Bernie Sanders To Announce Presidential Run  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a luncheon at the National Press Club on Monday, March 9, 2015 in Washington.  VPR has learned that Sanders will announce his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday.  —  ANDREW HARNIK AP

What you really need to know about Baltimore, from a reporter who's lived there for over 30 years  —  It was only a matter of time before Baltimore exploded.  —  In the more than three decades I have called this city home, Baltimore has been a combustible mix of poverty, crime, and hopelessness …

Joni Mitchell — In a Coma, Unresponsive (Update: With Court Docs)  —  IN A COMA, UNRESPONSIVE  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Joni Mitchell is unconscious in a hospital, unable to respond to anyone, with no immediate prospects for getting better.  —  Joni's close friend of 44 years, Leslie Morris …

Supreme Court Divided In Same-Sex Marriage Arguments  —  Justice Anthony Kennedy seemed to lean toward same-sex marriage, but not decisively.  —  The Supreme Court divided along traditional partisan lines Tuesday over a historic case that could make same-sex marriage legal in every state.

Spokesman Disputes Book: Bill Clinton Not Paid For Series Of Speeches  —  Clinton Cash, the hotly anticipated book about the Clinton Foundation reports that the former president was paid for speeches by a contractor seeking Haiti relief contracts.  —  HECTOR RETAMAL / Getty

Thousands of new Lerner emails found  —  An inspector general investigating the IRS's improper scrutiny of Tea Party groups has found thousands of emails from Lois Lerner, the agency official at the center of that controversy, according to committees involved in the probe.

Marshall Islands Needs U.S. Help in Iran Standoff  —  The Marshall Islands, a small country that gained independence from the U.S. in 1986, will almost definitely have to rely on the U.S. to retrieve a cargo ship flying its flag that was commandeered Tuesday by Iran's Navy, apparently in Iranian waters.

Why I killed Jeffrey Dahmer  —  Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was done in by his uncontrollable lust for human flesh, the man who whacked him in prison 20 years ago told The Post, revealing for the first time why the cannibal had to die.  —  Christopher Scarver — who fatally beat the serial killer …

Kingsmen singer Jack Ely dead at 71  —  Entertainment Photos By Entertainment Photos  —  Jack Ely, the former Portland guitarist and singer best known for the Kingsmen's 1960s hit “Louie, Louie,” has died at age 71.  —  His son Sean Ely confirmed the death Tuesday to The Associated Press …

Get the Energy Sector off the Dole  —  Why ending all government subsidies for  —  fuel production will lead to a cleaner energy future—and why Obama has a rare chance  —  to make it happen.  —  ast September, President Obama promised that the cornerstone of his legislative program …

What the Public Knows — In Pictures, Words, Maps and Graphs  —  Pew Research Center News IQ Quiz  —  The latest Pew Research Center News IQ survey finds that, nearly half a century after the death of Martin Luther King Jr., an overwhelming majority of Americans (91%) are able to identify the civil rights leader from his picture.

Jeb Bush Has The Cash, But Not The GOP Support  —  Jeb Bush is expected to declare a fundraising total in the “high tens of millions of dollars,” The New York Times reported on Monday.  Any talk of record fundraising totals ought to account for inflation — as well as the fact that it's easier …

RI executes 8 drug convicts  —  Defying intense pressure from the international community, the government executed eight death row prisoners early on Wednesday on Nusakambangan prison island near Cilacap in Central Java.  —  “We've carried out the executions,” said an Attorney General's Office …

Fargo lawmaker sent explicit photo, claims disclosure was payback for vote on gay rights bill  —  FARGO—A North Dakota lawmaker who sent an explicit photo of himself to another man says the exchange being made public is retaliation for a recent vote against expanding gay rights.