Trooper prays with driver upset over his daughter's cancer diagnosis  —  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — It can be stressful enough to see a police car behind you, but imagine getting pulled over after learning your child is dying from cancer.  —  Rodney Gibson was driving on SR 37 in Monroe County Monday …

It's a Bad Day for the Clintons When Vox Fairly Explains the Rape Allegation Against Bill  —  I must admit, when I clicked this morning on Vox's “explainer” of Juanita Broaddrick's rape allegation against Bill Clinton, I expected a whitewash.  I was wrong.  Not only did Dylan Matthews …

LePage makes racially charged comment at Bridgton meeting  —  A Republican critic of the governor calls the remark during a town hall meeting with residents Wednesday ‘one of the most offensive statements yet from this Governor.’  —  Gov. Paul LePage made a racially charged comment in Bridgton …

Donald Trump On Rubio's Boots: “Those Heels Were Really Up There”  —  “It helps to be tall.”  —  Donald Trump said Thursday that Marco Rubio might have been better off not rocking the shiny black boots with a heel that has had his opponents cracking jokes all week.

Police Report Outlines ‘Chaotic and Shameful’ New Year's Eve  —  An internal police protocol has revealed the full extent of the violence in Cologne on New Year's Eve.  According to the report, which SPIEGEL has seen, officials were overwhelmed and powerless to help some people calling for help.

A Dejected Mike Huckabee Is Now Just Burning Bridges With The Religious Right  —  Mike Huckabee has made no secret of his disappointment in fact that Religious Right leaders have failed to rally around his presidential campaign, with many of them instead backing Ted Cruz.

Exclusive: House Republicans recruited Carson for Speaker  —  House Republicans reached out to GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson in 2014 about replacing John Boehner as Speaker of the House, Carson told The Hill on Thursday.  —  “They were looking for an alternative …

Ted Cruz Is Nixon, Not Goldwater  —  The lazy conventional wisdom is that Ted Cruz is the new Barry Goldwater doomed to suffer an electoral landslide defeat should he win the Republican nomination.  —  Not only is this wrong about Cruz's general-election chances, it may compare Cruz to the wrong 20th-century Republican forebear.

Cruz: McCain Questions Citizenship Because He Secretly Backs Rubio  —  The Texas senator's rebuttal comes hours after McCain said during a Phoenix radio interview that Cruz's birth abroad and his eligibility to become president is “worth looking into.”  —  Ted Cruz responded to John McCain questioning …

Planned Parenthood, In Its First Primary Endorsement, Backs Hillary Clinton  —  Planned Parenthood, which has become an ideological minefield in the 2016 presidential election, said Thursday that it would endorse Hillary Clinton — its first endorsement in a presidential primary in the nonprofit's 100-year existence.

Missouri bill defines sex between lobbyists, lawmakers as a gift  —  Lobbyists would have to disclose sexual relations with a lawmaker or their staff to the Ethics Commission  —  The 2016 Legislative session began Wednesday … JEFFERSON CITY  —  Lobbyists who have sex with a Missouri lawmaker …

Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility  —  THE epidemic of gun violence in our country is a crisis.  Gun deaths and injuries constitute one of the greatest threats to public health and to the safety of the American people.  Every year, more than 30,000 Americans have their lives cut short by guns.

The Pugnacious, Relentless Progressive Party That Wants to Remake America … At a recent private dinner in Manhattan, a small group of leftists plotted to take over America.  —  The group, a dozen community organizers and activists from all over the country, had convened at a sushi restaurant …

Watch: Donald Trump supporters tear up 'America's Already Great' sign at Lowell rally  —  An identifying theme of Donald Trump's campaign rallies has been protesters disrupting the event and subsquently being removed from the venue by security.  —  Trump's rally Monday in Lowell was no exception.

After Horrific Rape Charges, Tennessee High School Cancels Basketball Season  —  Three basketball players at Ooltewah High School in Tennessee have been charged with the aggravated rape and assault of a 15-year-old freshman teammate on December 21.  —  Now, as the investigation …

College Republicans to Protest Obama's Gun Control Town Hall at George Mason University  —  Tomorrow afternoon the College Republicans at George Mason University will be holding a protest before President Obama's gun control town hall, which will air live on CNN at 8 p.m. eastern.

52 Places to Go in 2016  —  A metropolis that has it all.  —  An ancient wine region gets a stunning update.  —  The Mediterranean on a dime.  —  Visit the U.S. Virgin Island's quiet corner before big development.  —  A century of protecting America's magnificence.

Iraqi immigrant arrested in Sacramento, suspected of lying about ties to ISIS  —  Criminal complaint against the suspect, 23, accuses him of lying to immigration authorities about activities overseas  —  Unusual closed court hearing in Sacramento conducted Thursday

Poll: Americans supportive but skeptical on Obama's gun action  —  Watch “Guns in America,” CNN's town hall meeting with President Obama on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET  —  (CNN)The American public is broadly supportive of the executive actions issued by President Barack Obama this week aimed …