Clinton promised continuity. She highlighted her record. She touted her ability to get results within the limitations of the modern political climate.

We have the pharmaceutical industry pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into campaign contributions and lobbying and the private insurance companies as well."

When the debate shifted to foreign policy in its second hour, Clinton displayed a command that was in sharp contrast to Sanders' quiet.

She accused Sanders of calling Obama "weak" and "ineffective" when it came to perhaps Clinton's most vulnerable subject

Sanders' shoot-for-the-moon liberalism and Clinton's embrace of Obama were clearest in their biggest fight of the evening: health care

Clinton = Obama

Just two hours before the debate, Sanders had rolled out a tax plan that would fund his Medicare-for-all proposal to scrap private health insurance entirely and replace it with a government-run program.

Cruz was ready to attack Trump over the real estate mogul's assertion that Cruz's Canadian birth (to a U.S. citizen mother) makes him vulnerable to accusations he is ineligible for the presidency,

As Cruz rebutted Trump for raising the issue -- effectively winning the moment -- Trump essentially held his hands up and said he's not the one who's concerned.

And he succeeded in keeping the question alive -- a loss, in and of itself, for Cruz. Trump asked: "If you become the nominee, who the hell knows if you can even serve in office?"

Trump and Cruz were at the center of the night's most memorable exchanges, but Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie traded blows as well.

That Christie was even a target suggests he has a leg up on the two other governors in the race -- Ohio Gov.

Kasich, meanwhile, got the most engagement of the night from 89-year-old former Democratic Rep. John Dingell,

No, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul didn't change his mind and show up for Thursday's 6 p.m. undercard round. But skipping the debate worked for him.

"If you're designated as someone who is not in contention, that is very disruptive to a campaign that is about three weeks out,

"The people we met in Madaya were exhausted and extremely frail," Singer said. "Doctors were emotionally distressed and mentally drained

No plans to evacuate the starving

He spoke after U.N. convoys had finally arrived in Syrian towns to deliver food to malnourished residents

"Let me be clear: The use of starvation as a weapon of war is a war crime," he said. "All sides -- including the Syrian government, which has the primary responsibility to protect Syrians -- are committing this and other atrocious acts prohibited under international humanitarian law.

The starvation here is no act of God -- not the result of drought or flooding or crop failure.

Forecasters in The Wall Street Journal’s latest survey of economists said there is a 17% chance the U.S. will enter a recession in 2016,

Many investors have alternately feared the U.S. would succumb to global weakness or latched onto signs it would muddle through.

“I find it hard to believe that a quarter-point rate hike has created all this enormous uncertainty,” said Timothy Adams, head of the Institute of International Finance, a trade group representing financial institutions.

One reason economists aren’t even more worried: The U.S. relies less on trade than many of the world’s largest nations.

Still, the U.S. has more than 100 million people working in service industries—primarily transacting with other U.S. businesses and individuals

Some industries are sure to be hit harder than others if the global economy slows. Durable-goods makers

They forecast payroll growth falling from about 202,000 in the first three months of 2016 to 180,000 in the last three months

Little is known about how much emerging-market risk U.S. investors hold,” said Daniel Bachman, senior U.S. economist at Deloitte Services LP.

This research sheds interesting light on how humans have influenced and continue to influence the climate. It's a complicated relationship and our knowledge is always evolving.

He also suggests humans are more powerful than they realize. "The bottom line is that we are basically skipping a whole glacial cycle, which is unprecedented.

The New Jersey governor has clawed his way back into the race by winning over New Hampshire primary voters one town hall and diner at a time

that made him the early favorite to be the GOP nominee as far back as 2011

 In a word, energy. The former Florida governor has made no secret of his ambivalence about debates

The retired pediatric neurosurgeon is a case study in the physics of presidential politics: Candidates that surge quickly tend to fall to earth just as fast. He has lost so much altitude since his shaky performance

 Solid. That is how the pundit class has rendered each of Mr. Rubio’s five previous debates. Of all the candidates on stage, the Florida senator seems to have passed the credibility test

The Texas senator likes to tell supporters you only take flak because you’re over the target, attributing his rivals’ recent attacks to his surge in the polls, both nationally and in Iowa. It’s one thing to expect incoming

The celebrity businessman has defied just about every rule in American politics

this time in the world's most populous Muslim country.

ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in an official statement posted online by the terror organization, which was translated by the monitoring group Flashpoint and verified by CNN

The Jakarta carnage, in an area frequented by foreigners, came 6,000 miles from and two days after ISIS boasted about a suicide bombing in the heart of Istanbul

two, wounding 19 and raising alarms about te

"It's concerning (to have) yet one more day and another attack in another part of the world," Gohel told CNN

That set in motion two militants outside the coffee shop who seized two foreigners,

Heavily armed police soon swarmed the scene, firing on the militants and looking for other attackers

Dutch national among 19 wounded

king for those who helped them in plotting, financing and getting weaponry, according to Charliyan, the police spokesman.By then, police had already counted five assailants dead at th

though they are loo

The standards have been in place and uncontested for 38 years.

Pediatric heart experts appointed by the state to look out for children with heart defects took exception.

Jacobs recommended the hospital stop performing heart surgery on babies younger than 6 months

Those babies had surgery at St. Mary's, but when their health spiraled downward, they were transferred to other hospitals.

In 2013 and 2014, Tenet contributed $50,000 each year to Let's Get to Work, Scott's political action committee. The next largest Tenet contribution those years to a state candidate's PAC was $25,000.

Doctors outside the state said they were surprised that Florida would move to repeal its own safety standards for children

An internationally renowned cardiac expert agreed that the standards are necessary

In December, a judge ruled in the state's favor and said the standards for pediatric heart hospitals could be taken off the books.

"We are concerned that additional North Korean provocations could heighten tensions, lead to a cycle of escalation," he said

There could be firing by the North Koreans, which then could prompt South Koreans to retaliate very quickly," she said

In an additional provocation, South Korean soldiers on Wednesday found anti-South Korea and anti-U.S. propaganda leaflets

North Korea defends its nuclear ambitions

But North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday defended his nuclear program, saying his country needs the capability to strike the United States if provoked.

Researchers with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury said that the heavily edited film seemed to show black smoke, several fireballs and even possibly falling debris

The sailors, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said, “went through hell.

Trump and others said that the only reason Iran cooperated so quickly was that “they get $100 billion during the next short period of time; they don’t want to jeopardize that.”

The 1982 Law of the Sea Convention authorizes coastal states to take “necessary steps” to prevent passage through their territorial waters that “is not innocent,” but so-called “innocent” vessels are exempt from arrest and seizure and subject only to diplomatic complaint and orders to leave

The United States and Iran, however, are among a minority of nations that have never ratified the convention

Through debriefing, the official said, “hopefully [the sailor] will be able to relay the story….This guy may have been doing what he needed to do to release tensions.

According to a senior U.S. defense official, the Iranians could have pilfered some personal information from the captives.

Fadavi also complained of what he called “irresponsible” and provocative behavior by U.S. naval forces in the region after the capture. He said that while the captured sailors accepted their predicament calmly,

The sailors were en route to Kuwait from Bahrain in the Persian Gulf in two small riverine boats when communications with them ceased

they were confronted by IRGC patrol boats and taken to an Iranian naval facility on Farsi Island

which have become less advantageous for Iraq as the price of oil has crashed

racked up $18 billion in debt

Iraqis are willing to do the fighting on the ground

“In some ways, our economic challenges are an opportunity for us to get our house in order,” Mr. Faily said

The Kurdish region, which includes three provinces, received a percentage of Iraq’s national budget until 2014