The New Deal: President Obama and Republican leaders knocked heads at lunch yesterday over immigration reform. The newly empowered congressional bosses warned Obama not to take executive action and the president said he would do exactly that if he is …

Spring in Korea: About 100 Artillery shells from a North Korean live fire exercise landed in waters claimed by South Korea and the South Koreans returned fire, lobbing about 300 shells into northern waters. All the shells landed in the …

World: A half million people have fled the fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo in recent weeks, according to the United Nations. In some areas of nearby Turkey the refugees outnumber the residents.   Secy. of State John Kerry …

Egypt: In a tactical escalation of violence, Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula used a surface to air missile to shoot down an Egyptian military helicopter, killing five people on board. The militants released a video showing a man firing …

Christmas City and World: In his first Christmas celebration as Pope, Francis called on atheists to work with believers of all religions toward “a homemade peace” that can spread across the world. He said, “Let us all unite, either with …

Beehive State: Same-sex marriages continued in Utah yesterday after a federal judge refused appeals to stay his own order making it legal. Utah Governor Gary Herbert filed a formal notice of appeal and said in a statement, “I am very …

Pyongyang Purge: The formerly powerful uncle of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un was executed immediately after he was found guilty of plotting against the government, according to the country’s state news agency. Chang Song-thaek was physically removed from a Communist …

World: One hundred thousand people danced and sang in a rainy Soweto stadium today in celebration of former South African President Nelson Mandela. Leaders from all over the world attended, including Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. …

Stormy Monday:  Snow and freezing rains caused accidents, snarled air travel and complicated football games Sunday as a major winter storm blanketed the East. A fatal crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike caused a chain of accidents involving nearly 50 vehicles. …

Stormy Weather: Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee all declared states of emergency as a massive snow and ice storm slides across the Midwest. Power was knocked out to tens of thousands of homes and business in North Texas as the storm …