By DONNA CASSATA (WASHINGTON, AP) — Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat expected to be the party’s next leader in the Senate, said he will oppose the Iran nuclear… Read more »

(DANVILLE, Va., AP) — Virginia has revoked specialty license plates featuring a Confederate battle flag after a federal judge dissolved an injunction allowing the image. The Department of Motor Vehicles… Read more »

By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS (BROKEN ARROW, Okla., AP) — One of two brothers charged in the stabbing deaths of his parents and three siblings in suburban Tulsa told police that plans… Read more »

(WASHINGTON, AP) — The House has left town for its August recess and the Senate is departing, which leaves a hefty list of unfinished business. Lawmakers have just 10 legislative… Read more »

By LAURIE KELLMAN (WASHINGTON, AP) — Sen. Jeff Flake has purposely spent time on deserted islands, so being the sole Senate Republican weighing whether to back President Barack Obama on… Read more »

By ERIK SCHELZIG and LUCAS L. JOHNSON II (NASHVILLE, Tenn., AP) — What initially appeared to be another mass shooting at a movie theater ended up being an attack by a… Read more »

By JESSE J. HOLLAND (WASHINGTON, AP) — A majority of blacks in the United States — more than 3 out of 5 — say they or a family member have… Read more »

(BIRMINGHAM, Ala., AP) — Officials say a quarantine is in place at a Birmingham home over a possible Ebola case. Edward Khan of the Jefferson County Health Department says the… Read more »

By MATT VOLZ (HELENA, Mont., AP) — President Barack Obama unveiled the final regulations in his plan to cut nationwide carbon dioxide emissions 32 percent by 2030. Obama touted it… Read more »

(LANCASTER, N.H., AP) — Safety officials in New Hampshire are investigating the collapse of a circus tent during a severe storm that killed a father and daughter and injured about… Read more »