In platform fight, Sanders loses on trade but wins on minimum wage and other top stories.

• In platform fight, Sanders loses on trade but wins on minimum wage

  

  The primary rivals' negotiators never found common ground on trade -- with Clinton's supporters voting down the Sanders backers' language to specifically reject the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership. Sanders supporters were also frustrated to see their proposals denouncing Israeli settlements and banning fracking rejected. Overall, though, they celebrated, touting the party's platform -- finalized in the wee Sunday morning hours -- as one that reflects the causes that animated the Vermont sena..

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• North Carolina police arrest 2 armed men near hospital, prompting lockdown

  

  Two armed men were taken into custody after a North Carolina hospital was placed on lockdown Saturday night, police said. Winston-Salem police told WXII-TV that the two people in custody had allegedly fled the scene of a break-in near Baptist. Authorities said a homeowner had been grazed by a bullet. Police said the suspects allegedly entered the home and drew their weapons, but the homeowners fired back and the suspects fled. One suspect was caught at a Baptist parking garage and the other was..

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• Protesters shut down I-94 in St. Paul for hours

  

  Marchers protesting the Wednesday night shooting death of Philando Castile by police caused an hourslong shutdown of part of Interstate 94 west of downtown St. Paul, starting just before nightfall Saturday and ending after 1 a.m. Sunday, when the freeway reopened to traffic.Dozens of people were arrested. Dozens of police officers decked out in riot gear used smoke bombs, and eventually tear gas and pepper spray, to disperse the crowd that gathered mostly at the Lexington Avenue exits and sprea..

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• Illinois reporter shaves 'budget beard' grown during impasse

  

  Journal Star Political Reporter Chris Kaergard poses for a photo before having his beard trimmed at Menzoil Men’s Grooming Station & Barbershop in East Peoria, Ill., Saturday, July 9, 2016. Satisfied by the stopgap budget reached through compromise and bipartisanship in the capital, Kaergard decided to draw an end to the budget beard after 13 months and nearly 10 inches of facial hair. Guests were invited to help trim the beard down for a donation supporting organizations affected by the lac..

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• Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay Mckesson Arrested During Alton Sterling Protest

  

  Prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson was among dozens of protesters arrested Saturday night during demonstrations over the death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Police arrest activist DeRay Mckesson. Max Becherer / AP Mckesson, who live-streamed his arrest on Periscope, was taken into custody while walking along the side of the Airline Highway with fellow protesters. Hundreds of protesters angry over Sterling's death at the hands of two white officers ..

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• San Antonio: Shots fired at police headquarters

  

  San Antonio police are investigating reports of a suspect seen fleeing from the alley, Police Chief William McManus said. McManus said police got a call late Saturday night about shots fired. Officers canvassed the area, and found holes on the building and multiple shell casings. No one was injured, but police officers inside heard gunshots strike the building, he said. Authorities have a description of a suspect seen running from the alley, and are working to get more details. Police vehicles ..

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• Houston cops fatally shoot man waving gun in middle of street

  

  Houston cops shot and killed an armed man early Saturday after he pointed his gun at them, police said. The pair of officers were on patrol just before 1 a.m. when they saw a man standing in the street and waving a gun in the air, Click 2 Houston reported.

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• Clashes break out in Minnesota amid nationwide protests of police violence

  

  While many of the demonstrations remained peaceful, scuffles broke out overnight Saturday in St. Paul, Minnesota, where protesters clashed with police on Interstate 94. By Sunday morning, police arrested 50 people, the St. Paul police said. Two buses full of arrested protesters drove off, with a third standing by. The unrest happened just miles from where Philando Castile, one of the victims, was shot by police.Demonstrators blocked the freeway, and threw bottles, bricks and fireworks at polic..

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