens

By Associated Press

Regional authorities in Russia declared a state of emergency over the weekend.

After cameraman attacked at Trump rally, White House asks future attendees to be ‘peaceful’

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

There was a brief scuffle on a press platform away from the El Paso stage on Monday night, when a man began shoving members of the news media and was restrained.

After El Chapo conviction, Sinaloa drug cartel carries on

By Maria Verza, Mark Stevenson, Associated Press

Heaping bags of fentanyl and plastic tubs of crystal meth, heroin and cocaine offer no sign that the cartel has been weakened, lost sway over its traditional territory in northwestern Mexico or seen its international reach curtailed.

Fed chairman doesn’t see signs of economic downturn, yet ‘poverty remains a challenge’

By Jeff Amy, Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

In a visit to a historically black university in the Mississippi Delta, Jerome Powell said that many rural areas have not benefited from the national prosperity. He said those areas need special support.

McConnell: Trump got a ‘pretty good deal’ on border security

By Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he spoke with the president and recommended Tuesday that he sign the bill into law.

Striking Denver teachers resume negotiations with school district

By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press

The meeting, facilitated by a federal mediator, was the first time the sides met since talks broke down over the weekend.

Trial of Catalan separatists begins in Madrid amid protests

By Aritz Parra, Joseph Wilson, Associated Press

A politically charged trial of a dozen Catalan separatist leaders got underway Tuesday in Spain's Supreme Court amid protests and the possibility of an early general election being called in the country.

U.S. jury convicts Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’

By Tom Hays, Associated Press

Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a…