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WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Clinton is defending the work of his charitable foundation, saying it has "improved millions of lives around the world." The former president is listing the accomplishments of the Clinton Foundation in an email to supporters. He says more than 11.5 million people in over 70 countries have access to HIV/AIDS drugs at a much lower cost and millions of American students have healthier food because of the foundation. Donald Trump says the foundation should be shut down immediately.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Barack Obama prepares for a trip to flood-ravaged Louisiana tomorrow, Hillary Clinton says she'll also visit the area -- but only when "the presence of a political campaign will not disrupt the response." Clinton notes that she has asked supporters to contribute to the Red Cross recovery effort. She also says she wants to make sure there's a focus on Zika prevention. Donald Trump visited Louisiana on Friday. Heavy flooding this month killed at least 13 people and displaced thousands.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Defense Ministry says its planes could again use an Iranian air base to launch airstrikes in Syria, as long as Iran agrees. Russia says all of the Russian planes that have been based in Iran are now back home. Russia first announced last week that its planes had flown combat missions from Iran.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a victory for teacher unions, the California Supreme Court has decided to let the state's teacher tenure law stand. The court isn't going to consider a lawsuit by a group of students who claimed that incompetent teachers were almost impossible to fire because of tenure laws. The lawsuit also claimed that schools in poor neighborhoods were dumping grounds for bad teachers. The decision leaves in place a lower court's court ruling that upheld tenure and other job protections for teachers.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court is upholding a state ban on using powerful underwater vacuums to remove gold from rivers. The court says the ban isn't affected by a 19th century federal law that allows people to mine U.S.-owned land for gold and other minerals. Miners say preventing use of the devices amounts to an illegal ban on gold mining because mining by hand is labor intensive and makes the enterprise unprofitable.
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