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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Donald Trump campaign says campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is gratified by the decision of Florida prosecutors not to pursue the case against him over a confrontation with a female reporter. Lewandowski had denied grabbing reporter Michelle Fields, and Trump stood by him -- rejecting calls by his opponents to fire him. Prosecutors said today that there isn't enough evidence to take the case to trial.
NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are returning to the debate stage tonight for the first time in five weeks. It's a showdown that comes at a pivotal moment in their increasingly contentious fight for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton is eying a victory in her adopted home state of New York next week. That win would blunt Sanders' recent momentum and put his pursuit of the nomination further out of reach. However, a Sanders upset of Clinton would shake up the race, raising fresh concerns about her candidacy.
ROME (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis has no plans to meet with Bernie Sanders when the Democratic presidential candidate speaks at a Vatican conference tomorrow. Sanders has said he would be honored to meet with the pope but no meeting has been arranged. He has long admired Pope Francis, who preaches a message of social and economic justice similar to the senator's agenda on the campaign trail.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Another Republican senator has met with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland -- but the message today from Ohio Republican Rob Portman was the same: that any action on filling the vacant Supreme Court seat should be delayed until after the next president takes office. That's the position held by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who shows no signs of relenting despite continued pressure from Democrats.
CHINO, Calif. (AP) — Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten has been describing in graphic detail today how she and other Manson family members took part in the murders of Leno and Rosemary La Bianca at their Los Angeles home in 1969. She spoke to a California parole board in her latest bid for release after more than four decades in prison for participating in one of the nation's most notorious killings. The La Biancas were slain the night after other members of the so-called Manson family murdered actress Sharon Tate and four others.
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