Elder Bush Says His Son Was Served Badly by Aides  —  WASHINGTON — After years of holding back, former President George Bush has finally broken his public silence about some of the key figures in his son's administration, issuing scathing critiques of Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.

Ben Carson's unusual theory about pyramids  —  NAPLES, Florida — Ben Carson stood by his long-held belief about ancient pyramids in Egypt, that they were used to store grain, rather than to inter pharaohs.  —  Asked about this Wednesday, Carson told CBS News, “It's still my belief, yes.”

Ben Carson States, Wrongly, That Founding Fathers ‘Had No Elected Office Experience’  —  Ben Carson tried to compare his own lack of political experience to that of the Founding Fathers.  The trouble is, he got his history wrong.  —  In a Facebook post late Wednesday, Mr. Carson …

UC Merced stabbing suspect identified as Faisal Mohammad after he was shot dead  —  A student who stabbed four people inside a classroom at the University of California, Merced, before he was killed by police has been identified.  —  Faisal Mohammad, a freshman from Santa Clara who majored …

Bindi Irwin — Judge Rejects ‘DWTS’ Contract ... No Proof Her Dad Died  —  JUDGE REJECTS ‘DWTS’ CONTRACT  —  No Proof Her Dad Died … Bindi Irwin is caught in a tangled legal web ... her “Dancing with the Stars” contract just got rejected because a judge needs proof her dad is dead.

Exxon Mobil Investigated for Possible Climate Change Lies by New York Attorney General  —  The New York attorney general has begun a sweeping investigation of Exxon Mobil to determine whether the company lied to the public about the risks of climate change or to investors about how those risks might hurt the oil business.

Ben Carson: Trans People Don't Deserve ‘Extra Rights,’ Like Using Bathroom  —  A week after claiming his anti-gay positions didn't make him homophobic, Ben Carson has suggested that transgender people should be segregated to their own separate restrooms.  —  Speaking with Fusion's Jorge Ramos …

Carson Best-Liked of All Presidential Candidates  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Political novice Ben Carson retains his formidable edge in popularity over his Republican presidential rivals, with a net favorable score of +59 among Republicans nationwide.  But Carson is popular not only with Republicans …

War On Christmas: Starbucks Red Cups Are Emblematic Of The Christian Culture Cleansing Of The West  —  Before I knew what coffee was supposed to taste like, my friends and I used trot off to my nearest Starbucks almost every day (we thought we were très sophistiqué) after school …

AP Exclusive: Brown had state workers research oil on ranch  —  2 photos  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown last year directed state oil and gas regulators to research, map and report back on any mining and oil drilling potential and history at the Brown family's private land in Northern California.

Explaining Extreme Events of 2014  —  Human activities, such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use, influenced specific extreme weather and climate events in 2014, including tropical cyclones in the central Pacific, heavy rainfall in Europe, drought in East Africa, and stifling heat waves in Australia …

Sanders, in tonal shift, backs investigation of Clinton emails  —  In his most explicit critique of Hillary Clinton's email controversy to date, Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders told The Wall Street Journal that if the former secretary of state skirted public-records requests …

The Path to a Wild GOP Convention  —  Primary rules open the possibility that no candidate will win a majority of delegates.  —  At the past 16 Republican National Conventions, the party's presidential nominee has been selected on the first ballot.  That long streak might end next year.

Tarantino: Police Brutality Is ‘Ultimately’ ‘A Problem of White Supremacy’  —  Director Quentin Tarantino defended his comments that have triggered boycotts from police unions, and argued police brutality “ultimately what I feel is a problem of white supremacy in this country” on Wednesday's “All In with Chris Hayes” on MSNBC.