Mike Huckabee, Republican presidential candidate, won't rule out employing U.S. troops, FBI to stop abortion  —  Berkeley law professor: Huckabee's reference to precedents ‘way off-base’  —  justin.wingerter@cjonline.com celia.llopisjepsen@cjonline.com samantha.foster@cjonline.com

Why Jeb Bush played nice with Hillary Clinton in Florida  —  She ripped his ‘right to rise’ campaign slogan.  He thanked her for being there.  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Appearing Friday at the National Urban League Conference here in the country's most important swing state …

‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper — Dies at 61 from Cardiac Arrest  —  Wrestling legend “Rowdy” Roddy Piper has died at the age of 61 ... TMZ Sports has learned.  —  Piper — born Roderick George Toombs — died from cardiac arrest in his sleep at his home in Hollywood on Thursday night.  He was discovered on Friday.

EXCLUSIVE: Gay Staten Island man says cops beat him outside of home, shouting homophobic slurs (VIDEO)  —  A gay Staten Island caterer says cops who were captured on video taking him down in his front yard, beat him while shouting homophobic slurs, the Daily News has learned.

Priscilla and I have some exciting news: we're expecting a baby girl!  —  This will be a new chapter in our lives.  We've already been so fortunate for the opportunity to touch people's lives around the world — Cilla as a doctor and educator, and me through this community and philanthropy.

Trump Sues Chef Who Backed Out Of Restaurant Deal  —  Presidential candidate Donald Trump wants a prominent chef to pay $10 million in damages after the food star bailed on plans to open a new restaurant inside Trump's latest project in the nation's capital.

Tensing, through union, demands his UC job back  —  The union representing the University of Cincinnati police force has filed a grievance on behalf of Raymond Tensing demanding that he get his job back as an officer because the university fired him this week without due process, a union official said Friday.

Uber Valued at More Than $50 Billion  —  Ride-sharing app, which just closed a funding round, reaches mark faster than Facebook  —  Uber Technologies Inc. has closed a new round of funding valuing the five-year-old ride-hailing company at close to $51 billion, according to people familiar with the matter …

A Company Copes With Backlash Against the Raise That Roared  —  Dan Price, chief of Gravity Payments, raised the annual salary floor for his employees to $70,000.  Most responses were positive, but Mr. Price says that even the negative letters were valuable.  —  By ERICA BERENSTEIN and JESSEY DEARING on

Billionaires Put Their Stamp on 2016 Presidential Campaigns  —  Well-to-do backers are funding super PACs aligned with several candidates, campaign reports show  —  Billionaires are bankrolling the early days of the 2016 presidential campaign to an unprecedented degree …

Award in Lead Paint Lawsuit Can't Be Tied to Ethnicity, Judge Rules  —  A federal judge in Brooklyn explained in a court memo released on Wednesday why he rejected a landlord's attempt to use a child's Hispanic ethnicity to argue for reduced damages in a lead poisoning case.

Federal judge upholds ban on new Confederate flag plates, deciding what happens to existing plates  —  DANVILLE (WSLS 10) - A federal judge decided Friday to uphold Virginia's ban on issuing any new license plates with the Confederate flag.  —  U.S. District Judge Jackson Kiser …