Three college students killed in Chapel Hill shooting; 46-year-old man charged  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A 46-year-old Chapel Hill man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder after three college students were shot and killed Tuesday evening at a condominium complex on Summerwalk Circle in Chapel Hill, authorities said.

Full Transcript Of BuzzFeed News' Interview With President Barack Obama  —  FULL TRANSCRIPT:  —  BuzzFeed News: So, eight years ago, today actually, you announced your campaign in Springfield.  I read that speech last night and I was struck by how much it's a generational call to your generation, I guess to some degree mine.

Conservatives Dance On Grave Of ISIL Hostage: ‘Jew-Hating, Anti-Israel B**ch’  —  Not all conservatives used the death of American hostage Kayla Mueller to highlight the brutality of the Islamic State — some decided to focus their disgust on the 26-year-old's humanitarian work for Palestinians.

NBC News: Brian Williams suspended for 6 months without pay  —  NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has been suspended for six months without pay following his false claims about an experience he had during the Iraq war, NBC News president Deborah Turness announced Tuesday night.

Grandfather visiting Alabama from India stopped by police while taking walk, left partly paralyzed  —  Madison police last week roughed up a 57-year-old Indian citizen who was walking on the sidewalk outside his son's home, leaving the older man temporarily paralyzed and hospitalized with fused vertebrae.

Montana GOP Legislator Wants to Ban Yoga Pants  —  Montana Republican state Rep. David Moore has a plan to guide America out of the darkness—ban yoga pants.  —  Moore, who is upset that group of naked bicyclists pedaled through Missoula last year, decided that what his state really needs right now is tighter regulations on trousers.

GOP leaders at odds over immigration  —  Senate and House Republicans are fighting over who should move first to break the stalemate over funding the Department of Homeland Security.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday the House will have to pass a new bill …

Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show  —  Jon Stewart, the host of Comedy Central's ‘The Daily Show,’ will step down later this year, the president of the network confirmed in a statement to POLITICO on Tuesday.  —  “For the better part of the last two decades, I have had the incredible honor and privilege of working with Jon Stewart.

Don't disrespect our president, black lawmakers tell Netanyahu  —  The audience for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress on March 3 is shaping up to be largely Republican—and almost completely white.  —  Many members of the Congressional Black Caucus say they're planning …

Warren's not-so-subtle shot across Rand Paul's bow  —  The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing yesterday on vaccinations, and as the conservative Washington Times noted, the panel's members delivered “a bipartisan show of unity” on the subject.

Little League punishes Chicago team  —  Little League Baseball has stripped the U.S. championship from Chicago-based Jackie Robinson West and suspended its coach for violating a rule prohibiting the use of players who live outside the geographic area that the team represents, it was announced Wednesday.

How Conservatives Are Pushing Liberals Out Of Christianity  —  Most of the public controversy over the president's remarks at this year's National Prayer Breakfast involved his reminder that Muslims were not alone in harboring “sinful tendenc[ies] that can pervert and distort our faith.”

Emerging Hillary Clinton Team Shows Signs of Disquiet  —  Lingering tensions between Hillary Rodham Clinton's loyalists and the strategists who helped President Obama defeat her in 2008 have erupted into an intense public struggle over who will wield money and clout in her emerging 2016 presidential campaign.