No Lyin’: Donald Trump is now all but officially the Republican nominee for president. Losing the Indiana primary by a margin wider than the drubbing predicted in the polls, Texas. Sen. Ted Cruz dropped out last night. After delivering one …

Ferguson: St. Louis County’s executive declared a state of emergency yesterday after street violence returned to Ferguson, Mo. with protests over police shootings. A reporter was beaten and robbed, a police officer was injured, and two teenagers wounded in a …

Econ 101: The Dow Jones rose 421 points yesterday, the market’s biggest one-day spike in three years. Investors were excited about earnings reports. At the same time the price of oil continued to slide under $56 a barrel. While that’s …

Cuban Surprise: President Obama shocked the world and his Republican opponents announcing yesterday that 50 years of shunning Cuba is a failure and that the US is re-establishing diplomatic relations with the island country just 90 miles off the coast …

Ukraine: Turnout appeared to be light today for a referendum on independence in eastern Ukraine, with many voters marking their ballots “yes.” The movement’s backers would create independent republics in Donetsk and Luhansk. The chairman of the election committee for …

Ukraine: Pro-Russians appear ready to go ahead with an independence referendum tomorrow, despite discouragement from Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Ukraine government. Ukraine’s acting President Oleksander Turchinov said the vote “would be a step into the abyss for these …

Bus Crash: Ten people died yesterday 100 miles north of Sacramento in an accident involving a bus carrying Los Angeles high school students on a college tour. Police say a FedEx tractor trailer crossed the center divide and smashed into …