State of the Union: President Obama in his final State of the Union address tonight is expected to depart from the usual political agenda and make a direct appeal to the voting public to determine the direction of the country …

Nation: The Justice Department says it will investigate an incident in which a white sheriff’s deputy flipped and dragged an uncooperative black girl while other students captured the moment on video at a South Carolina high school. The girl at …

Poll-itics: Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has pulled to within a horse length of Donald Trump in the latest New York Times/CBS News poll of Republican voters. The Poll puts Carson at 23 percent to Trump’s 27, a 17-point gain for …