Mr. Speaker: A Montana woman told ABC News yesterday that her brother was sexually abused by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert back in the 1970s when the retired politician was a wrestling coach at a suburban Chicago high school. Jolene …

—From Franklin, Tenn.   Nailed: In the wake of a NY Times expose of health hazards and wage theft in the thriving nail salon industry, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered emergency measures to inspect the parlors, protect salon …

Deliberate Air Crash: The co-pilot of the Germanair flight that crashed in the French alps Tuesday deliberately drove the plane into the ground, investigators say. Brice Robin, the chief prosecutor in Marseilles said, “The interpretation we can give at this …

Air Crash: A German Airbus passenger plane with 150 people on board crashed today in a remote and mountainous area of southern France. The flight bound for Düsseldorf was operated by Germanwings, a discount subsidiary of Lufthansa. German news agencies …

Nation: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a Tea Party stalwart, is expected to announce tomorrow that he is a candidate for president in 2016. He would be the first major Republican candidate to announce. Cruz was first elected to the Senate …

SOTU: President Obama declared economic victory last night in his sixth State of the Union message. “At this moment, with a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, booming energy production, we have risen from recession freer to write our own …

Ukraine: Photographs of the so-called “Green Men”, the armed pro-Russians who have occupied government buildings in Eastern Ukraine, prove that they are actually Russian soldiers and intelligence agents, according to the Ukraine and US governments. Despite denials from the Kremlin, …

World: The State Department has ordered the evacuation of the US consulate in Lahore, Pakistan. In Yemen, US drones continue to hunt down suspected members of Al Qaeda. A strike yesterday killed three men travelling in a vehicle. Fourteen militants …

Nyet: President Obama cancelled his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in response to Russia’s decision to harbor NSA leaker Edward Snowden. US-Russia relations are at a low point with lack of progress over human rights, trade and defense …

World: The State Department has flown diplomatic staff out of Yemen and urged UScitizens to leave the country. This follows the closure of US embassies and consulates across the Middle East after the interception of a message from Al Qaeda …