Apr 25 Kasich says Cruz compact 'not a big deal' By Associated Press Ohio Gov. John Kasich is still urging people in Indiana to vote for him. That's the Republican presidential candidate's message about 13 hours after he announced an arrangement to give rival Ted Cruz "a clear path" in Indiana, which holds… Continue reading
Apr 25 Delegate math: How Tuesday could close door on Sanders bid By Hope Yen, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton can't win enough delegates on Tuesday to officially knock Bernie Sanders out of the presidential race, but she can erase any lingering honest doubts about whether she'll soon be the Democratic nominee. Continue reading
Apr 25 Obama boosts Islamic State fight, asks Europe to do the same By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press HANNOVER, Germany -- Evoking history and appealing for solidarity, President Barack Obama on Monday cast his decision to send 250 more troops to Syria as a bid to keep up "momentum" in the campaign to dislodge Islamic State extremists. He… Continue reading
Apr 24 Cruz, Kasich campaigns align with goal of beating Trump By Steve Peoples and Ken Thomas, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Donald Trump says an extraordinary collaboration between Ted Cruz and John Kasich aimed at unifying the anti-Trump vote in some remaining primaries is a desperate move by "mathematically dead" rivals. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 1:19 Thirty years after Chernobyl disaster, families say children are getting sick By PBS News Hour It will be 30 years on Tuesday since the world's worst nuclear power plant disaster took place in Chernobyl, now part of Ukraine. People who remained in the region continued eating local produce and milk with radiation levels two to… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 3:18 How are voters expected to lean in Pennsylvania's primary? By PBS News Hour Of the five northeast states holding primaries on Tuesday, Pennsylvania is the biggest prize, with 71 national convention delegates at stake for Republicans and 210 for Democrats. Political reporter Jonathan Tamari from the Philadelphia Inquirer joins Megan Thompson with the… Continue watching
Apr 24 Solar plane completes dangerous 3-day flight over the Pacific Ocean By Michael D. Regan The Solar Impulse-2 finished the most challenging leg of its around-the-world trip, which started in March 2015 in the United Arab Emirates, in an attempt to draw attention to clean-energy technology. Continue reading
Apr 24 Trump campaign trying to court GOP power players in Washington By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Donald Trump, who bills himself the ultimate outsider, is pivoting increasingly to the power centers of official Washington as he tries to clinch the Republican presidential nomination. Continue reading
Apr 24 Contesting bail to take on racial disparities in San Francisco jails By Kamala Kelkar San Francisco's Public Defender has assembled a team to help contest the bail of nearly every client in the system. Continue reading
Apr 24 GOP senators fact check Trump on foreign policy By Richard Lardner, Associated Press The Senate's leading Republican voices on national security are assembling an indictment of Donald Trump's worldview by soliciting rebuttals from U.S. military leaders that challenge the accuracy and legality of the GOP presidential front-runner's most provocative foreign policy positions. Continue reading