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Republican House Speaker Thom Tillis is attacking incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan over her role as a chief budget writer in the state Senate between 2002 and 2007, saying the state's current problems are rooted in the budgets she helped write.

IN A BATTLE OF UNDEFEATED WELTERWEIGHTS, IBF WORLD CHAMPION SHAWN "SHOWTIME" PORTER TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AGAINST BRITISH STAR KELL BROOK SATURDAY, AUG.

Five former police officers in Phu Yen Province stand at an appeal trial July 9, 2014 as prosecutors called for harsher punishment on their fatal beating of a theft suspect in May 2012.

Cho Myung-ja ran away from home as a teenager to escape a father who beat her, finding her way to the red light district in a South Korean town that hosts a large U.S. Army garrison.

PAST WINNER: Dianna Wilson holds the watercolor that won last year's Broomfield Days poster contest.

An international K-9 training organization is relocating its headquarters to Reno.

National carrier Vietnam Airlines has sought government approval to retain VND3.2 trillion from its initial public offering this September, to buy more aircrafts.

IT is almost unthinkable that something as basic as going to the toilet can be potentially life-threatening - but that is the reality for people living in areas of the world with little or no access to clean water or adequate sanitation.

Deep cracks in what seemed to be monolithic momentum of the Republican election machine appeared here Saturday evening when Atlanta businessman Herman Cain swamped the established front-runners in a critical party straw poll that often predicts the Republican presidential nominee - and the next President of the United States.

Veteran rock band is aiming for its first top 10 album on the Billboard 200 chart with new release "Redeemer of Souls."

A reworked version of a children's classic will be performed at the Ted Falasco Arts Center later this month.

Palestinian relatives of eight members of the Al Haj family, who were killed in a strike, grieve in the family house during their funeral in Khan Younis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on July 10. In the current conflict between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip, both sides have attempted to harm the other.

Instagram users share their snapshots as they soak up the sun this week on the beach, at the PNE, in parks and at the ballgame.

Marchers held signs as they made their way to Department of Homeland Security offices, protesting immigration policies Thursday, July 10, 2014, in El Paso, Texas.

A leading abortion research organization has doubled down on its findings that most abortion clinics are not in minority neighborhoods.

Steven K. Haywood, 29, an employee with the Merced County Public Defender's Office, was arrested Wednesday, July 9, 2014, for allegedly helping a jail inmate escape custody.

On Wednesday, July 9, KOMO 4 News reported that questions still remain about a dog who sustained severe burns over a large portion of his body.

This April 9, 2014 file photo shows House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich.

Joanna Dodder Nellans The Daily Courier PRESCOTT, Arizona - The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors gave tentative approval Monday to a $200 million budget for the fiscal year that began July 1. That's an overall increase of 5 percent, but the county is spending $336,000 below the amount that would require a "truth in taxation" hearing.

The disclosure of what were described as specific domestic surveillance targets by The Intercept online magazine was a rare glimpse into some of the most closely held secrets of counterespionage and terrorism investigators.