Jumping Ship: The announcement by House Speaker Paul Ryan that he won’t run for re-election is a sign of turmoil and instability within the Republican Party under President Trump. Shortly after Ryan broke the news, another Republican congressman also announced …

Frankensense: After a welter of accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior, Minnesota Democrat Al Franken announced on the Senate floor yesterday that he will be resigning within a few weeks. Keeping his emotions in check and with a touch of bitterness …

Street Terror: The driver of a pickup truck that ran down and killed eight people on a West Side Manhattan bike path yesterday wrote a note mentioning the Islamic State, investigators say. He left behind a trail of mangled bodies …

To Your Health: House Republican leaders say they have the necessary votes to pass their healthcare bill and they’re putting it up for a vote today. They wouldn’t do it if they weren’t certain. Some Republicans who were against the …

Nation in Transition: Protests against the election of Donald Trump turned violent in Portland, Ore. last night. Police used flash bang grenades and rubber bullets as protesters began to smash windows. Protesters also marched again in New York, Los Angeles, …

GunBeat: Facebook announced that it is banning private person to person gun sales on its social network. Until now people have been able to negotiate private gun sales over Facebook without background checks. Facebook already bans sales of both legal …

Touchdown in Boston: A jury in Fall River, Mass. has found former New England Patriot tight end Aaron Hernandez guilty of 1st degree murder in the killing of his friend Odin Lloyd in 2013. Lloyd was last seen with Hernandez …

Spin: Twin tornadoes ripped through northeast Nebraska yesterday, killing a five-year-old child and injuring possibly dozens of others. At least half the town of Pilgar was damaged or destroyed. Homes and grain elevators were flattened and livestock killed. Officials said …

Flight 370: China’s official Xinhua news agency says a Chinese patrol boat detected an electronic pulse signal today in the Southern Indian Ocean. The Chinese say the signal is unidentified. Two other ships equipped to detect an airplane’s black box, …