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Parkland students start the school year with tightened security

By Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press

Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Wednesday returned to a more secure campus as they began their first new school year since a gunman killed 17 people in the freshman building.

Black Americans aren’t buying Omarosa’s turn against Trump

By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press

Omarosa Manigault Newman's falling out with President Donald Trump and her decision to call him a racist as she sells her new book have not been enough for many African-Americans to invite her back to the family picnic. Too little,…

In upset, Bob Stefanowski wins GOP nod for Connecticut governor

By Susan Haigh, Associated Press

Bob Stefanowski, a former GE executive who pitched himself to voters as "Bob the Rebuilder," won Tuesday's Republican primary for Connecticut governor in an upset and will face a fellow wealthy businessman, Democrat Ned Lamont, in November.

Vermont nominates Christine Hallquist, first transgender candidate for governor

By Wilson Ring, Associated Press

A former Vermont utility executive on Tuesday became the first transgender candidate to be nominated for governor, and she'll face the Republican incumbent, who survived a bitter backlash from his base over gun restrictions he supported.

Scott Walker is Wisconsin’s GOP choice as Midwest tests Trump appeal

By Steve Peoples, Scott Bauer, Associated Press

In the Midwest, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a one-time Trump skeptic, won the right to seek a third term…

Keith Ellison wins attorney general Democratic primary in Minnesota

By Kyle Potter, Associated Press

Rep. Keith Ellison, the deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee and first Muslim elected to Congress, won his party's nomination Tuesday for Minnesota attorney general in a race clouded in the final days by an ex-girlfriend's allegation of domestic…

Nebraska executes inmate using powerful opioid fentanyl

By Grant Schulte, Associated Press

Nebraska carried out its first execution in more than two decades on Tuesday with a drug combination never tried before, including the first use of the powerful opioid fentanyl in a lethal injection.

EPA says Trump’s fuel economy freeze could lead to more highway deaths

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Internal documents show the Environmental Protection Agency privately questioned the Trump administration's finding that freezing Obama-era mileage standards would make drivers safer.

WATCH: Sanders says she can’t guarantee Trump hasn’t used N-word

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said "I haven't been in every single room," when asked if she can say with certainty that Trump has never used the N-word.