OREGON SCHOOL SHOOTING

ROSEBURG, Oregon — A gunman opens fire inside a classroom at a rural Oregon community college, killing at least nine people before dying in a shootout with police, authorities say. One survivor says the gunman demanded his victims state their religion before he started shooting. By Jeff Barnard and Gosia Wozniacka.

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UNITED STATES-RUSSIA

WASHINGTON — Russia's launch of airstrikes in Syria is prompting discussions within the Pentagon about whether the U.S. should use military force to protect U.S.-trained and equipped Syrian rebels if they come under fire by the Russians. 

CONGRESS-BENGHAZI

WASHINGTON — House Republicans call on the chamber's likely next speaker to apologize for crediting the House Benghazi investigation panel with wounding Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, delivering a rare public rebuke to a leading member of their own party. 

MEXICO-US EXTRADITION

MEXICO CITY — Mexico has agreed to expedite the extraditions of drug lords and suspected criminals to the United States, a senior official said, a day after the country sent two top traffickers and 11 others to its northern neighbor.

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-BIDEDN

WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden's summer of uncertainty is turning into a fall of indecision, creating doubts about whether he could still be a serious candidate for president in 2016. 

SERIAL KILLER-EXECUTION

RICHMOND, Virginia — A twice-condemned serial killer who claimed he was intellectually disabled is executed in Virginia after a series of last-minute appeals fails. 

TROPICAL WEATHER

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas — Hurricane Joaquin unleased heavy flooding as it roared through sparsely populated islands in the eastern Bahamas as a Category 4 storm, with forecasters warning it could grow even stronger before carving a path that would take it near the U.S. East Coast. 

COLOMBIA-FORMER PRESIDENT

BOGOTA, Colombia — Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe lashes out at what he considers a double standard by the international community for applauding a recent breakthrough in peace talks with leftist rebels that he says puts the country on a path toward more violence and impunity.