UPDATES: Jason Rezaian and 3 Other US Inmates Freed by Iran  —  TEHRAN (FNA)- 4 Iranian-American nationals who were held for various charges in Iran have been freed under a prisoners swap deal, Tehran's prosecutor announced Saturday afternoon.  —  “Based on an approval of the Supreme National …

Republicans now see a Trump-Cruz race, with time for a shift running out  —  As the presidential primary moves into a more urgent and combative phase, there is growing acceptance among Republicans, including the Washington and financial elite, that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are the two candidates …

Tsai Ing-wen elected Taiwan's first female president  —  Tsai Ing-wen has been elected Taiwan's first female president.  —  Ms Tsai, 59, leads the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that wants independence from China.  —  In her victory speech, she vowed to preserve the status quo in relations with China …

Anti-Pedophilia Bill Rejected In Pakistan As ‘Anti-Islamic’  —  A bid to ban child marriage in Pakistan utterly failed, after the Council of Islamic Ideology declared the legislation “anti-Islamic” and “blasphemous.”  —  The bill didn't even move past the first stage in the legislative process, The Express Tribune reports.

Obama unveils plan to reform unemployment insurance  —  President Obama on Saturday unveiled an unemployment insurance plan that he says will provide stability and opportunity to workers in a rapidly changing economy.  —  The president's three-pronged plan includes wage insurance of up to $10,000 …

CNN Exclusive: Email may derail case against Bill Cosby  — Email outlined details of an apparent agreement between DA and Bill Cosby's lawyers reached in 2005 over a deposition  — In July 2015 a judge unsealed Cosby's deposition given in a civil case, one of his lawyers says he gave it with a guarantee

Obama's Iran Policy, Explained  —  Many, including us, have criticized John Kerry and other members of the Obama administration for praising effusively Iran's treatment of captured U.S. sailors.  We and many others have pointed out that, far from meriting praise and thanks …

Third teacher from same Louisiana school busted for sex with student after female teen fesses up  —  A Louisiana teacher faces charges for a year-long relationship with a 16-year-old female student, police in St. Charles Parish said.  —  Kimberly Naquin, 26, is a teacher at Destrehan High …

U.S. Radically Changes Its Story of the Boats in Iranian Waters: to an Even More Suspicious Version  —  When news first broke of the detention of two U.S. ships in Iranian territorial waters, the U.S. media — aside from depicting it as an act of Iranian aggression — uncritically cited …

First Member Of Bundy Militia Arrested  —  The first members of the militia illegally occupying a federal building in Oregon have been arrested.  The occupation has gone on for nearly two weeks, costing the state more than $133,000 per day.  —  Two members of the militia were finally arrested …