Hours after grandson's death, Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Jeremy Carter, 28, died early Sunday after his heart stopped at his family's home in Peachtree City.  —  PLAINS — On Sunday, two weeks after making the cheerful announcement that there was no remaining sign …

Trump calls on GOP to boot low-polling candidates  —  GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump says the Republican National Committee (RNC) should disqualify candidates from primary debates who have failed to file paperwork to get their names on the ballots in major states.

Miss Philippines Wins Miss Universe In Bizarre Finish [Updated and with comment by Paul]  —  Tonight's Miss Universe pageant concluded with a fiasco, as the announcer apparently misunderstood the final rankings and announced Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez Arévalo, as the winner.

Still magic in middle age... It's Harry Potter and a new-look Hermione: Cast set to star in highly-anticipated stage play is revealed  —  This is the grown-up Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley who will appear in next year's highly anticipated stage play - and they're very different from their big screen counterparts.

Does Hillary's Potty Break Matter?  DEPENDS.  —  The Democrats held a stealth primary debate in the dark of night on the weekend before Christmas this past Saturday, which you may be forgiven for, like 99.9 percent of the human race, not knowing about.  But that's why we're here.

Poll: Ted Cruz leads in Iowa; Donald Trump stays atop NH, SC  —  Donald Trump, the national front-runner, keeps his big lead in two of the three early states of New Hampshire and South Carolina, but now Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has moved past Trump into a lead of his own in Iowa.

Fake bomb diverts Air France flight en route to Paris  —  NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan authorities are questioning several suspects who were on an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris that was forced to land early Sunday in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa after a device suspected to be a bomb was found in a lavatory.

IS jihadists stole ‘tens of thousands’ of blank passports: report  —  Berlin (AFP) - The Islamic State group may have stolen “tens of thousands” of blank passports that it could use to smuggle its fighters into Europe as refugees, a German newspaper reported Sunday.

Republicans grope for way to kill Paris climate agreement  —  Republicans are running out of ways to undermine the Obama administration's commitments as part of the Paris climate agreement.  —  GOP lawmakers acknowledge that they won't get a vote on the international accord, which they vehemently oppose.

Inside Obama's secret pity party  —  Poor Barack Obama.  Americans don't appreciate his wisdom, and those nasty Republicans are picking on him again.  Woe is the leader of the free world.  —  That was the essence of his private meeting with friendly journalists, where the president gave …

Officer in VonDerrit Myers Jr. fatal shooting resigns after crashing car; drunk driving probe opened  —  ST. LOUIS  • The police officer whose fatal shooting of VonDerrit Myers Jr. triggered protests last fall resigned from the force on Saturday after police opened a drunk-driving investigation …

Active-shooter training for office workers used to be about hiding.  Not anymore.  —  A day after the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., left 14 people dead, Temony McNeil was on the floor of his Washington office, pinned down by co-workers.  —  At 6 feet and 240 pounds, McNeil is no pushover.

Heroic high school football player killed shielding teenage girls from gunmen  —  When the shooting began Thursday night in Knoxville, Tenn., Zaevion Dobson faced a split-second choice: run away and save himself or use his body as a shield to protect those around him.