Political Climate: Addressing the climate summit in Paris President Obama said time is running out to do something about climate change. He warned of “Submerged countries.  Abandoned cities.  Fields that no longer grow.  Political disruptions that trigger new conflict, and …

Top of the Key: Los Angeles Lakers basketball great Kobe Bryant announced that he’s retiring at the end of this season, his 20th in professional basketball. Bryant made his announcement in a 52-line poem he wrote and posted on Derek …

Political Climate: President Obama is in Paris today trying to negotiate an international climate change agreement that would enlist almost every country on earth to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. It would be one of the legacies of his presidency. But …

Nation: Police in Colorado Springs shot it out with a gunman inside the offices of the local Planned Parenthood yesterday afternoon. Police convinced the gunman to give up, but only after three people were killed, including a police officer. Four …

Shop ‘til You Drop: A couple of guys clearly in the holiday mood brawled in a Louisville shopping mall early today as the Christmas shopping madness kicked off. More than a 100 million Americans are expected to hit the stores …

Nation: Police snipers will be on watch and officers with automatic rifles will be patrolling the streets for the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade today as the New York police department goes on hyper vigilance after the Paris terrorist attacks. Police Commissioner …

Nation: Protests erupted in Chicago last night after the release of a 2014 police dash cam video of a white officer shooting a black 17-year-old armed with a knife 16 times. The Chicago police department had suppressed the video until …

World at War: In a messy escalation of war in the Middle East, Turkey has shot down a Russian fighter jet that it says flew over Turkish territory despite repeated warnings. Russia has confirmed that it lost an Su24 fighter jet, …

World at War: Trying to head off a predicted terror attack, Belgian police arrested 21 people in 27 raids in the past day, but didn’t grab the man they wanted most, Salah Abdeslam, who is believed to be the planner …

World at War: Central Brussels was in shutdown last night as soldiers patrolled the streets and investigators were on the hunt for Salah Abdeslam, the man who thought to have been the planner of the Paris attacks. By some reports …