Self-Critique: A General Motors internal report blamed “a pattern of incompetence and neglect” for the 10-year failure to recall millions of defective cars. Chief Executive Mary Barra said, “Repeatedly, individuals failed to disclose critical pieces of information that could have …

Home Video: The Taliban released a 20-minute video of the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who arrived in the back seat of a white pickup truck. Armed members of the Taliban could be seen spread out in the hills …

The POW Mess: Former POW Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl could be prosecuted for desertion, according to statements by Gen. Martin Dempsey, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “Like any American, he is innocent until proven guilty,” Dempsey said. But he …

Green Tape: President Obama today took climate change into his own hands when the EPA announced new regulations to cut carbon pollution from American power plants 30 percent by the year 2030. The regulations target the country’s 600 coal-fired power …

POW Freed: The only American prisoner of war held by the Taliban in Afghanistan was freed yesterday in trade for five members of the Taliban held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Id. was captured five …

Connect the Dots: The number of cases of measles in the US has reached a peak of 288 since the disease was declared eliminated in the US 14 years ago. Measles has been reported in 18 states with the biggest …

VA Crisis: Veterans Affairs secretary Eric Shinseki apologized today for what he called “a systemic, totally unacceptable lack of integrity within some of our veterans’ health facilities.” Shinseki meets with President Obama today, a day after the release of a …

Thank You for Your Service: As the Veterans Administration scandal becomes a political talking point,the inspector general for the VA says 1,700 veterans were sidelined by the VA facility in Phoenix, never given an appointment or even put on a …

Maya Angelou: Poet and memoirist Maya Angelou, whose 1969 bestseller “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” described growing up in the Jim Crow South, died yesterday at home in Winston-Salem, NC. She was 86. Angelou wrote about being raped …

Ukraine: Up to 50 pro-Russian fighters were killed in heavy fighting over control of the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine.The government used air strikes and sent in paratroopers in a successful effort to reclaim the airport. Helicopters fired rockets and …