Buzzer Beater: Villanova hit a three-point shot at the buzzer to break a 74 point tie with North Carolina and win the NCAA basketball championship. Just moments earlier, with 4.7 seconds on the clock, North Carolina had come back from …

Politics: The day before the Iowa Caucuses, the respected Des Moines Register poll says that Donald Trump is the clear leader among Republicans in the state. The poll has Trump with 28 percent of likely Republican attendees, while 23 percent …

Greek Fire: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pulled a double-reverse yesterday, urging Greeks again to vote “no” Sunday to a European bailout deal that he had mostly agreed to 24 hours earlier. “A ‘No’ vote is a decisive step toward …

World: A Taliban attack on the Afghan Parliament began today with a car bomb outside the building and evolved into a prolonged firefight. Police say all six Taliban gunmen were killed and about a dozen civilians injured. The attack was …

States Rights: In defiance of a federal court decision, Alabama’s Chief Justice last night issued an order telling the state’s probate judges not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples today. Chief Justice Roy Moore wrote that “Effective immediately, no …

Bombers: The parents of the Boston bombing suspects have given up a plan to come to the US to recover the body of their dead son, Reuters reports. The news service says they spoke to the parents in a remote …