Grounded: Delta Airlines has grounded all its flights around the world this morning because of a problem with the company’s computer system. Delta operates about 5,000 flights a day, so a lot of travellers are going nowhere. Flights that were …

Charleston: Relatives of the Charleston church shooting victims spoke emotionally yesterday at the bond hearing for 21-year-old Dylann Roof, who is charged with nine racially motivated murders. Felicia Sanders, the mother of 26-year old Tywanza Sanders, who was killed, said …

—From Ft. Worth, Texas   World: British Prime Minister David Cameron overcame pre-election polling predicting a tight race to win a majority for his Conservative Party, trouncing the Labour Party. The BBC predicts that when all the votes are counted …

Nation: The Obama administration is obeying the order of a Texas federal judge and delaying the implementation of immigration reforms the president ordered. The government was about to begin accepting applications for work permits and some other legal protections that …

The Dating Scene: President Obama and Republican leaders appeared in the rubble of the Democratic majority and promised to try to work together … with some cautions. Senate Majority leader-to-be Mitch McConnell, who once said “The single most important thing …

Jersey Shore: Federal examiners are looking into whether Gov. Chris Christie’s administration improperly used a portion of $25 million given the state to promote tourism following Hurricane Sandy. The winning bid of $4.7 million for an advertising campaign was $2 …

Bean Ball: Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez, the highest paid player in the game, has been suspended for the full 2014 season for using performance-enhancing drugs. It’s the longest suspension for doping in baseball history.  Major League Baseball had sought …

National: The US has reached a security agreement that could keep troops in Afghanistan until 2024 and send billions of dollars in assistance. About 10,000 to 12,000 American troops would stay in Afghanistan to provide training and counter-terrorism assistance. That …

ShutUp: Day 4. Some Republicans fearing damage to their own party may now be looking for a way out of the shutdown deadlock with a bargain that gives them something, anything, to say they won. House Republicans would have to …

Nairobi Shootout: A suspected terrorist attack on an upscale Nairobi shopping center today has left up to 20 people dead, according to the Red Cross. Reports say the attackers threw grenades and targeted non-Muslims in the Westgate shopping mall, which …