Trump arrives in Cleveland...Kansas Republican blames Obama for cop shootings...US asks for evidence on cleric

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donald Trump has arrived in Cleveland to accept the Republican presidential nomination tomorrow night. His plane landed today at an airstrip near Lake Erie -- and Trump then took a helicopter to a landing field at the Great Lakes Science Center a short distance from the convention site. Trump's family, his running mate -- Indiana Gov. Mike Pence -- and some supporters were on hand to greet him. Amid swelling music, Trump and Pence thanked their supporters. Trump was at the convention Monday to introduce his wife Melania but then returned to New York.

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House spokesman Josh Earnest says passages that were incorporated into Melania Trump's convention speech from Michelle Obama's convention speech in 2008 show that Americans admire similar values in their political leaders. He was reacting to news that Meredith McIver, a Trump Organization staff writer, says she made a mistake in including the passages. Earnest says that admiring the same values shows the nation isn't as divided as it may seem. That's a point made recently by President Barack Obama.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The top Republican in the Kansas Senate says President Barack Obama has "stoked the flames of anger and hostility" toward law enforcement officers. Senate President Susan Wagle made her comments as Kansas officials expressed sadness over the shooting death of a Kansas City, Kansas, police captain. Wagle cited Obama's public comments about shootings by police in Minnesota and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which were followed by deadly attacks on officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge. She says Obama has painted law enforcement officers as "people of bias."

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is calling on Turkey to provide hard evidence that a U.S.-based cleric was behind a foiled coup attempt last weekend if it wants him extradited. Kerry said today that mere allegations of wrongdoing against Fethullah Gulen (FEH'-too-lah goo-LEN') would not meet U.S. extradition requirements. He said he had made that clear in several phone calls with Turkey's foreign minister in recent days.

CHICAGO (AP) — High temperatures and humidity will bake much of the central U.S. this week, sending heat indexes soaring as high as 115 degrees in some places for the first time this year. The National Weather Service says the high pressure system, sometimes called a "heat dome," will push conditions to their hottest point this summer, though temperatures will stay short of records. Authorities from Minnesota to Louisiana are warning people to take precautions and check on the elderly and other vulnerable neighbors and relatives.

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