Friday's Headlines: Spread of Zika virus appears to be slowing in parts of Latin America
Clinton wages two-front fight against fellow New Yorkers Trump, Sanders; Donald Trump seeks to avert damaging loss in Wisconsin; Will Tesla’s new Model 3 be the start of an electric car revolution?;
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
Data for several nations shows infections declining in recent weeks. But epidemiologists warn that the epidemic still seems to be growing in areas such as Brazil, the epicenter of the virus.
New York is one of the biggest prizes left in the primaries, and its backdrop for the battle is all the more resonant given that all three candidates have ties to the state.
Amid a turbulent week ahead of a key primary, the GOP presidential front-runner made a trip to Washington to meet with foreign policy advisers, talk to Republican leaders and predict he would unify the party.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's newly unveiled latest creation, priced at $35,000, is an effort to bring electric cars to the masses. Musk said 115,000 people preordered the vehicle Thursday though it won't be available until 2017.
State lawmakers are considering ways to impeach the Republican or set up a recall, and his alleged mistress resigned as his top political adviser Wednesday.
The economy was expected to have added 205,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate was expected to remain unchanged at 4.9 percent, analysts said ahead of this morning's Labor Department report.
What happened in North Carolina was a classic countermove in the modern conflict over gay rights. When liberal cities enact laws to protect LGBT people, conservative state governments respond by preempting them.
The cleric whose militia once battled U.S. troops is challenging the country's despised political elites. He won a victory Thursday in the form of a proposed new government presented to parliament.
The Pyongyang regime's tight security has left "chain defection" as the method of choice. "If you don't have family living outside North Korea, it's impossible to come out because someone has to pay," a human-rights activist said.
A last-minute political fight nearly derailed the measure, which will let roughly 40 million Americans register for and use an existing benefit worth $9.25 a month to purchase broadband service.
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