Homeland: President Obama spoke from the Oval Office last night to assure Americans that he’s handling the threat of international and domestic terrorism. “The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it,” he promised. “We will destroy ISIL …

Fear Itself: In the wake of the San Bernardino massacre, President Obama is scheduled to address the country tonight on the nature of current terrorist threats and what’s being done about it. After the Paris attacks Obama assured the country …

Gray Lady Speaks: The New York Times has run a front page editorial, its first since 1920, condemning the failure of American political leaders to do anything to stop the proliferation of guns and the growing phenomenon of mass murders. …

Armed and Dangerous: The FBI is treating the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. as a potential case of terrorism but has come to no conclusions. Investigators are looking into the possibility that the suspects Syed Farook, 28, and Tashfeen …

A husband and wife were killed in a shootout with the police in San Bernardino, Calif., after the couple had attacked a state office building killing 14 people and wounding 17. The two shooters were identified as Syed Farook, 28, …

Social Network: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced the birth of their first child, a girl named Max. And to mark the occasion he announced that during the course of their lives he and his wife …

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 …