Last of Oregon Occupiers Are Giving it Up

The last four armed protesters occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon were set to surrender on Thursday, a day after authorities arrested the Nevada rancher whose sons started the showdown.

Sean Anderson, one of the occupiers, said in a post on Facebook the group at the Malheur National Wildlife…

Ready or Not, Donald Trump Takes New Hampshire

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders swept to victory in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primaries, adding crucial credibility to their upstart candidacies and underscoring voters’ insistence on shaking up American politics.
While New Hampshire is known for its political surprises, Trump and Sanders led in the state for months…

Sex, Mosquitoes and the Zika Virus

The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on Tuesday by local health officials, who said it likely was contracted through sex and not a mosquito bite, a day after the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency.

The virus…

Ted is on Cruz Control and Hillary Feels the Bern

Relishing his victory in the first Republican nominating contest of the U.S. presidential election, Senator Ted Cruz called his defeat of Donald Trump in the Iowa caucuses a tribute to “conservative grass roots.”

Cruz also said the result from Monday’s contest was a rebuke to what he called…

Virginia Tech Students Charged in 13-Yr Old's Murder

Students walking among the limestone-studded buildings on Virginia Tech’s campus on Monday said they were rattled by the news of two engineering majors charged in the abduction and murder of a 13-year-old local girl from the college town of Blacksburg.

First-year students David Eisenhauer, 18…