| Watch live: Police say no evidence to support UVA rape claim Posted: 22 Mar 2015 03:53 PM PDT  Katie Couric and guests analyze the findings of a probe sparked by a "Rolling Stone" story.
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| Sen. Ted Cruz launches 2016 campaign at world's largest Christian college Posted: 23 Mar 2015 08:22 AM PDT  The presidential hopeful courted conservatives with his kickoff speech.
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| Can Ted Cruz go from obstructionist in chief to commander in chief? Posted: 22 Mar 2015 02:27 PM PDT  His bid will test whether he can run largely on his very active role in slowing the Senate to a legislative standstill.
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| Confederate flag at center of Supreme Court free-speech case Posted: 23 Mar 2015 11:49 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dispute over a proposed Confederate battle flag license plate, the Supreme Court struggled Monday to balance worries about government censorship and concerns that offensive messages could, at worst, incite violence.
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| New Orleans judge declares Robert Durst major flight risk, denies bail Posted: 23 Mar 2015 11:27 AM PDT  By Jonathan Kaminsky NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Robert Durst, the real estate scion awaiting extradition to California to face a murder charge, was denied bail on Monday after a judge deemed him to be a potential danger to others and a likely flight risk. Durst, recently featured in the HBO documentary "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst," must remain in Louisiana on local weapons charges at least until his next court date on April 2, Magistrate Judge Harry Cantrell ruled. Durst's lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, did not seek bail at the hearing, but argued his client's recent arrest and the search of his hotel room in New Orleans were improper. Durst's attorneys are seeking to expedite his extradition to Los Angeles County, where he has been charged with the 2000 murder of longtime friend Susan Berman, and have challenged the basis for his arrest on a Los Angeles County murder warrant earlier this month in New Orleans.
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| Texts, laptop files in focus at Boston bomb trial Posted: 23 Mar 2015 10:53 AM PDT  By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) - Jurors in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were shown text messages on Monday that prosecutors say he sent to a friend shortly after the attack, saying: "U saw the news?... Better not text me my friend." FBI computer specialist Kevin Swindon said the texts came from Tsarnaev's iPhone and were sent to Dias Kadyrbayev, a school friend from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, who has since pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for removing evidence from Tsarnaev's dorm room. Swindon said he identified the texts from a backup file on Tsarnaev's laptop.
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| U.S. top court rejects challenge to Wisconsin voter ID law Posted: 23 Mar 2015 08:55 AM PDT  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to Wisconsin's Republican-backed law requiring voters to present photo identification to cast a ballot, a measure Democrats contend is aimed at keeping their supporters from voting. The justices declined to hear an appeal filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, which challenged the law. The ACLU said it then filed an emergency motion with a federal appeals court to try to keep the law from taking effect immediately. Republican Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel said the law cannot be implemented for the state's April 7 election because absentee ballots are already in the hands of voters but would be in place for future elections.
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| New Hampshire lawmaker opposes fourth graders’ bird bill with antiabortion rant Posted: 22 Mar 2015 10:44 AM PDT  A group of New Hampshire fourth graders recently went on a field trip to the state legislature to see how a bill becomes a law. Instead, they got a lesson in government dysfunction.
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| Sen. Ted Cruz becomes first major candidate to jump into 2016 race Posted: 22 Mar 2015 09:48 PM PDT The Texas Republican says in a Twitter message that he is running for president. |
| Lee Kuan Yew, founder of modern Singapore, dies at 91 Posted: 22 Mar 2015 08:00 PM PDT  SINGAPORE (AP) — Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of modern Singapore who was both feared for his authoritarian tactics and admired worldwide for turning the city-state into one of the world's richest nations while in power for 31 years, died Monday. He was 91.
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| Tunisian president says third suspect in museum attack on the run Posted: 22 Mar 2015 11:28 AM PDT  Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi said on Sunday that a third gunman involved in an attack that killed 23 people, mostly foreign tourists, at a Tunis museum last week was on the run. The shootings at the museum inside Tunisia's parliament compound was one of the worst militant attacks in Tunisian history and brought to light the threat posed by Islamist militants to the young democracy, four years after its "Arab Spring" revolt. Some had recently returned from fighting for Islamist militant groups in Syria and Libya. "For sure there were three because they have been identified and filmed on surveillance cameras," Essebsi said in a televised interview with Europe 1 radio, iTELE and Le Monde newspaper.
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