US Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has strongly condemned media reports questioning parts of his inspirational biography. The soft-spoken former neurosurgeon, who has recently surged in the GOP race to the White House, had a fiery exchange with reporters on Friday about his past and whether he has made up some crucial episodes of his life story. “There is a desperation on behalf... 

A massive storm buried much of the central United States in dangerous ice and snow Wednesday, stranding scores of motorists with massive drifts that shut down major roads and defeated plows. Strong winds created drifts as high as 15 feet (4.6 meters) as the storm dropped as much as four feet of snow (1.2 meters) in some areas, said Pat Slattery, a spokesman for the National Weather Service. “This...