Lynch will accept findings on Clinton email...Obama pushes for Zika vaccine...More traffic deaths

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ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Attorney General Loretta Lynch says she won't overrule the findings of an FBI-led investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server. She's also saying that an impromptu meeting she had this week with Bill Clinton that caused a political firestorm is not something she would do again. Lynch addressed her role in the investigation during a question-and-answer session today in Colorado. She said she understood that her private meeting with Clinton aboard her plane in Phoenix has "cast a shadow" over the public perception of the neutrality of the investigation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says a vaccine for the Zika virus could be developed in "fairly short order" if Congress acts quickly to pass a bill to prevent the spread of the disease. Obama says researchers are beginning to develop and test a vaccine for the mosquito-borne virus. He says that if the effort is well funded he's "fairly confident" an effective vaccine could be developed before the virus spreads to the continental U.S. Obama made the remarks today after being briefed by top health officials at the White House. The president is trying to pressure Congress to pass a Zika-prevention bill that has been stalled for weeks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says traffic deaths surged last year as drivers racked up more miles behind the wheel than ever before. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says preliminary estimates show fatalities rose 7.7 percent to about 35,200 in 2015. That's makes last year the deadliest driving year since 2008. Safety experts cited several reasons for the rebound in fatalities. The most significant is that an improved economy and low gas prices led to a record 3.1 trillion miles driven last year.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The attorney who oversaw the distribution of donations after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the Boston Marathon bombing will now handle the fund for victims of the Pulse nightclub shootings in Orlando. The city's mayor says Kenneth Feinberg will work with the OneOrlando fund and with the National Compassion Fund. That fund is a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime, a nonprofit group dedicated to assisting mass shooting victims. Omar Mateen opened fire at the Pulse nightclub on June 12, leaving 49 people dead and 53 injured.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Striking union members are chanting, banging drums and blowing whistles as part of a raucous picket line outside Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino. About 1,000 union members began walking off the job this morning amid a contract dispute with owner and billionaire investor Carl Icahn at the start of the busiest weekend of the year for the casino industry. The Taj Mahal was the only one of the five casinos targeted by the union that couldn't reach a new deal.