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LONDON — Douglas Wilmer, who played detective Sherlock Holmes in a 1960s television series, has died at 96.
The Sherlock Holmes Society of London says Wilmer died Thursday in a hospital in Ipswich, eastern England.

CHICAGO — The first major research of its kind shows that cholesterol-lowering statins can prevent heart attacks and strokes in a globally diverse group of older people who don’t have heart disease.
The results bolster recommendations in recent guidelines on who should consider taking the drugs.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Hillary Clinton snapped at a Greenpeace protester. She linked Bernie Sanders and tea party Republicans. And she bristled with anger when nearly two dozen Sanders supporters marched out of an event near her home outside New York City, shouting “if she wins, we lose.”

WASHINGTON — Deal-maker Donald Trump has lived his life as one long negotiation, going with his gut and winging it when necessary.
Should Trump become president, the White House could well be transformed into the world’s highest-profile improv club.

MONTROSE, Colorado — Keith Carey is a gunsmith in Montrose, a town with a frontier flavor set amid the rocky mesas of western Colorado. He’s a staunch, though soft-spoken, defender of the right to bear arms.

A Savannah-based U.S. Army pilot found a child’s long lost stuffed animal in a Louisiana hotel, flew it in a helicopter, “enlisted” it as a mascot and sent it back to its 10-year-old owner as a surprise.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon leaders called on members to practice tolerance despite political differences, providing the faith's U.S. members guidance at a church conference Saturday amid a presidential campaign marked by harsh rhetoric and bickering.