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When Missourians go to the polls Tuesday to vote on a number of candidates to compete in the November general election, they'll also be asked to decide on an amendment to the state's constitution. Amendment 2 is better known as the "right to pray" ballot measure.

Islamist militants attacked a military checkpoint on the Sinai Peninsula Sunday, killing at least 15 Egyptian forces. The gunmen then commandeered two armored vehicles and tried to storm through a checkpoint into the Gaza Strip. One vehicle exploded, and the Israeli military destroyed the other.

Authorities say a gunman shot and killed six people at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Sunday, before he was killed by a police officer. Four people were wounded. President Obama vowed to provide necessary support to investigate the shooting.

Darryl Burnette, a professional chef, spends about 10 hours a week at Harlem Grown, a nonprofit that promotes urban gardening and good nutrition among school kids.

The way we elect a president necessitates that the candidates have to campaign only in the so-called "battleground states." Here is the list of the 10 states that will determine the November winner, and how they voted in the past.

Law enforcement officials confirm that the man they say was the gunman was Wade Michael Page, 40. Authorities are treating the attack as a possible act of domestic terrorism. They're looking at ties between Page white supremacist groups.

Gunshots tore through a Sunday prayer service at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., a suburb just south of Milwaukee. Seven people have been confirmed dead including the gunman. For more on the shooting, Steve Inskeep talks to Don Walker, a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

As we enter the final week of the 2012 Summer Olympics, and athletes from the United States have won a total of 60 medals. That's just behind China, at 61. We run down the morning's Olympic news.

Satwant Singh Kaleka went after the gunman with a knife, authorities have told his son. That likely slowed the attacker enough to let others flee to safety. Kaleka, though, was gunned down.

Tippecanoe County officials are reminding residents that the ban on open fires remains in place.Commissioners say after consulting with Emergency…