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CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) -- President Barack Obama's seventh and final summer vacation at Martha's Vineyard has begun with hopes of getting in some relaxing time with the first family before the busy fall leading up to November's presidential election....

LONDON (AP) -- A retired San Jose firefighter who tried to grab the man who stabbed to death a retired teacher in London this week says anyone would have tried to stop the attack....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The critical moment when a gunman opened fire on two San Diego police officers, killing one, may never be seen. The surviving officer only activated his camera after the wounded shooter was running away....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House has released a version of President Barack Obama's 3-year-old guidance on the use of lethal force against terrorists overseas, laying out what it says are safeguards to minimize civilian deaths and errant strikes while preserving the capability to take quick action with drone attacks and other means....

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- There's a contradictory mission for rowers competing in this year's Summer Olympics. Get into your boat, work your hardest - but try to avoid the water....

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The Olympics began in full with the first gold medal going to an American teenager by the fearsome name of Thrasher. And there was fear and plenty of rough riding on a punishing cycling course that showed the beauty and blight of the host city....

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South Africa's ruling party has won a narrow victory in the country's largest city, Johannesburg, in municipal elections amid its worst-ever showing at the polls....

CHARLEROI, Belgium (AP) -- Two female officers were attacked and wounded by a man wielding a machete and shouting "Allahu Akhbar" outside the main police station in the Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday, police said....