Joe Mandak

Conservative culture warrior Rick Santorum launched a 2016 White House bid on Wednesday, vowing to fight for working-class Americans in a new election season that will test his influence — and focus on social issues — in a changing Republican Party.

A former western Pennsylvania judge who briefly held a state job in Alaska waived his right to a preliminary hearing on charges he stole cocaine from police evidence files and tried to hide it by replacing some of the drugs with baking soda.