President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama sought to lift Hillary Clinton to victory while Donald Trump warned she was the “face of failure” and predicted he would blow her away in Tuesday’s election. On a dramatic final day of the ugliest campaign in modern history, the candidates and their surrogates held nearly two […]

getty images Early Voting Update: Battlegrounds Tight With 30 Million Ballots Cast: Democrats are building an early voting lead in North Carolina and Nevada, but Republicans maintain an edge in Florida and Ohio, according to a CNN analysis. With five days to go, registered Republicans also lead Democrats in early voting in Arizona, while Democrats […]

Third Breakdown In Year For $360M US Navy Combat Ships: For the third time in a year, one of the US Navy’s $360 million littoral combat ships has been knocked out of action by mechanical problems. The latest victim is the USS Freedom, which had seawater leak into one of its two main diesel propulsion […]

Hillary Clinton Clinches Democratic Presidential Nomination: Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Monday, according to CNN’s delegate and superdelegate count, and will become the first woman in the 240-year history of the United States to lead the presidential ticket of a major political party. A strong showing in Puerto Rico’s Democratic primary on Sunday […]

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES Flames fueled: The Rocky Fire — the largest of the nearly two dozen fires torching California — destroyed 24 homes and 26 outbuildings…

  1. OBAMA ISIS “No safe haven”: It’s time to go after ISIS in both Iraq and Syria, President Barack Obama said last night in…

1. MAGIC JOHNSON Disrespected: Magic Johnson has some advice for Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling: Sell the team, take the money and enjoy the rest of…

1. KIDNAPPED NIGERIAN GIRLS For sale: A man claiming to be the leader of the Boko Haram Islamist militant group in Nigeria says he’ll sell the more…

  1. ELECTION DAY The morning-after: Lots of key elections last night as we start  revving up for the White House race in 2016. Gov. Chris Christie won…