Police: Mother Admits To Doing Drugs, Hitting 4-Year-Old Daughter Before Child's Death  —  GRAND PRAIRIE (CBS11) - Grand Prairie Police have released graphic details in the hours leading up to the death of four-year-old Leiliana Wright.  —  The arrest warrant affidavit against her mother …

Ted Cruz is no savior: Sorry, Republicans, you're (probably) still screwed and stuck with Trump  —  Donald Trump's cratering popularity could help Ted Cruz snag the nomination, but he has glaring weaknesses too  —  It seems like it wouldn't be possible, but Donald Trump is somehow getting more unpopular.

VIDEO: WH Censors French President Saying ‘ISLAMIST Terrorism’  —  The White House website has censored a video of French Pres. Francois Hollande saying that “Islamist terrorism” is at the “roots of terrorism.”  —  The White House briefly pulled video of a press event on terrorism with Pres. Obama …

The looming Trump disaster, in three charts  —  Veteran Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg just released a new national poll that will put Republicans on high (or even higher) alert: It sheds new light on just how awful the gender gap could get if Donald Trump is the GOP nominee.

Introducing Gmail Mic Drop  —  UPDATE April 1 2pm: We heard feedback that some of you were negatively impacted by this feature, so we quickly turned it off late last night.  In addition, we are working to bring back Mic-Dropped messages that had subsequent replies to your inbox, so you can read those.

Why Hillary Clinton is justifiably annoyed by criticism of her Big Oil fundraising … For years, environmental activists have been pushing for divestment from fossil fuels, asking large pension funds and educational institutions to drop oil and gas companies from their big investment portfolios.

OVER 100,000 DEMOCRAT VOTERS SWITCH PARTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA — To Vote Trump  —  Over 100,000 Democrat voters switched parties this year to vote for Donald Trump according to party officials.  —  Over 200,000 have switched parties in the state before the April 26 primary.

78-year-old grandmother goes viral after powerlifting 245lbs  —  WOOD RIVER, IL (KTVI) - “I don't want any Grandma jokes in this story,” says Shirley Webb, the Weightlifting Grandma.  —  You heard the woman, which means no lines about the 78 year old grams who can dead-lift one hundred eleven thousand one hundred thirty grams.

Woman Sends Nude Photo Of Mississippi Mayor To City Officials  —  Hernando, Mississippi mayor Chip Johnson confirmed Friday that a woman he was romantically involved with sent a naked photo of him to city aldermen, local media reported.  —  The photo, which shows Johnson nude in the shower …

Megyn Kelly: Bill O'Reilly, CNN Should Have Done More for Me  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly is taking notes on who she feels has been supportive when she was attacked by Donald Trump, and colleague Bill O'Reilly and CNN are both on her list.

Victim filming when shot, video posted to social media  —  Share Update: … CHICAGO — Video posted to social media appears to show a brazen Chicago shooting that left a man in critical condition.  —  The 31-year-old victim was recording himself, apparently on his phone, when someone opened fire on him.

State Department Halts Its Clinton Email Investigation, Defers to FBI  —  The U.S. Department of State has halted its internal review of Hillary Clinton's most sensitive emails until the FBI's own investigation is complete, the State Department announced today.

New York Just Created a Revolutionary New Family-Leave Policy  —  Women and men will both be entitled to 12 paid weeks off.  —  2.1k  —  2.1k  —  Pin It  —  You say you want a revolution?  A political, social, economic policy upheaval that will dramatically alter the playing field …

SC Secessionist Party to raise Confederate flag at State House in July  —  Civil War banner was banished last year in wake of the Charleston church shooting  —  Organizers said they plan an annual event on anniversary of flag's removal  —  Lawmakers said they cannot stop the rally expected to draw protests

Schlissel responds to anti-Islam Diag chalk  —  Chalk graffiti on the Diag Wednesday that reads “#stop ISLAM” and “Trump 2016”.  “TRUMP 2016” was written over and altered to say “MAKE DONAL DRUMPF AGAIN 2016”.  —  More like this  —  University of Michigan president Mark Schlissel responded …

Andrew Sullivan Joins New York Magazine As Contributing Editor  —  New York Magazine editor-in-chief Adam Moss announced today that writer Andrew Sullivan is joining the magazine as a contributing editor covering politics and the larger culture.  He will write features throughout the year …

Trump doubles down on nuclear talk: ‘Europe is a big place’  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  on Thursday doubled down on his promise to not rule out using nuclear weapons in Europe.  —  “I don't want to take cards off the table; I'd never do that,” …

Does Trumpism Have Any Shelf Life?  —  In one sense, I fear that Jeet Heer is correct.  Once you open up Pandora's Box, it's not so easy to put its contents back in the container.  This is a theme I've hit on repeatedly over the years, but it's usually been in the context of breaking norms …

Ted Cruz Calls For National Law To Cripple Unions  —  Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said during a radio interview Thursday that he supports national “right-to-work” legislation, a type of anti-labor law that Wisconsin passed last year in an effort to cripple the state's unions.

Crash of whale-watching ship into San Diego pier caught on video  —  A tourist's video posted online shows the confused, then panic-filled moments when a whale-watching ship rammed into its dock at San Diego's Embarcadero, injuring seven passengers, Thursday afternoon.

Busted!  Astonishing moment two brazen Mexican drug smugglers carrying backpacks are caught on film sneaking into the US by scaling the Arizona border fence  — Two ‘drugs smugglers’ were caught live on TV sneaking into the United States over the border fence