| Rand Paul announces he is running for president Posted: 07 Apr 2015 10:30 AM PDT  The Kentucky senator made it official Tuesday, announcing that he will will run for president in 2016 during a fiery speech in Louisville.
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| Kansas governor signs nation's 1st ban on abortion procedure Posted: 07 Apr 2015 09:50 AM PDT  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas became the first state Tuesday to ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure that critics describe as dismembering a fetus.
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| Detroit-area woman, 115, now listed as world's oldest person Posted: 07 Apr 2015 09:50 AM PDT  INKSTER, Mich. (AP) — A 115-year-old Detroit-area woman now listed as the world's oldest living person still makes plans for a fishing trip each year and credits God for her longevity.
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| Rand Paul promises to 'take our country back' in 2016 White House bid Posted: 07 Apr 2015 10:09 AM PDT  By Andy Sullivan LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - Senator Rand Paul promised to be a different kind of Republican on Tuesday, launching a 2016 White House bid that he said would highlight the conservative principles of reduced government and spending as he vowed to break up "the Washington machine." The senator from Kentucky, a libertarian who has built a national reputation for challenging party orthodoxy, criticized Republicans in Congress and recent Republican presidents for helping to drive up the federal debt and reducing personal liberties. "We have come to take our country back," he told cheering supporters on a flag-draped stage in Louisville, Kentucky, promising to break up "the Washington machine that gobbles up our freedoms and invades every nook and cranny of our lives." With his announcement, Paul becomes the second major Republican to announce presidential ambitions for 2016, after Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. A crowded field is expected, with candidates competing hard for constituencies ranging from the Christian right to traditional Wall Street Republicans.
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| Senator John McCain to seek re-election in Arizona Posted: 07 Apr 2015 10:53 AM PDT  U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona, who was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, will seek a sixth term in office in 2016, an aide said on Tuesday. McCain, the senior senator in the Republican-dominated southwestern state, will formally announce his re-election plans at an Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry event in Phoenix on Tuesday, said his spokesman Brian Rogers. The 78-year-old McCain, who was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, is seeking another term after taking over as chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee in January.
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| Race, reforms eyed as Ferguson, Missouri, voters head to polls Posted: 07 Apr 2015 10:26 AM PDT  Residents in Ferguson, Missouri, cast their votes on Tuesday in a closely watched election seen as a critical step toward ending racially discriminatory practices that thrust the St. Louis suburb into the national spotlight last year. Eight candidates, including four African-Americans, are vying for three seats on the six-member City Council in Ferguson, where two-thirds of residents are black but the city's leadership has been long dominated by whites. Ferguson has about 21,000 residents. People are coming out, but the weather is not helping," said Patricia Bynes, a Democratic committeewoman for Ferguson Township who has been leading voter turnout efforts.
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| Unlikely freshmen power Duke to another NCAA title Posted: 06 Apr 2015 08:24 PM PDT  The Blue Devils surge past Wisconsin to claim their fifth national championship.
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| Discredited rape story a test for Wenner, Rolling Stone Posted: 06 Apr 2015 11:15 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Through decades of digging into the private lives of rock stars and providing a forum for colorful writers like Hunter S. Thompson and P.J. O'Rourke, Rolling Stone magazine publisher Jann Wenner has never been afraid to push boundaries.
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| Prosecution, defense deliver closing arguments in Boston bombing trial Posted: 06 Apr 2015 08:06 PM PDT  The jury is expected to begin deliberating Tuesday morning.
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| Untangling Rolling Stone reporter's key mistakes Posted: 06 Apr 2015 01:19 PM PDT  On the heels of the Columbia Journalism Review's blistering investigation that found Rolling Stone failed in its "reporting, editing, editorial supervision and fact-checking" of its explosive 2014 report about an alleged gang rape on the University of Virginia campus, journalism experts are weighing in on the case.
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