EXCLUSIVE: James Blake, former tennis star, slammed to ground and handcuffed outside midtown hotel by white NYPD cops who mistook him for ID theft suspect  —  Former tennis great James Blake was slammed to the ground, handcuffed and detained by five plainclothes city cops Wednesday outside …

House GOP to postpone vote on Iran after member revolt  —  House Republican leaders are delaying a vote on the Iran nuclear deal scheduled for Wednesday because of a rebellion from rank-and-file conservatives.  —  The House was to hold a procedural vote to begin 11 hours of debate …

Watch Mike Huckabee's ‘Biblical’ Support For Kim Davis Get Dismantled On Live Television  —  Tuesday afternoon, former Arkansas governor and current Republican candidate for president Mike Huckabee stood on a stage in Kentucky and held hands with Kim Davis, a county clerk who was released …

Stop Comparing Donald Trump And Bernie Sanders  —  A lot of people are linking the candidacies of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump under headings like “populist” and “anti-establishment.”  Most of these comparisons are too cute for their own good — not only because it's too early to come …

Man shares photos with gorilla on smart phone and the gorilla's reaction is priceless  —  He was visiting the zoo's gorilla sanctuary for the first time with his daughter when he noticed another visitor showing his iPhone to a gorilla named Jelani.  —  Jelani looked very intrigued …

3 Boys Found Dead Inside SUV; Suspect Believed to Be in Custody: LAPD  —  In what LAPD Chief Charlie Beck described as a “gruesome” scene, three boys were found dead and a man was discovered with stab wounds inside an SUV in South L.A. on Wednesday morning.  —  The bodies of three elementary …

The U.S. News and World Report college rankings: A public vs. private dilemma  —  There was a time in the 1980s when the University of California at Berkeley was deemed a top-five national university on the most prominent annual ranking in higher education, up there with Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and Yale.

Ronda Rousey to Star in ‘Road House’ Reboot (EXCLUSIVE)  —  UFC fighter Ronda Rousey is starring in MGM's reboot of the 1980s cult classic “Road House.”  Rousey will step into the role Patrick Swayze made famous.  —  Sources say MGM is currently meeting with screenwriters, with production set to begin in 2016.

Supreme Leader: Israel Not Alive in 25 Years  —  TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei described Israel as a “fake” regime, and said there won't be any Israel in 25 years from now.  —  “Some of the Zionists have said that given the results …

Trump Seriously: On the Trail With the GOP's Tough Guy  —  “I'm owned by the people.  I'm no angel, but I'm going to do right by them.”  —  Hey, ya made it, great to see ya!" says Donald Trump, having just stepped aboard his throne room of a plane and stopping by my seat to extend his hand. "

My Tax Overhaul to Unleash 4% Growth  —  Three income-tax rates: 10%, 25% and 28%, plus a 20% corporate rate and immediate expensing on new investment.

St Pete teen kills masked intruder who turns out to be his dad  —  ST PETERSBURG, FL (WFLA) - Investigators now tell us a teen who killed his father Tuesday morning is a case of justifiable homicide.  Malachi Heisler tells us he woke up to cries for help early Tuesday morning.

Quantifying Planned Parenthood's Critical Role In Meeting The Need For Publicly Supported Contraceptive Care  —  Over the past few months, legislative attempts to defund Planned Parenthood have flared at both the federal and state levels; these moves are clearly an attempt …

News Executive Patricia Fili-Krushel Leaving NBC Universal  —  “We said maybe it's time we part ways.”  —  Shares  —  As Brian Williams returns from embellishment exile and David Gregory speaks out, another central character in the NBC News drama is exiting the stage: former NBC News Chairwoman Patricia Fili-Krushel.

Exclusive: Russian troops join combat in Syria - sources  —  Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of government troops, three Lebanese sources familiar with the political and military situation there said on Wednesday.

Transgender female turned away at Baton Rouge OMV for not looking like a man  —  A self-identified transgender woman was denied a driver's license at the Baton Rouge Office of Motor Vehicles on Friday after being told she did not suitably look like a man.  —  “It's such discrimination …