Joe Biden in 2016: What Would Beau Do?  —  WASHINGTON — A PATTERN of cutting corners, a patina of entitlement and inevitability, has led to this.  —  Destroying digital messages and thwarting official investigations while acting all innocent about wiping out sensitive material.

Has a poacher killed Cecil's brother?  Zimbabwe park claims ANOTHER lion has been shot dead - and it may be cub protector Jericho  —  There are fears Cecil's brother Jericho has been shot dead by poachers in Zimbabwe, but others believe it could be another lion.

Sources: Grand jury indicts Attorney General Ken Paxton  —  McKINNEY — A grand jury has indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on multiple felony charges, according to several sources who are familiar with the complaints.  —  The charges will be unsealed in McKinney on Monday about noon …

Top Clinton aide accused of receiving overpayments at State Department  —  State Department investigators concluded this year that Huma Abedin, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's closest aides, was overpaid by nearly $10,000 because of violations of rules governing vacation and sick leave during her tenure as an official in the department.

The Iran hearings have shown how the Republican Party can no longer be trusted with the presidency.  —  If Republicans win the White House next year, they'll almost certainly control the entire federal government.  Many of them, running for president or aspiring to leadership roles in Congress …

Texas Already Defunded Planned Parenthood — Here's What Congress Can Learn From It  —  As Congress seeks to end all taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood, lawmakers and health care professionals in the state of Texas, who took similar action in recent years, have some advice on how to make that transition …

The FBI has subpoenaed lewd text messages between Subway's Jared Fogle and a former Subway franchisee  —  The FBI has subpoenaed an affidavit containing alleged texts between former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle and a former female Subway franchisee in which Fogle says he paid for sex with a 16-year-old girl …

Christie: Elizabeth Warren is ‘taking over’ Democratic Party  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie believes Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is dominating her party's political message.  —  Christie argued Friday that Warren is overshadowing other Democrats with her progressive rhetoric during a town hall in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Video of Lenexa PD arrest goes viral, sparks concerns  —  LENEXA, Kan. - A video that shows two Lenexa police officers making an arrest has gone viral and sparked concerns on social media.  —  John Sherman said he was at the Winstead's restaurant, located near 95th Street and Quivira …

What's happening to this heroic Navy officer from the Chattanooga shooting will make your blood BOIL  —  I never like to be reactionary and follow anything that may just be hyperbole or conspiracy theory.  That's why I held off on addressing this issue until I got confirmation — which came Friday afternoon via text message.

Salon.com Recognizes Union, Ending Monthlong Standoff With Editorial Staff  —  The liberal website Salon.com on Friday recognized its editorial staffers' request to form a union late Friday, ending a monthlong standoff between writers and managers at the 20-year-old publication, International Business Times has learned.

South Florida woman first to receive bionic eye in Florida  —  Carmen Torres diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at 18 years old … MIAMI -  —  Growing up, Carmen Torres didn't think much about her vision until the age of 18, when she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition in which vision gradually declines over time.