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Security forces deploy in Iraq’s Basra following violence

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press

Iraqi security forces deployed on the streets of Basra on Saturday, a day after protesters in the southern city stormed the Iranian consulate and torched government buildings.

WATCH: Obama tells voters to step up or ‘things can get worse’

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

Former President Barack Obama says the November midterm elections will give Americans "a chance to restore some sanity in our politics."…

AP report: Full loan relief rare for students at for-profit colleges

By Maria Danilova, Associated Press

The Trump administration is granting only partial loan forgiveness to the vast majority of students approved for help because of fraud by for-profit colleges.

U.S. lacks leverage as assault on Syrian enclave looms

By Matthew Lee, Susannah George, Associated Press

The Trump administration has little leverage to stop Russia, Iran and Syria pressing ahead with a massive military assault against Syria's northwest Idlib province.

Pope tells bishops to fight abuse, culture behind it

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Pope Francis told newly ordained bishops Saturday that they must reject all forms of abuse and work in communion to fight the clerical culture that has fueled the sex abuse and cover-up scandal rocking his papacy.

4 days of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court hearing in less than 15 minutes

By Mahlia Posey, Lora Strum, Dan Cooney

We watched it all, so you don’t have to.

Ex-Trump campaign adviser Papadopoulos sentenced to 14 days in jail

By Associated Press

He is the first former campaign aide to be sentenced in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

Students accused of sexual misconduct get legal boost from federal court

By Ed White, Associated Press

The University of Michigan violated the rights of a male student by refusing to allow him or a representative to question witnesses in an alleged incident of sexual misconduct at a "Risky Business"-themed fraternity party, the court said.

Dallas officer to be charged with manslaughter after shooting a neighbor

By Ryan Tarinelli, Associated Press

The officer who shot 26-year-old Botham Jean said that she believed the victim's apartment was her own when she entered it. It's not clear whether investigators believe race was a factor in the shooting.

Trump claims he fell asleep watching Obama speech

By Associated Press

Obama criticized Trump during a speech Friday in Illinois, calling the current president "the symptom, not the cause" of division and polarization in the U.S.