Reuters US Domestic News Summary

Retired U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North will step down as president of the National Rifle Association, North said on Saturday, adding he was being forced out due to his allegations that NRA leaders engaged in financial improprieties. In a letter read to the organization’s annual meeting in Indianapolis by an NRA board member, North, a conservative commentator best known for his central role in the 1980s Iran-Contra affair, said he had hoped to run for re-election when his term ends on Monday. The 5-year-old boy thrown off a third-floor balcony at Minnesota’s Mall of America by a stranger is no longer in critical condition, said his family, who hopes he will be home by June.

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