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Disney ends press screening ban on Los Angeles Times after backlash

By Justin Scuiletti

Disney will no longer block The Los Angeles Times from attending press screenings of its movies, ending a controversial ban that had many news organizations threatening to also boycott those screenings.

Iraqi VP calls Iran-backed militias his nation’s top threat

By Stephen Braun, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Iraq's highest-ranking Sunni leader said Tuesday the growing influence of Iranian-backed Shiite militias looms as the nation's most pressing future security threat and called for bolstering U.S. military aid to Sunni forces.

Urine screens cost $8.5 billion a year — more than the entire EPA budget

By Fred Schulte and Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health News

Spending on urine screens and related genetic tests quadrupled from 2011 to 2014 to an estimated $8.5 billion a year — more than the entire budget of the Environmental Protection Agency. The federal government paid providers more to conduct urine…

A 2-million-year-old ‘supergene’ helps these butterflies mimic their poisonous cousins

By Rashmi Shivni, Teresa Carey

When it comes to survival of the fittest, female swallowtail butterflies are masters of disguise. Here's why.

WATCH: Senators introduce bill to stop those convicted of domestic violence from buying guns

By Erica R. Hendry

Devin Patrick Kelley, the man who attacked worshippers at a south Texas church Sunday, was found guilty of domestic violence in 2012, while serving in the military.

Baltimore officer who transported Freddie Gray will keep job, after police panel finds him not guilty

By Joshua Barajas

A police trial board in Baltimore found police officer Caesar Goodson Jr. not guilty of all 21 administrative charges in the death of Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody more than two years ago.

U.S. ends temporary residency permits for Nicaraguans, defers on Hondurans

By Luis Alonso Lugo, Associated Press

The Trump administration is planning a January 2019 end to a temporary residency permit program for 5,000 citizens from Nicaragua who have lived in the United States for almost two decades.

NAACP says voters receiving bogus phone calls

By Associated Press

The NAACP says voters in northern Virginia have received phone calls from people who are lying to them and telling them their polling place has changed.

PHOTOS: Praise, protests and ambivalence mark 100 years since the Russian Revolution

By Larisa Epatko

Red flag-draped rallies in Moscow marked the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution on Tuesday. But despite the demonstrations, the crimes of the past and faded memories have made some Russians ambivalent about the centenary.

A look at the top U.S. races on Election Day

By Associated Press

Voters are electing two governors, a few big-city mayors, one member of Congress and deciding a first-in-the-nation ballot measure in an election dominated by local and state races.