Iraq Official Resigns After Devastating Bombing

Iraq's interior minister has offered to resign, part of the political fallout from Sunday's devastating attack in Baghdad. Mohammed Ghabban Tuesday handed over authority to his deputy until the offer is considered by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, himself the target of public rage after a suicide truck bombing killed at least 175 people. Rescuers are still going through the blast site in the Karrada district looking for people who are missing in one of the deadliest attacks to...

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