John McCain: Ted Cruz's citizenship is “worth looking into”  —  PHOENIX — Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, who faced questions as the 2008 GOP presidential nominee about his birth abroad, is now posing the same question to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.  —  In an interview Wednesday …

Bill Clinton rape accuser: Hillary ‘tried to silence’ me  —  A woman who publicly accused former President Bill Clinton of raping her in 1978 is resurrecting her claims on social media.  —  “I was 35 years old when Bill Clinton, Ark. Attorney General raped me,” Juanita Broaddrick tweeted Wednesday.

RINOs Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Chris Christie chasing fool's gold  —  It's a shootout in the lifeboat — the Republicans in Name Only (RINO) lifeboat.  —  All the also-rans in the GOP presidential field are firing wildly at one another, trying to grab that coveted fourth-place finish in Iowa and

Man with cleaver killed by Paris police on anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attacks  —  Deadly shooting outside Paris police station  — Police kill man with cleaver after he tried to enter a northern Paris police station, officials say  —  (CNN)Police shot and killed a man wielding …

$675M Powerball Rollover Prize Is Largest in U.S. History  —  There were no jackpot-winning Powerball tickets sold in Wednesday's monster $500 million drawing, a lottery spokesperson said early Thursday.  —  That means the jackpot will roll over to an estimated $675 million …

Sanders: Clinton lacks courage to stand up to Wall Street  —  Hillary Clinton hasn't stood up to Wall Street, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) contended on Wednesday in an interview on MSNBC's “Morning joe.”  —  “Do I think Hillary Clinton or many other senators have shown the courage that is necessary to stand up the Wall Street power?

Burlington raises concerns over Trump event  —  Vermonters who plan to see Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speak on Thursday should prepare for “airport-like” security and sizable crowds after the campaign issued tickets for more than 10 times the number of available seats, the Flynn Center's executive director says.

GOVERNOR BROWN ISSUES ORDER ON ALISO CANYON GAS LEAK  —  SACRAMENTO - Given the prolonged and continuing duration of the Aliso Canyon gas leak and at the request of residents and local officials, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation that declares the situation an emergency …

17 miners rescued from salt mine near Ithaca  —  LANSING, N.Y. (AP) — Seventeen miners stuck 900 feet underground at the deepest salt mine in the Western Hemisphere were rescued Thursday morning, ending an ordeal that officials said began about 10 hours earlier when an elevator got stuck on its way to the mine's floor.

New charges allege religious leader, who has ties to the Duggars, sexually abused women  —  Ten women on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Bill Gothard, who for decades was a major force in the conservative Christian homeschooling movement, charging him and leaders in his ministry with sexual abuse, harassment and cover-up.

NOAA: U.S. posts second hottest year on record  —  The United States posted its second hottest year on record in 2015, government scientists reported Thursday, extending the streak of warmer-than-average annual temperatures.  —  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration …

Grand jury indicts DPS trooper who arrested Sandra Bland  —  A Waller County grand jury has indicted Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Brian Encinia - the trooper who arrested Sandra Bland - on perjury charges.  —  Darrell Jordan, a special prosecutor, said the charge is a Class A misdemeanor …

Louisville woman accused of assaulting, robbing disabled man after he jokes that he doesn't believe in God  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A woman was arrested at the Hall of Justice in downtown Louisville Tuesday afternoon, months after police say she assaulted and robbed a man after he joked that he did not believe in God.

Christie says he ‘changed his mind’ on guns  —  Chris Christie on Wednesday conceded that he changed his mind on guns.  —  Fox News host Sean Hannity pressed the New Jersey governor on his gun stance, noting that he supported an assault weapons ban in 1995, called GOP opponents who wanted to repeal it …

Obamacare had little effect on part-time employment: Study  —  The sky didn't fall when Obamacare went into effect — and the number of people working part-time didn't rise, either.  —  A new study further undercuts a major claim by critics of the Affordable Care Act, who contended that the law …

Washington Post admits that, no: electric cars were NOT worth it.  —  At least, if you use the rule of thumb that any time you ask a question in a headline then the answer is always going to be ‘no:’ “The government has spent a lot on electric cars, but was it worth it?”

Marco walks tall!  Rubio channels Nicolas Sarkozy and wears some well-heeled boots while campaigning in New Hampshire  — Marco Rubio's campaign says he's 5-foot-10, but his new booties have him reaching higher with chunky Cuban heels  — The Florida senator's campaign is refusing …

State Department gave ‘inaccurate’ answer on Clinton email use, review says  —  Two years before the public learned of Hillary Clinton's private server, the State Department gave an “inaccurate and incomplete” response about her email use when it told an outside group that it had no documents …