Ted Cruz Questions Donald Trump's ‘Judgment’ to Be President  —  Senator Ted Cruz raised questions on Wednesday at a private fund-raiser about whether Donald J. Trump, his bombastic rival for the Republican presidential nomination, has the “judgment” to be president and mused about “strength …

White House Readies Executive Action On Gun Control  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's advisers are finalizing a proposal that would expand background checks on gun sales without congressional approval.  —  White House adviser Valerie Jarrett says the president has asked his team …

White supremacist groups see Trump bump  —  The Ku Klux Klan is using Donald Trump as a talking point in its outreach efforts.  Stormfront, the most prominent American white supremacist website, is upgrading its servers in part to cope with a Trump traffic spike.

Ted Cruz Votes Against Senate Resolution That Rejects Trump's Proposed Muslim Ban  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz and three other Republican senators voted on Thursday against a non-binding Senate resolution affirming that the United States does not use religious tests for immigrants seeking admission into the country.

Landlord claims tenants illegally turned three-bedroom apartment in Queens into 10 bedrooms  —  ELMHURST, Queens — Eddie Shiew owns a three-story home in Elmhurst, Queens, as a rental property.  He recently rented the third floor, a three-bedroom apartment, to Burak Firik and Dogan Kimilli for $2,500 a month.

Suspicious phone purchase in Jefferson City is fourth reported in mid-Missouri  —  COLUMBIA, Mo. -  —  ABC 17 News has confirmed someone also tried to buy a suspicious number of phones at Wal-Mart East in Jefferson City, after similar purchases in Columbia, Macon and Lebanon.

Welcome  —  Hello, everyone.  We're back.  Yes, at last!  We've launched Season Two.  —  Our first season was about a murder case few people had heard about.  Season Two is a story a gazillion people have heard about: the story of Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who walked off his post …

Last Slide  —  Ted Cruz nailed an endorsement from a well-known Christian conservative newsmaker Thursday, one more step toward locking up the influential evangelical conservative voting bloc in Iowa.  —  “At the end of the day, we truly believe that Ted Cruz is the most consistent …

Wegmans Wonderplace  —  Wegmans Wonderplace welcomes curious kids ages 0-6 and their grownups to exercise their imaginations, wiggle their bodies, and explore with their hands.  Wonderplace is built around the enduring wonders of childhood, the things kids are naturally curious about—blocks …

‘Suspension proceedings’ begin after photos of Citadel cadets in white hoods posted online  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — After photos surfaced on social media showing Citadel cadets in white Klan hoods and reportedly singing Christmas carols, a source close to the school said all of the members of the group have been identified.

Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on the Every Student Succeeds Act  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the conference report of the Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177), currently under consideration in the Senate:

North Korea's Kim Jong Un Claims Country Has Hydrogen Bomb  —  BEIJING — North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has claimed his country has developed a hydrogen bomb, a significant step forward from the less powerful atomic bomb.  —  The official Korea Central News Agency reported that Kim …

Donald Trump has a plan to win ‘100 percent’ of the black vote and prove he's not a racist  —  Donald Trump has seized — and maintained — the political spotlight, in part by making coarse remarks about minority groups and capitalizing on nativist fears among his core supporters.

Marco Rubio's claim that no recent mass shootings would have been prevented by gun laws  —  “None of the major shootings that have occurred in this country over the last few months or years that have outraged us, would gun laws have prevented them.”  —  A colleague pointed out this statement …

MBTA Investigates After Red Line Train Departed ‘Without An Operator’  —  An MBTA Red Line train departed Braintree Station Thursday morning “without an operator,” the T said, and Gov. Charlie Baker said it's been determined “that some of the controls had been manipulated.”