Big Hit: Al Qaeda has confirmed the death of its number two man, Naser Abdel-Karim Wahishi, in a US airstrike last week in Yemen. Wahishi, once served as Osama bin Laden’s personal secretary and as chief deputy to Ayman Zawahiri, …

Nation: Fifty-five colleges and universities from the Ivy League to small private colleges and big state schools are under investigation by the Education Department for the way they handle sexual assault complaints. The list includes Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Swarthmore, UC …

Extreme: Two days of powerful storms that hit the country from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes have killed at least 28 people. Rescue workers are still digging through rubble. Tornadoes have flattened homes, tossed cars and knocked …