Econ 101: The stock market appears to be drowning in excess oil. With the price of a barrel crashing through $30, investors around the world are losing confidence in economic growth. The Dow Jones dropped nearly 400 points yesterday and …

Debatable: The Republican candidates hacked and slashed each other last night in debate in Charleston, SC, where finally someone landed a punch on Donald Trump. Taking on Trump’s challenge of his legal eligibility to be president, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz …

Terror: Explosions and gunfire rocked central Jakarta today in a terror attack that left seven people dead, including five of the assailants. The attackers used guns and grenades. Twenty people were reported wounded. Indonesian authorities said the police had received …

SOTU: President Obama gave one of the speeches of his career last night, focusing his State of the Union message more on big ideas and great aspirations than a political agenda for the last year of his presidency. He posed …

State of the Union: President Obama in his final State of the Union address tonight is expected to depart from the usual political agenda and make a direct appeal to the voting public to determine the direction of the country …

Starman: David Bowie, the shape shifting British singer songwriter who pushed the limits of style and sexual identity, has died of cancer at age 69. Bowie Broke through in the early 70s with his album Ziggy Stardust, performing as a …

Fame and Fortune: Actor Sean Penn secretly met with the notorious drug dealer “El Chapo” while he was on the lam and interviewed the fugitive for Rolling Stone Magazine. The craggy-faced actor is seen in a picture shaking El Chapo’s …

South of the Border: The elusive Mexican drug dealer Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as “El Chapo,” has been re-captured six months after his elaborately executed escape from Mexico’s most secure prison. Guzmán was taken after a ferocious gun battle in …

GunBeat: In a dramatic declaration, President Obama says in an opinion piece in the NY Times today that he will not support for election any politician who doesn’t advocate gun reform. He writes, “Even as I continue to take every …

The Hermit Kingdom: Both the US and South Korean governments say they doubt that North Korea conducted its first test of a hydrogen bomb as claimed by the North. Seismic experts say the shaking felt in South Korea near the …