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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is trying to shore up his forces in battleground states amid a campaign roiled by infighting and lukewarm Republican support. The New York billionaire has slowly begun to add paid staff in a handful of swing states but he's depending on the national Republican Party to lead state-based efforts on his behalf.
GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — Stronger winds are already making themselves felt overnight and firefighters battling a California wildfire that forced the evacuation of campgrounds and ranches are anticipating an extreme heatwave once the sun comes up. The blaze — which shut down U.S. 101, the state's major coastal highway, for two nights in a row — more than tripled in size Friday and had consumed 9 square miles of heavy brush.
PITKIN COUNTY, Colo. (AP) — A five-year-old boy suffered injuries to his face head and neck when a mountain lion attacked him in his own yard in Colorado. Authorities say his mother fought off the animal to save her son. She was treated and released from a hospital. The mountain lion was shot and killed in the yard about 10 miles northwest of Aspen.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf says she won't immediately appoint another acting or interim police chief after the city lost its third one in eight days amid turmoil over allegations that a number of officers had sex with a teenage prostitute and exchanged racist text messages. Schaaf says that for now, the command staff will report to City Administrator Sabrina Landreth, who will be responsible for personnel and disciplinary decisions.
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, N.M. (AP) — Eyes wide open and head tilted upward, President Barack Obama appeared awed Friday as he toured an underground cave at a national park in New Mexico — part of a family vacation that's also designed to draw attention to America's natural wonders. Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, spent part of the afternoon at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, one of two national parks the First Family is scheduled to visit on a long Father's Day weekend away from Washington.
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