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Associated Press Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 08:06 Last update: about 12 years ago

FERGUSON, Missouri — Ferguson is a community on edge again, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was punctuated with gunshots and police critically wounded a black 18-year-old accused of opening fire on officers. 

OBAMA-IRAN

CHILMARK, Massachusetts— President Barack Obama says Republicans are reflexively opposing the Iran nuclear deal because his name is on it, brushing off criticism from a majority in Congress. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-REPUBLICANS

WASHINGTON — Presidential candidate Donald Trump's turbulent relationship with Fox News shows signs of improvement even as Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton seizes on the billionaire businessman's clash with the network to cast the entire 2016 Republican presidential field as being bad for women. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-CLINTON

WASHINGTON— Hillary Rodham Clinton told a cheering crowd at her largest rally so far that "the endless flow of secret, unaccountable money" must be stopped. Two weeks later, the main super political action committee or PAC backing her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination accepted a $1 million contribution that cannot be traced. 

POLITICS AND POPE FRANCIS

WASHINGTON — A political pope is sure to seize his opportunity when he addresses a political body. So both Democrats and Republicans are looking forward to Pope Francis' remarks to Congress next month — and bracing for them, too. The pope thrills Democrats with his teachings on climate change, social justice and immigration. At the same time, his message on life and the Catholic Church's traditional opposition to abortion comfort Republicans. 

HOUSTON HOME-MULTIPLE DEATHS

HOUSTON — A woman who previously dated the man accused of fatally shooting her, her husband and six children texted her mother before her death that she was being held at gunpoint, a Texas district attorney said Monday. By Juan A. Lozano. AP Photos.

With: HOUSTON HOME-MULTIPLE DEATHS-THE LATEST.

CUBA-TOURISM BLUES

SANTIAGO, Cuba — This 500-year-old city smells of fresh paint and varnish. Residents stroll along a recently completed harbor promenade under gleaming new streetlights, enjoying sea breezes while relaxing on newly installed metal benches. What's missing are tourists. As foreign visitors flood Havana and a select group of other colonial cities and beach resorts, Cuba's second-largest city is suffering a tourist drought.

NO-FLY LIST

WASHINGTON —A court challenge to the U.S. government's no-fly list is drawing attention to the mysterious ways federal agents add passenger names to the list in the first place.

KILLINGS-BY-POLICE-FOOTBALL-PLAYER

ARLINGTON, Texas — The brother of a college football player killed by police at a Texas car dealership questions whether deadly force was needed in the confrontation, which can't be seen on video because there were no surveillance cameras inside the showroom. 

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