John McCain: “I Don't Know” If Cruz Is Eligible For Presidency With Canadian Birth  —  McCain, the Republican nominee in 2008, was born in the Panama Canal Zone when it was a U.S. territory.  —  Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Arizona Sen. John McCain …

Cologne sex attacks ‘require police rethink’  —  Police in Germany will have to rethink their tactics following attacks on women in the city of Cologne on New Year's Eve, a senior official has said.  —  Ralf Jaeger, interior minister for North Rhine-Westphalia, said police had to “adjust” …

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

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.

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 …

Sanders cracks Clinton's Nevada firewall  —  LAS VEGAS — Hillary Clinton has been on the ground in Nevada since last April.  Bernie Sanders only began building up his organization here late in the fall.  —  But the state that's been touted as Clinton's firewall against the Vermont senator …

$700M Powerball Rollover Prize Is Largest in U.S. History  —  Here's the bad news: You didn't win the monster Powerball jackpot Wednesday night.  —  The good news: Neither did anyone else.  —  That means the jackpot will roll over to an estimated $700 million — the largest lottery prize in U.S. history …

Email Shows CNN's Invite Only Gun Control “Town Hall” With Obama is a Total Sham  —  Following his executive actions this week, President Obama will participate in what CNN is calling a “town hall” style discussion about gun control at George Mason University tomorrow night.

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 …

George Zimmerman rips Obama's ‘crocodile tears’ on guns  —  George Zimmerman is accusing President Obama of insincerity for weeping over mass shooting victims one day ago.  —  “He made an announcement and I could think when I saw it was crocodile tears,” Zimmerman, who shot and killed a black teenager in 2012, told TMZ.

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.

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 …

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.

Convention can restore limited government  —  Our republic is under siege by the Washington establishment in both parties.  —  America was built on the revolutionary idea that our rights come from God, not from government.  To protect those rights, our founders created a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

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.

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.

Why James Hansen Is Wrong About Nuclear Power  —  Climatologist James Hansen argued last month, “Nuclear power paves the only viable path forward on climate change.”  He is wrong.  —  As the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and International Energy Agency (IEA) explained in a major report last year …