Trump Campaign Lining Up Tyson and Ditka for Convention  —  Several sports personalities and musical entertainers have agreed to appear at this summer's convention.  —  kevcirilli  —  ESPN has nothing on this summer's Republican national convention.  —  Donald Trump's campaign aides …

Istanbul airport explosions: 10 dead, Justice minister says  — At least 10 people have been killed and 20 others injured in the attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told CNN.  —  The two suicide bombers were also killed.

Lewandowski loses $1.2 million book deal  —  Corey Lewandowski had a $1.2-million offer from HarperCollins to write a book chronicling his time running Donald Trump's presidential campaign, but the publishing giant backed away from the deal amid concerns about Lewandowski's nondisclosure agreement …

EU BACKLASH: Brexit ‘TSUNAMI’ expected as 34 referendums set to rock union  —  THE European Union (EU) is about to be rocked by a “political tsunami” with right-wing parties across the continent calling for dozens of in-out referendums.  —  EXPRESS  —  Brexit is expected to inspire dozens of other referenda across Europe

Democrats Need to Wake Up  —  Surprise, surprise.  Workers in Britain, many of whom have seen a decline in their standard of living while the very rich in their country have become much richer, have turned their backs on the European Union and a globalized economy that is failing them and their children.

Why is Team Trump asking liberal Scottish politicians for donations?  —  In recent days, as the U.K. pondered its future in the European Union and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump waded in with a press conference on his Scottish golf course, the Scottish National Party's 54 members …

NC House leadership drafts HB2 changes amid pressure from NBA  —  Among the draft bill's biggest changes is the creation of an official document that would recognize a person's gender reassignment  —  Proposal could help the league keep the All-Star Game in Charlotte  —  RALEIGH

After son with Down Syndrome isn't invited to birthday party, mom writes letter … When Jennifer Kiss-Engele found out that her son with Down Syndrome was excluded from a classmate's birthday party, she wrote an open letter on Facebook.  —  Kiss-Engele, of British Columbia …

Senate Democrats block Zika agreement ahead of recess  —  Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a deal providing funding for the fight against the Zika virus, virtually guaranteeing that Congress won't get legislation to President Obama's desk this month.  —  In a 52-48 vote …

Hillary Clinton Tweets Pro-Trump Message: DONALD TRUMP KNOWS HOW TO CREATE MANUFACTURING JOBS  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign posted a tweet Tuesday evening meant to attack GOP presidential rival Donald Trump but which actually praises Trump as a job creating businessman with international experience.

Are the polls skewed against Trump?  —  Is there a pool of voters who are too embarrassed to admit to pollsters they're voting for Donald Trump?  —  As Trump consistently lags Hillary Clinton in general-election polls, his campaign is counting on it.  —  The notion of the “shy Trump voter” …

Rolling Stone wins dismissal of defamation lawsuit over rape article  —  A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by three former University of Virginia fraternity members who accused Rolling Stone magazine, its publisher Wenner Media and a journalist of defamation over a since retracted article describing a gang rape.

UT Poll: Trump Leads Clinton by 8 in Texas … *Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.  —  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump leads Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by 8 percentage points in Texas, according to a University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll released Monday.

Obama administration pressed to deport illegal immigrant ex-cons  —  More than 2,000 illegal immigrants were turned loose on American streets after serving prison sentences last year - often because their home countries refused to take them back - and many subsequently committed crimes including rape …

Why Donald Trump calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’  —  “Crooked Hillary is wheeling out one of the least productive senators in the U.S. Senate, goofy Elizabeth Warren, who lied on heritage.”  —  “Pocahontas is not happy, she's not happy.  She's the worst.

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn loses no-confidence vote as political turmoil deepens  —  LONDON — Britain's political turmoil deepened Tuesday, with members of the opposition Labour Party rebelling against their leader in a no-confidence vote while the governing Conservatives started …

California Hits the Brakes on High-Speed Rail Fiasco  —  California's high-speed rail project increasingly looks like an expensive social science experiment to test just how long interest groups can keep money flowing to a doomed endeavor before elected officials finally decide to cancel it.