Biggest news you missed this weekend
Republican rivals call on Trump to exit presidential race after McCain comments
Donald Trump says he won't apologize to John McCain for questioning his war heroism, even as 2016 Republican presidential candidates go after the billionaire businessman for his attacks on the 2008 Republican nominee. McCain spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. "He's not a war hero," Trump said during a forum in Iowa. "He is a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured, OK?" The Republicans calling on Trump to exit the race include Marco Rubio, who said Trump's "attack on veterans make him unfit to be commander-in-chief of the U.S. armed forces, and he should immediately withdraw from the race for president." So will Trump's defiance reverse his rise? Paste BN's Susan Page and David Jackson say all those who worried about what to do about The Donald problem might have gotten their answer: Just wait for him to self-destruct.
Jordan Spieth in contention to make history at British Open
With four birdies on his inward nine, the reigning Masters and U.S. Open champion shot 6-under-par 66 and is in serious contention to win the Claret Jug and continue his chase toward history. He'll start the final round one shot out of the lead held by Jason Day, amateur Paul Dunne and Louis Oosthuizen, who won the Open here in 2010. With a victory Monday, the 21-year-old Spieth would join fellow Texan Ben Hogan as the only players to win the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in the same year. Another storyline to watch: The amateur at the very top — 22-year-old Paul Dunne.
FBI investigates whether Tenn. gunman was working with the Islamic State
The FBI is examining Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez's cellphone and computer to determine whether the 24-year-old who killed four Marines and a Navy petty officer in Tennessee on Thursday was involved with the Islamic State terrorist group, the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security said Sunday. Investigators are also looking into Abdulazeez's recent trip to Jordan, the Chattanooga Times-Free Press reported. Meanwhile, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said he has called for a review of security at National Guard armories and other military installations.
Alex Rocco, Moe Greene from 'Godfather,' dies
Alex Rocco, who famously played mobster Moe Greene in The Godfather, has died at age 79. Daughter Jennifer Rocco posted the news on her Facebook page late Saturday night. "Alex Rocco, a.k.a. Alessandro Federico Petricone, Jr., passed away just hours ago on July 18, 2015," Rocco wrote. "February 29, 1936 - July 18, 2015 RIP. Dad, be with Mom and Marc....I will see you but not for a while...." Rocco called his role as casino owner Greene in 1972's The Godfather "without a doubt, my biggest ticket anywhere. I mean that literally."
George H.W. Bush released from Maine hospital
Former president George H.W. Bush was released Sunday from a hospital in Portland, Maine, just days after he was admitted with a broken bone in his neck. Jim McGrath, a spokesman for the 41st president, confirmed in a message on Twitter that "a very grateful" Bush was discharged. Bush, 91, injured himself when he fell Wednesday in his Kennebunkport home. The president was first taken to Southern Maine Medical Center and then was transferred to Maine Medical Center.
Deposition: Cosby paid women to keep affairs secret
Bill Cosby, in sworn testimony a decade ago, said he had paid women after sex to keep the affairs from his wife, suggested he was skilled at understanding non-verbal cues for sexual consent and called one of his accusers a liar. The New York Times reported the revelations Saturday after obtaining a copy of a transcript from a deposition Cosby gave in a lawsuit filed by a former Temple University employee who alleges he drugged and molested her.
5 arrests at KKK, African-American rallies at S.C. Capitol
A tense gathering of 2,000 people at the South Carolina Statehouse on Saturday that included members of the Ku Klux Klan and a group with links to the New Black Panther Party resulted in five arrests, according to state officials. Both groups held coinciding and at times combative rallies just one week after the Confederate battle flag was removed from near the Capitol. A South Carolina Department of Public Safety tweet noted that one arrest was for assault, as well as two each for disorderly conduct and breach of peace.