May 3, 2016 Cruz taps evangelicals, conservative tea party members to fuel campaign When Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz first ran for U.S. Senate in Texas, the only thing lower than his name recognition was the expectation that he'd win.
May 3, 2016 APNewsBreak: Key lottery official on indefinite leave as insider's jackpot-fixing case expands A prominent lottery official who has run the Powerball game since its inception was quietly removed from his 28-year post leading the Multi-State Lottery Association after a jackpot-fixing scandal inside his organization got bigger, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press.
May 3, 2016 Jackpot-fixing inquiry spreads to 5th state as prosecutor says insider fixed 2 Kansas jackpots A lottery industry insider allegedly fixed two jackpots in Kansas, bringing to five the number of states connected to the widening investigation.
May 3, 2016 Missouri trooper charged with involuntary manslaughter in handcuffed Iowa man's drowning death A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the drowning of a handcuffed Iowa man.
May 3, 2016 Iowa man reports burglary attempt, gets arrested himself A 21-year-old man who called police to report an attempted burglary wound up being arrested himself.
May 3, 2016 Donald Trump backers baffled by condemnation of his Muslim proposal, view criticism as naive As she's working the counter at a hole-in-the-wall hot dog stand named Rosie's in upstate South Carolina, Tracy Hooker isn't interested in debating the merits of Donald Trump's proposal to temporarily block Muslims from coming into the United States.
May 3, 2016 Leading Iowa evangelical Vander Plaats endorses Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for president A prominent Iowa evangelical leader has endorsed Ted Cruz for president, a coup for the Texas senator, who has heavily courted churches and pastors in an effort to win the state's leadoff Republican caucuses.
May 3, 2016 Clinton says GOP candidates undermining anti-terrorism efforts Hillary Clinton is charging Republican presidential candidates with undermining American efforts to fight Islamic terrorism with "hateful" campaign rhetoric.
May 3, 2016 GOP Chaos: Trump's plan to ban Muslims creates havoc for his party as first voting nears Donald Trump's plan to ban Muslims from entering the United States is shoving the Republican Party to the edge of chaos, abruptly pitting GOP leaders against their own presidential front-runner and jeopardizing the party's longtime drive to attract minorities.
May 3, 2016 Trump rejects criticism of his proposal to ban Muslims from US, comparisons to Hitler Donald Trump is rejecting criticism that his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. is un-American and has critics comparing him to Adolf Hitler.
