Mizzou prof. resigns following outrage over his refusal to cancel exam  — “If you don't feel safe coming to class, then don't come to class,” Dr. Brigham told his students.  “I will be there, and there will be an exam administered in our class.”  —  Dr. Dale Brigham, considered …

Populism on the Rise in GOP Race for President  —  Candidates bash big banks, the Fed, corporations and international trade deals in their latest debate  —  The latest presidential debate vividly captured how the 2008 financial crisis has reshaped the Republican Party by unleashing …

Charles Koch: No backing for candidate in GOP primary  —  WASHINGTON — Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch said Wednesday he's unlikely to back a candidate in the crowded Republican presidential primary, the latest sign that one of the most influential figures in conservative politics seems less than enthusiastic about his choices.

The inspiration for Mr. Trump's immigration policy is an inhumane plan from the 1950s  —  “WE HAVE a country that's going to hell.”  So pronounced Donald Trump, candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, at Tuesday night's debate.  If Mr. Trump thinks that now …

Apple, Banks in Talks on Mobile Person-to-Person Payment Service  —  Service would be a rival to PayPal's Venmo platform  —  Apple Inc. is in discussions with U.S. banks to develop a payment service that would let users zap money to one another from their phones rather than relying on cash or checks …

EPA seeks to block chief's deposition in coal lawsuit  —  The Environmental Protection Agency is working to block a deposition for administrator Gina McCarthy as part of a coal industry lawsuit.  —  In a Tuesday court filing, the EPA asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit …

Driven to hospital, Virginia man tased, shackled and dies in police custody  —  When three Virginia police officers put Linwood Lambert in a squad car around 5 a.m. on May 4, 2013, they said they were taking him to the ER for medical attention because he was speaking delusionally.

Foster parents say child removed from their home because they are gay  —  (KUTV) April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce of Carbon County said the baby they've loved and raised for the last three months will be removed from their home and sent to heterosexual foster parents because a judge said the baby would be better-off.

Rand Paul is right: The most economically unequal states are Democratic  —  During Tuesday night's Republican debate, Gerard Baker, editor in chief of the Wall Street Journal, posed a question to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.): “Does it matter at all that the gap between the rich and everyone else is widening?”

Postal workers union backs Bernie Sanders  —  Bernie Sanders snagged a major union endorsement on Thursday, with the American Postal Workers' Union announcing its backing of the Democratic presidential candidate.  Sanders' largest union pickup comes as his chief rival Hillary Clinton …

Promised Bipartisanship, Obama Adviser Found Disappointment  —  WASHINGTON — When President Obama first won the White House, he recruited Ray LaHood, a Republican congressman, to join his cabinet.  The appointment, Mr. Obama declared, “reflects that bipartisan spirit” that would distinguish his presidency.

Race and the Free-Speech Diversion  —  Of the many concerns unearthed by the protests at two major universities this week, the velocity at which we now move from racial recrimination to self-righteous backlash is possibly the most revealing.  The unrest that occurred at the University …

Glenn Reynolds: After Yale, Mizzou, raise the voting age — to 25  —  How can students too spoiled to tolerate debate weigh opposing political arguments?  They can't.  —  CONNECT  —  In 1971, the United States ratified the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.

Human trafficking survivor: I was raped 43,200 times  —  Mexico City (CNN)Karla Jacinto is sitting in a serene garden.  She looks at the ordinary sights of flowers and can hear people beyond the garden walls, walking and talking in Mexico City.  —  She looks straight into my eyes …

Progressive infighting breaks out in Maryland Senate primary  —  Three influential Maryland progressives announced their support Tuesday for Rep. Chris Van Hollen's (D-Md.) Senate bid, calling it “laughable” that some liberal groups had already consolidated behind Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.).

“That one was definitely alive”: An undercover video at one of the nation's biggest pork processors  —  Months worth of footage have raised serious concerns about the conditions at one of the largest pork processors in the U.S., and started a government investigation.  —  The pigs are not all right.