Following a closed-door vote, Sen. John Thune (R-SD) won the leadership role after a tight three-way race between himself and Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rick Scott (R-FL).
Mexican soccer matches were postponed after the army reportedly killed drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho," near the World Cup host city of Guadalajara....
A deranged Florida man allegedly chased down a trio of solicitors while shouting that he was "going to kill" them — and shot at one of them until he was out of bullets....