National: Two high-school football stars in Steubenville, Ohio were convicted of rape this morning in a case that brought national attention last August. The victim was a 16-year-old girl who was so drunk she woke up naked in a basement, …

National: The Defense Department will spend $1 billion to beef up west coast missile defenses in response to threats from North Korea and Iran. Fourteen missile interceptors will be added to 30 already in place in California and Alaska, but …

National: President Obama said in an Israeli television interview that Iran is still at least a year away from having a nuclear weapon, and that the US would never let that happen. He said he hoped to sway Iran with …

National: Female veterans testified before a Senate panel yesterday about rape, sexual harassment, and the failure of military justice. As many as 19,000 are assaulted every year, but many do not report it because they fear retaliation and ridicule. Often …

Habemus Papem: The new Pope is a Jesuit from Argentina, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, 76, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, who will go by the name Francis.  He is the first pope from the New World. Thirty-nine percent of Catholics live in …

Habemus Papem: The new Pope is a Jesuit from Argentina, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, who will go by the name Francis. He is the first pope from the New World. Thirty-none percent of Catholics live in South …

National: Rep. Paul Ryan unveiled a Republican budget plan that would slash taxes on the rich from 39% to 25% while eliminating President Obama’s health care reform, Wall Street regulations and plans for high-speed rail. Medicare would be mostly privatized. …

World: South Korea put its troops on alert after North Korea claimed to have unilaterally cancelled the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War. The North also shut down the Red Cross telephone hotline between the two countries used for …

World: Two American soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in another “inside” attack by an Afghan soldier during a morning meeting of Special Forces, An undetermined number of Afghans also died before the shooter was killed. At least 60 NATO …

National: Rep. Paul Ryan said today on Fox News that the Republican House budget proposal will include a repeal of the Affordable Health Care Act known as Obamacare. “We’re going to propose replacing Obama Care with patient-centered health care, with …