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HOUSTON (AP) — Last night's Republican presidential debate in Houston proved to be a verbal free-for-all. A fiery Marco Rubio went hard after Donald Trump. Ted Cruz joined in, questioning the front-runner's conservative credentials. For his part, Trump was determined to give as good as he got.
HESSTON, Kan. (AP) — A Hesston, Kansas, police officer is being hailed as a hero for stopping a series of shootings. The officer gunned down a man who had stormed the factory where he worked. Authorities say the gunman killed three people and wounded 14 others before being shot dead by the officer.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Pentagon has launched a newly aggressive campaign of cyberattacks against Islamic State militants. It's a targeted effort to erode the group's abilities to use social media and the Internet to recruit fighters and inspire followers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Apple Inc. is asking a federal magistrate to reverse her order that the company help the FBI hack into a locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. Apple accuses the federal government of seeking "dangerous power" through the courts and of trampling on its constitutional rights.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The state of Illinois, facing a financial crisis, has been getting a windfall of $1.2 million — and growing. Illinois is no longer mailing reminders to motorists to renew their license plate stickers. Income from the $20 late fines has more than doubled for the first two months of this year.
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