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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump casts a shadow against papers he used while speaking to members of the City Club of Chicago, Monday, June 29, 2015, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

NBC to Donald Trump: You’re fired

By David Bauder - Associated Press

David Sweat (New York State Police via AP)

David Sweat, escaped murderer, shot and captured

By Michael Balsamo - Associated Press

Bishop Michael Curry of North Carolina, smiles after being elected the Episcopal Church's first African-American presiding bishop at the Episcopal General Convention Saturday, June 27, 2015, in Salt Lake City. Curry won the vote in a landslide. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Michael Curry becomes the first black presiding bishop elected by Episcopal Church

By Brady McCombs and Rachel Zoll - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 22, 2015, file photo, Duke's Jahlil Okafor (15) points to a teammate after a basket against San Diego State during the second half of an NCAA tournament college basketball game in the Round of 32 in Charlotte, N.C. Okafor is a top prospect in the NBA draft on Thursday, June 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Whether it’s Karl-Anthony Towns or Jahlil Okafor, top pick still to be decided

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

$The first experimental use of hydraulic fracturing was in 1947, and more than 1 million U.S. oil wells have been fracked since, according to the American Petroleum Institute. The National Petroleum Council estimates that up to 80 percent of natural oil wells drilled in the next decade will require hydraulic fracturing. (Associated Press)$

In a shift, fracking’s foes face a losing streak

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Corrections officers stop a vehicle as the search for two escaped prisoners from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora continues Monday, June 22, 2015, in Owls Head, N.Y. Searchers on Monday swarmed the heavily wooded area about 20 miles west of the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Items recovered from N.Y. cabin as police seek escaped killers

By Mike Groll - Associated Press

At left, in a May 21, 2015, file photo released by the New York State Police is David Sweat. At right, in a May 20, 2015, file photo released by the New York State Police is Richard Matt. New York State Police are investigating a possible sighting of the two convicted killers who escaped from an upstate New York prison two weeks ago. (New York State Police via AP, File)

Manhunt for escaped murderers returns to site near N.Y. prison

Associated Press

This May 20, 2015, file photo released by the New York State Police shows Richard Matt. Matt and accomplice David Sweat escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015, and are still at large. Matt is among more than 160 state prison escapees nationwide who are listed as on the loose, The Associated Press found in a coast-to-coast survey. (New York State Police via AP)

Across the U.S., over 130 prison escapees on the loose

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Cesar Vargas, from Twitter

Cesar Vargas, illegal immigrant ‘Dreamer’, sees law license suspended

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - This file image provided by Vintage Books shows the cover of the new book, &quot;Grey,&quot; the fourth novel in E L James' multimillion-selling &quot;Fifty Shades of Grey&quot; erotic series. The book is releasing on Thursday, June 18, 2015. (Vintage Books via AP, File)

First look: ‘Grey’ goes inside Christian’s predictable mind

By LEANNE ITALIE - Associated Press

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez talks to reporters before a baseball game against the Miami Marlins on.Monday, June 15, 2015, in Miami. (Hector Gabino/El Nuevo Herald via AP)

MLB, union put Alex Rodriguez grievance deadline on hold

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

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Washington Mystics' Ivory Latta, center, and teammate Kara Lawson, left, are greeted on bench by Stefanie Dolson during the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Connecticut Sun, Thursday, June 5, 2014, in Uncasville, Conn. The Mystics defeated the Sun 74-66. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) **FILE**

Ivory Latta scores 20, Mystics beat Liberty

Associated Press

This photo provided by The CW shows, Rita Moreno, as Liliana, in the episode “Chapter Eighteen,” of the television series, "Jane the Virgin.” (AP Photo/The CW, Danny Feld) ** FILE **

Rita Moreno dances with Cardinal Dolan at NYC parade

By Verena Dobnik - Associated Press

Ceremonial bells belonging to the 250-year-old Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I., and worth more than $7 million are seen on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Monday, June 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Testimony ends in fight over control of oldest U.S. synagogue

Associated Press

Socialists are split on the presidential candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont independent who's running as a Democrat. (Associated Press)

Bernie Sanders: Socialists sharply divided as Sanders makes run

By Andrew Nachemson - The Washington Times

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, speaks while Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin listens during a news conference in front of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y., Wednesday, June 10, 2015. Police were resuming house-to-house searches near the maximum-security prison in northern New York where David Sweat and Richard Matt, two killers escaped using power tools, authorities said Wednesday as they renewed their plea for help from the public. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Police searching area near New York prison for 2 escapees

By Michael Hill and Michael Virtanen - Associated Press

Analysts on political money have said the pattern of Hillary Rodham Clinton's intervention on behalf of donors to her husband's charity raise troubling ethical questions. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s favors to foundation donors stretch back to Senate days

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Bob Baffert, the trainer for American Pharoah, is taking calls for the Triple Crown winner's next race. (Associated Press)

Breeders’ Cup in sight for Triple Crown winner American Pharoah

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

A bus drives past the the entrance to Rikers Island in New York in this May 17, 2011, file photo. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Guard, ex-guard arrested in 2012 death of Rikers inmate

By Larry Neumeister and Jake Pearson - Associated Press