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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi authorities say four security officers were killed and another five were wounded in a Monday night suicide-bombing at one of Islam's most revered sites. The attack happened outside the sprawling mosque grounds where the Prophet Muhammad is buried in Medina. The mosque was filled with worshippers during the final days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ends in the kingdom on Tuesday. No group has claimed responsibility.
BEIRUT (AP) — A report by the human rights group Amnesty International says some Syrian opposition groups have adopted methods of abuse similar to those employed by the government of President Bashar Assad. According to Amnesty, the abuses were committed over four years by five armed groups, including some backed by the U.S and other regional powers. The report documents what it calls a "chilling" wave of torture, abductions and summary killings.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says it's a "basic star" used by sheriffs. But Jonathan Greenblatt, of the Anti-Defamation League, says Trump's attempt to dismiss the concerns of people about a six-point star atop a pile of cash in an anti-Clinton tweet "falls somewhere between absurd and offensive." The Clinton campaign calls the tweet anti-Semitic. Trump says the charge is a diversion.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will have a guest on Air Force One when he travels to Charlotte on Tuesday -- presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. The two will campaign together for the first time since Obama endorsed Clinton. Presidents make all their airplane flights on Air Force One, no matter the purpose of the trip. Political committees are required to contribute to the cost of a president's campaign-related travel, though a portion of such costs is borne by taxpayers, too.
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A solar-powered spacecraft is circling Jupiter on a mission to map the giant planet from the inside out. NASA mission control received a radio signal Monday night from the Juno spacecraft confirming that it's in orbit around the biggest planet in the solar system. The trip took nearly five years and 1.8 billion miles. Juno is the first spacecraft to venture so far from Earth powered by the sun.
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