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Ted Cruz won in Wisconsin — by even more than most recent polls indicated — in an absolutely essential victory for his campaign. With nearly 50% of the vote going for Cruz, it wasn’t just a win. It was a thumping and marks the single most important night of the senator’s campaign since Iowa. In […]

Instant messaging service WhatsApp has strengthened privacy for its more than one billion users. The Facebook-owned app announced Tuesday that it has added full end-to-end encryption for all communications. That means all text messages, file transfers and voice calls are scrambled en route between users’ phones so they can’t be intercepted. The news comes after […]

Instant messaging service WhatsApp has seriously strengthened privacy for all of its more than one billion users. The Facebook-owned app announced Tuesday that it has added full end-to-end encryption for all communications. That means all text messages, file transfers and voice calls are scrambled en route between users’ phones so they can’t be intercepted. The […]

Last winter, a team of doctors at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware treated a 16-year-old girl who had a sharp pain in one spot of her abdomen. Although the doctors suspected she had swallowed something, they were surprised when they pulled out a wire bristle from a grill brush during surgery. It […]

This is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser, perfect for serving all year long. In summer, I barbecue it, and in winter I roast it in the oven.—Elaine Seip, Medicine Hat, Alberta View the recipe at TasteofHome.com >>

The world saw the highest number of recorded executions in more than 25 years in 2015, according to a new report from human rights group Amnesty International. In what the organization called an “alarming surge,” at least 1,634 people were executed last year, an increase of more than 50% on 2014. “The rise in executions […]

Beyonce is telling a company to put an end to selling its “Feyonce” merchandise. The Grammy-award winning singer is suing a Texas-based company to stop selling products that have the word “Feyonce” written on them. The lawsuit said the three defendants “have willfully traded upon the goodwill and notoriety of Beyonce, arguably one of the […]

Walmart will switch to selling cage-free eggs only by 2025, the company said Tuesday. The country’s largest retailer joins a growing list of companies that have made the pledge. It’s a big win for the cage-free egg movement. Walmart’s sales account for about 25% of all groceries sold in the U.S. The new policy will […]

Police in Austin are investigating the case of a woman’s body found in a creek on the University of Texas campus as a homicide, officials said Tuesday. “Our home has been violated,” University President Gregory L. Fenves said at a news briefing. “Our hearts go out to the victim and her family, and we will […]

Health and law enforcement officials think counterfeit pain pills are the source of a spike in overdose deaths in the Sacramento, California, area. Forty-two people have been treated for overdoses and 10 have died since March 23, according to the DEA’s San Francisco division. “The overdoses are occurring at an alarming rate,” the DEA said. […]

I’m going to miss “American Idol.” The show, yes, but also what the show represented about the United States and about television. “Idol,” a British import, dominated American TV like no other show has in this young century. It set ratings records that boggled Fox executives’ minds; made Rupert Murdoch even richer; spawned a whole […]

Well, that didn’t take long. Only two days after the release of the Panama Papers, the first head rolled. Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday. Gunnlaugsson had been under pressure to step down since leaked documents hacked from a Panamanian law firm revealed his links to an offshore company, triggering protests. Now […]

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he was looking for ways to scale up the battle against militants in Iraq and Syria ahead of a White House meeting with top U.S. military brass. The planning session on combating the terror group was not expected to yield major shifts of strategy. “We continue to take on […]

FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday he does not see a need for urgency in completing the ongoing investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server. But he did say that he is staying “close to this one to make sure we have the resources to do it competently,” the Niagara-Gazette reported Tuesday. Comey, in a visit […]

Donald Trump will depart from his unscripted speaking style and deliver a series of policy speeches in the coming weeks after Wisconsin’s primary on Tuesday. Trump, who has been vague about the details of most of his bold policy proposals, will outline specific plans on topics like education reform, the U.S. military and the types […]