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BIRMINGHAM, AL (AP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention convenes its annual national meeting in Birmingham, Ala., Tuesday, and sex abuse by clergy and…

Jim Yong Kim is a physician by training and has been a prominent figure on global health issues. He is a former director of the World Health Organization's Department of HIV/AIDS.

Michigan's Lake Superior State University collects nominees for words or phrases that should be outlawed for "misuse, overuse and general uselessness." This year's No. 1 suggestion is all about the cliffhanger.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would be nominating senior White House aide Lindsey Halligan to serve as the top federal prosecutor for the Virginia office that was thrown into turmoil when its U.S. attorney was pushed out Friday.

Also: Republicans look for "position to fall back on" in budget, tax talks; "Fast and Furious" firings may be coming; Syria's Nusra Front may be labeled a "terrorist group;" world's oldest person, 116-year-old Georgia woman, dies.

The highest air temperature ever recorded on the planet was the 134 degrees registered there in 1913. Forecasters say the heat wave baking the Southwest could push the temperature near that point in the valley this weekend.

Also: Former Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf charged with murder; Boston bombing suspect's injuries detailed in court documents; Delaware Attorney Gen. Beau Biden, son of the vice president, being treated for disorientation and weakness; Sen. Ted Cruz to renounce his Canadian citizenship.

Also: Report alleges that doctors have been "complicit" in torture at CIA and military prisons; former Pakistani leader Musharraf is granted bail; and coaches of two NFL teams are hospitalized.

Also: President Trump will lunch with GOP senators; two men who supported rancher Cliven Bundy in a standoff with officers plead guilty; and an Iditarod musher is named in a dog-doping scandal.

Among the day's news: BlackBerry works to restore service; Cain leads in second GOP poll; 23 deaths now tied to listeria outbreak.