Hours after grandson's death, Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Jeremy Carter, 28, died early Sunday after his heart stopped at his family's home in Peachtree City.  —  PLAINS — On Sunday, two weeks after making the cheerful announcement that there was no remaining sign …

Clinton's brief absence at the Democratic debate explained  —  Coverage of the Saturday night Democratic debate has focused on Bernie Sanders' apology to Hillary Clinton for his staff's poor judgment in viewing her campaign's proprietary data.  But Clinton issued a “sorry” of her own — although for a far less serious matter.

Obama: Trump exploiting fears of ‘blue-collar men’  —  People like Donald Trump are “taking advantage” of Americans' fears about their present and future, particularly those of “blue-collar men,” President Barack Obama said in an interview airing Monday on NPR's “Morning Edition.”

Peggy Noonan: ‘Harsh Rhetoric’ From GOP Candidates ‘Makes Them Look Radical’  —  Poor Nooners.  You can tell it caused her great pain to have to admit on this Sunday's Face the Nation that these Republican presidential candidates are sounding more and more like a bunch of warmongering nutters …

Miss Philippines Wins Miss Universe In Bizarre Finish [Updated and with comment by Paul]  —  Tonight's Miss Universe pageant concluded with a fiasco, as the announcer apparently misunderstood the final rankings and announced Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez Arévalo, as the winner.

Does Hillary's Potty Break Matter?  DEPENDS.  —  The Democrats held a stealth primary debate in the dark of night on the weekend before Christmas this past Saturday, which you may be forgiven for, like 99.9 percent of the human race, not knowing about.  But that's why we're here.

Still magic in middle age... It's Harry Potter and a new-look Hermione: Cast set to star in highly-anticipated stage play is revealed  —  This is the grown-up Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley who will appear in next year's highly anticipated stage play - and they're very different from their big screen counterparts.

Heroic high school football player killed shielding teenage girls from gunmen  —  When the shooting began Thursday night in Knoxville, Tenn., Zaevion Dobson faced a split-second choice: run away and save himself or use his body as a shield to protect those around him.

Clinton campaign sweats out data breach damage  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Accusing your opponent of committing evil and unpardonable crimes is basic presidential campaign jujitsu.  But Hillary's Clinton's team is genuinely jittery about the sneak peek taken by Bernie Sanders staffers into their secret voter file.

Inside Obama's secret pity party  —  Poor Barack Obama.  Americans don't appreciate his wisdom, and those nasty Republicans are picking on him again.  Woe is the leader of the free world.  —  That was the essence of his private meeting with friendly journalists, where the president gave …

Active-shooter training for office workers used to be about hiding.  Not anymore.  —  A day after the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., left 14 people dead, Temony McNeil was on the floor of his Washington office, pinned down by co-workers.  —  At 6 feet and 240 pounds, McNeil is no pushover.

Fake bomb diverts Air France flight en route to Paris  —  NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan authorities are questioning several suspects who were on an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris that was forced to land early Sunday in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa after a device suspected to be a bomb was found in a lavatory.