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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

Liberals Are Simple-Minded  —  ...and often more dogmatic than conservatives, according to a new study.  —  It is almost a truism among psychological researchers that conservatives are simple-minded and dogmatic.  Liberals, meanwhile, are supposed to be more complex and open-minded thinkers.

Bill aiming to ban child marriages shot down  —  ISLAMABAD:  —  Another move to ban child marriages in Pakistan has fallen at the first hurdle.  The bill to prohibit underage marriages has been withdrawn after the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) declared it un-Islamic.

Iran: ‘American Sailors Started Crying After Arrest’  —  A senior Iranian military commander in charge of the country's Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that the 10 U.S. sailors who were recently captured and subsequently released by the Islamic Republic “started crying after [their] arrest …

Protester arrested in Burns, accused of driving stolen refuge vehicle  —  UPDATE: Protester ordered not to occupy federal property as condition of his release from federal charges now pending in Medford.  —  BURNS - Oregon State Police on Friday arrested one of the protesters occupying …