Speaker John Boehner Will Resign From Congress  —  Mr. Boehner will step down next month, aides said, throwing Congress into chaos as it tries to avert a government shutdown.

SEE IT: Teen stands up for blind classmate, punches high school bully to ground (WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE)  —  A California teenager is being hailed a hero after he rushed to the defense of a blind classmate and knocked a purported school bully to the ground.

WMUR/CNN poll: Trump continues to lead, Fiorina now second in New Hampshire  —  Rubio moves to third, followed closely by Carson, Bush, Kasich  —  After facing attacks in two debates and dealing with controversies almost daily, business executive Donald Trump has maintained a big lead in New Hampshire …

Hillary Clinton Email Inquiry Weighs if Aides Erred at ‘Send’  —  WASHINGTON — The email described a deteriorating situation in Libya, with snipers shooting people in the streets as rebels tried to unseat President Muammar el-Qaddafi and worried American diplomats in the midst of a “phased checkout” from Benghazi.

Jeb Bush: Win black voters with aspiration, not ‘free stuff’  —  MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Jeb Bush said here Thursday night that Republicans can win more African American voters by emphasizing a positive message that does not involve promising “free stuff,” a remark that bore echoes of comments by Mitt Romney that drew criticism in 2012.

Dewey, Cheatem & Howe  —  Item: The C.E.O. of Volkswagen has resigned after revelations that his company committed fraud on an epic scale, installing software on its diesel cars that detected when their emissions were being tested, and produced deceptively low results.