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San Diego's Ambulance Service Assesses Slow Response Times

The city requires ambulances to meet certain response times in four zones 90 percent of the time. However, data from July, August and September showed that the benchmarks were met between 84 percent and 87 percent of the time.

"This is the loneliest place in the world," House Speaker John Boehner said on the eve of his resignation.

Listen: 10 Best Moments From Speaker John Boehner's Exit Interview

On his way out as speaker, Boehner reflects on his career, and the future of the GOP.

Anti-government protesters demonstrate in Istanbul near a Turkish broadcaster which was taken over by police. The company owns opposition television stations Bugun TV and Kanalturk.

Turkish Police Take Over Opposition TV Stations, Throw Broadcasters Off The Air

Just days ahead of the country's general elections, Turkish police raided a broadcasting company in Istanbul known for supporting a government opposition group.

Rep. Paul Ryan told House Republicans he would only serve as speaker if they would embrace him as a consensus candidate.

House Republicans Nominate Paul Ryan For Speaker

Ryan publicly declined to run for speaker at least three times this year, but then said he relented after pressure from Republican leaders.

Test Scores Are Falling, Is The Sky?

The Nation's Report Card came out today, and the news is not good, especially on the math front.

Children Get Married In The U.S., Too: #15Girls

Child marriages don't just happen far away on other continents. They take place in this country as well. And sometimes a judge even approves.

On the first day of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in May 1988, an Afghan soldier hands a flag to a departing Soviet soldier in Kabul. "This was the first time journalists had full access to Kabul," Robert Nickelsberg says. It marked his first year covering Afghanistan. "It was a historical turning point for the Cold War and actually foreshadows the chaos that will descend on the country."

The Intense Images Of Afghanistan's Long And 'Distant War'

Photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg has been documenting Afghanistan since 1988. A retrospective in Kabul from his book, A Distant War, takes his photos back to the country where he made them.

Preparations underway in the Media Center at the third Republican debate on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo.

What Each GOP Hopeful Needs To Do At Tonight's Presidential Debate

There will be a renewed focus on a surging Ben Carson, while Jeb Bush needs a strong performance during the debate focused on the economy to assuage nervous donors.

Senior Deputy Ben Fields is seen pulling a student from her chair at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C., in these three images made from another student's video recording.

S.C. Sheriff Will Decide Deputy's Future With Department

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says an internal affairs investigation into an arrest at a Columbia, S.C., high school looks at whether Senior Deputy Ben Fields followed departmental protocol.

House Speaker John Boehner vowed to "clean the barn" before he stepped down. And he's doing just that with a budget deal that also raises the debt ceiling.

Boehner's Budget Deal Caps Extraordinary Execution Of An Exit Strategy

By voluntarily renouncing his office, Boehner freed himself to do what had to be done. To paraphrase Shakespeare's epitaph for another warrior, nothing in his career became him like the leaving it.

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