9 bikers killed in rival gang shootout outside Waco restaurant  —  WACO — A shootout among rival motorcycle gangs at a crowded Waco restaurant Sunday afternoon killed nine bikers and injured at least 18, police said.  —  No bystanders were injured in what police said was the culmination …

Dean Potter, extreme climber, dies in Yosemite base jumping accident  —  Yet again, Dean Potter was hurtling through the air.  A dead tree stood on the ground below him, a strange tug at the space between his shoulders came from above.  —  Potter, already a famous rock climber, had been having this dream night after night.

Lindsey Graham: “I'm running” because the world is falling apart  —  Shares -  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham says he won't announce his plans for the 2016 election until June 1, but there's very little ambiguity about what those plans will be.  —  “I'm running because I think the world is falling apart.

Obama to Limit Military-Style Equipment for Police Forces  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday will ban the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments and sharply restrict the availability of others, administration officials said …

Al Sharpton's daughter hiked up a mountain on ‘sprained’ ankle  —  The Rev. Al Sharpton's daughter unwittingly proved that her $5 million sprained-ankle suit against the city is a mountain of BS.  —  Dominique Sharpton posted pictures to Instagram showing she completed a difficult mountain climb in Bali …

ABC Colleague: George Stephanopoulos 'Really Isn't a Journalist'  —  If ABC's chief anchor thought two apologies over his undeclared Clinton Foundation donations would be enough to pacify his critics, he was wrong.  —  It has been a rough weekend for ABC News's embattled chief anchor, George Stephanopoulos, and an even worse Sunday.

The Note: Trouble In Mason City, Feat.  Hillary Clinton and Rick Santorum … NOTABLES  —YOU REALLY OUGHT TO GIVE IOWA A TRY: Broadway this is not.  But if Rick Santorum has anything to do with it, there's going to be trouble today in Mason City, Iowa — the town famous for inspiring “The Music Man.”

Bobby Jindal forming exploratory committee for White House run  —  Bobby Jindal announced Monday that he's forming a presidential exploratory committee for a potential run for the 2016 Republican nomination.  —  The Louisiana governor, a fierce social conservative who has been active …

Exclusive Interview: Elian Gonzalez Wants to Come to the US … Elian Gonzalez would like to return to the United States, he tells ABC News in an exclusive interview.  —  “To the American people, first I say thank you for the love they give me,” Gonzalez said.  “I want the time to give my love to American people.”

The Hole in the Rooftop Solar-Panel Craze  —  Large-scale plants make sense, but panels for houses simply transfer wealth from average electric customers.  —  Most people buy rooftop solar panels because they think it will save them money or make them green, or both.

Democrats sic identity politics on their own  —  The left has handicapped its ability to debate policy, even among themselves.  —  They told me if I voted for Mitt Romney, we'd have a condescending president who looked down on his female critics as “little ladies” who didn't understand how the world works.

The GOP is dying off.  Literally.  —  Lead image by Getty.  —  It turns out that one of the Grand Old Party's biggest—and least discussed—challenges going into 2016 is lying in plain sight, written right into the party's own nickname.  The Republican Party voter is old—and getting older …

‘Innocence of Muslims’ should have stayed on YouTube, court rules  —  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled YouTube should not have been forced to remove a controversial film mocking the Prophet Muhammad due to copyright concerns.  —  A majority of the 11-judge panel reversed …

UN Ambassador Compares Struggles of Afghan Women to a College Student Who Lied About Rape  —  Yesterday U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power tweeted the following: … Power is referring to Emma Sulkowicz in this tweet.  Sulkowicz is a young Columbia University student who carried around …

Let's Celebrate the Death of the Mainstream Media!  —  Picking on the mainstream media is easier than offending radical feminists, and almost as much fun, but just because it's barely a challenge doesn't mean we shouldn't do it.  We should.  We must.  —  All decent, patriotic Americans yearn …