New York Values: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump came out of the New York primary sounding like they are the nominees for president. Clinton said “Victory is in sight,” and Trump declared, “Senator Cruz is just about mathematically eliminated.” Clinton …

New York Values: So much for Ted Cruz and his dismissal of the world’s greatest city. Donald Trump leads Cruz by 30 percent in the polls going into today’s New York primary. Trump has a chance to win all 85 …

Ecuador Disaster: Reports coming in from Ecuador describe collapsed buildings and destruction stretching for hundreds of miles after yesterday’s earthquake. Rescue teams and local residents are digging through the ruble for trapped victims. At least 246 people were killed and …

World: Pope Francis made a brief symbolic visit to a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos yesterday to draw attention to the Mediterranean refugee crisis. He returned to the Vatican with a dozen Syrian Muslim refugees, including six children. …

Japan Quake: Two serious earthquakes within 24 hours in Southern Japan have killed at least 32 people, injured 1,500, and left hundreds of thousands of people without water and electricity. Buildings, hillsides and highways collapsed. More than 200 homes and …

Battle in Brooklyn: Bernie Sanders brought the heat to Hillary Clinton last night over the minimum wage and the influence of Wall Street on politics. He hammered away at her acceptance of hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees …

Jetwash: Russian fighter bombers over the Baltic Sea have buzzed a US warship as many as 31 times in recent days in what one US official calls “one of the most aggressive acts in recent memory.” Approaching the guided missile …

No Means No: House Speaker Paul Ryan called a press conference yesterday to say, don’t even think about it, he’s not going to step into the Republican nomination melee and declare himself a candidate for President. Sounding a bit like …

Big Mosquito: The Zika virus is “scarier than we initially thought,” according to US health officials and the White House has asked Congress for $ 1.9 billion to kill mosquitoes and fight the spread of the virus. The Centers for …

The Numbers Game: Donald Trump’s campaign is accusing Ted Cruz of “Gestapo tactics” after Cruz swept up all 34 delegates in Colorado over the weekend. Trump posted on Twitter last night, “The people of Colorado had their vote taken away …