CUBA-YEARNING FOR DEMOCRACY

HAVANA — The sight of the Stars and Stripes fluttering over a new U.S. Embassy in Havana and Secretary of State John Kerry's call for "genuine democracy" in Cuba are emboldening islanders to speak openly about political change. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-IOWA

DES MOINES, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton walked among the booths selling funnel cakes and corn dogs at the Iowa State Fair, trailed by a massive pack of media and onlookers. Republican Donald Trump's helicopter circled the fairgrounds in the air above. 

WESTERN HEAT

PHOENIX — Much of the West was smothered in a blanket of heat with triple-digit temperatures hitting Phoenix, Los Angeles and other cities.

FLIGHT CONTROL DELAYS

WASHINGTON — Air traffic was snarled and passengers' tempers frayed as many flights to and from airports throughout a large swath of the Northeast stretching from New York down to the Carolinas were delayed or canceled.