Politics: Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan is spending the long weekend at home listening to people and messages urging him to run for Speaker of the House, but so far he’s not biting. Ryan is chairman of the powerful House Ways …

Terror: Thousands of mourners gathered in Ankara, Turkey today, a day after twin explosions during a peace rally killed 95 people and wounded 246. It is by far Turkey’s worst terrorist attack in recent history and a sign of political …

Terror: Two explosions seconds apart killed at least 30 people today at a peace demonstration in the Turkish capital, Ankara. At least 126 were wounded. The crowd had gathered to protest the conflict between Kurdish militants and the Turkish state …

School Shoot: One person is dead and three injured after a shooting that took place at Northern Arizona University at about 1:30 this morning. Police may reveal more details at a morning press conference. Peace on Earth: The Tunisian democracy …

The Russians Are Here: The war in Syria cranked up a big notch yesterday when Russia conducted and supported combined attacks from the air, land, and sea on anti-government forces. Moscow reported that it fired 26 cruise missiles from ships …

Crowded Skies: Turkey is bristling over Russian violations of that country’s air space in the bombing campaign against Islamic State and rebel targets over Syria. At least twice, Russian combat jets have strayed over Turkey in the increasingly crowded skies …

Permawar: The US military now says the Afghan military, not the US, called in the air strike that destroyed the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz. The sustained attack by an AC-130 gunship, a vicious weapon, killed 22 people including …

Biblical: More than 20 inches of rain have fallen on parts of South Carolina since last Thursday, flooding streets and roads and leading to a handful of deaths. Some houses have water in their first floor. “We haven’t seen this …

GunBeat: Even the father of the man who killed nine people at a Roseburg, Oregon community college has expressed dismay at his son’s ability to legally buy a small arsenal of 14 weapons. Ian Mercer, the father of 26-year-old Christopher …

The Shooting Gallery: President Obama yesterday promised he would “politicize” the issue of gun control after the latest mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon, “because our inaction is a political decision that we are making.” The shooter identified as 26-year-old Chris …