Whisper Campaigns And “Zipper Problems”: How Jeb Bush's Allies Tried — And Failed — To Stop Marco Rubio  —  On the night of the 2010 midterm elections, a portly, silver-haired Jeb Bush stood on a stage in the courtyard of Miami's luxe Biltmore Hotel, appearing to choke back tears.

Cruz Condemns Colorado Shooting, Rejects Anti-Abortion Link … Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.  —  NEWTON, Iowa — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is condemning the fatal shooting of three people at a Planned Parenthood location in Colorado but also aggressively pushing …

Dear Basketball  —  PHOTOGRAPH BY WALTER IOOSS JR./THE PLAYERS' TRIBUNE … I knew one thing was real:  —  I fell in love with you.  —  A love so deep I gave you my all —  From my mind & body  —  To my spirit & soul.  —  As a six-year-old boy  —  Deeply in love with you

Monday Classes and Activities at Hyde Park Campus Canceled Due to Threat  —  To: University of Chicago Campus Community  —  The University was informed by FBI counterterrorism officials today (Sunday) that an unknown individual posted an online threat of gun violence against the University of Chicago …

Ex-US Intelligence Chief on Islamic State's Rise:  —  ‘We Were Too Dumb’  —  Interview Conducted By Matthias Gebauer and Holger Stark  —  Without the Iraq war, Islamic State wouldn't exist today, former US special forces chief Mike Flynn openly admits.  In an interview …

State sues prisoners to pay for their room, board  —  Melvin Moore is a paroled inmate being sued by the Illinois Department of Corrections to recoup the costs of incarceration. … The $31,690 Johnny Melton received to settle a lawsuit over his mother's death was going to help him start life anew after prison.

Northern Ireland law on abortion ruled ‘incompatible with human rights’  —  Belfast high court ruling could lead to women being allowed to have abortions in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities, rape and incest  —  A high court judge, in a historic ruling, has found that Northern Ireland's almost outright ban …

Addicted to Distraction  —  ONE evening early this summer, I opened a book and found myself reading the same paragraph over and over, a half dozen times before concluding that it was hopeless to continue.  I simply couldn't marshal the necessary focus.  —  I was horrified.

Hispanic Republican leaders shun Donald Trump  —  Prominent Hispanic Republicans are holding out hope that business mogul Donald Trump won't win the party's presidential nomination.  —  They are worried that his incendiary rhetoric on immigration will sour Latinos on the GOP and sink the party's chances of taking back the White House.

Op-Ed Bill McKibben: What the Paris conference on climate change can do for planet Earth  —  Demonstrators make their way down Sixth Avenue in New York during the People's Climate March on Sept. 21, 2014.  —  Starting Monday, diplomats and scientists, activists and heads of state …

Clinton opened State Department office to dozens of corporate donors, Dem fundraisers  —  WASHINGTON - As secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton opened her office to dozens of influential Democratic party fundraisers, former Clinton administration and campaign loyalists …

Anti-ageing drug could let you live to 120 in good health  — Ageing - Health - Health & Wellbeing - Your Health  —  The world's first anti-ageing drug will be tested on humans next year in trials which could result in people being able to live healthily well into their 120s.