Hillary Clinton Announces 2016 Presidential Bid  —  Ending two years of speculation and coy denials, Hillary Rodham Clinton announced on Sunday that she would seek the presidency for a second time, immediately establishing herself as the likely 2016 Democratic nominee.

Thousands dead, few prosecuted … On a rainy night five years ago, Officer Coleman “Duke” Brackney set off in pursuit of a suspected drunk driver, chasing his black Mazda Miata down rural Arkansas roads at speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour.  When the sports car finally came to rest in a ditch …

John Dickerson to replace Bob Schieffer on ‘Face the Nation’  —  CBS News political director John Dickerson has been named the next host of “Face the Nation,” host Bob Schieffer announced Sunday.  —  Dickerson's first turn in the anchor chair will take place this summer …

Turkey anger at Pope Francis Armenian ‘genocide’ claim  —  Turkey has recalled its envoy to the Vatican after Pope Francis described the mass killing of Armenians under Ottoman rule in WW1 as “genocide”.  —  Turkey has reacted with anger to the comment made by the Pope at a service in Rome earlier on Sunday.

The Things I Carried Back  —  CAMBRIDGE, England — THE light was fading on the hills above the Arno, and my closest friend in the careworn ranks of foreign correspondents was sitting cross-legged on a canopied Chinese daybed, in a lovely old tree-shaded house in his native village, a brisk walk from the heart of Florence.

St. Louis rapper Nelly arrested for felony drug possession  —  PUTNAM CO, TN - Rapper Cornell Haynes, 40, commonly known by his stage name “Nelly” has been charged with felony drug possession after his bus was stopped for not having the correct ID stickers in Tennessee.

What Divides Us  —  By now you might have read what Dick Cheney said to Hugh Hewitt this week about President Obama.  When I heard about it I struggled with whether to react or simply dismiss it as just more nonsense coming from the lunatics in the Republican Party.