Antonin Scalia: The body of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was barely cold before Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that President Obama shouldn’t even think about trying to appoint a replacement. A statement from McConnell said, “The American people …

The Virginia Report: After the release of a report last night slamming its journalistic practices, Rolling Stone Magazine completely retracted its story published last November about a purported gang rape in a University of Virginia fraternity house. The story gained …

Extreme: Al-Shabab Muslim extremists are threatening more attacks on Kenya after killing 148 people at Garissa University College this week. A statement attributed to al-Shabab says, “Kenyan cities will run red with blood.” The primary gunmen were killed, but authorities …

Jobs: Economic growth slowed in March with the addition of only 126,000 jobs to the workforce. Analysts blame brutal March weather and the drop in oil prices, which is killing jobs in the petroleum industry. The slowdown might cause the …

Germanwings: Investigators say the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings airliner had recently been on the Internet researching suicide and the security of cockpit doors. A statement from investigators says, “During this time the user was searching for medical treatments, as …

Missing Jet: Search teams say they have found wreckage and bodies from AirAsia flight 8501 in the Java Sea off the coast of Borneo. Searchers say they can see what appears to be the shape of part of the fuselage …

Nation: As demonstrators marched in cities around the country yesterday, President Obama stepped into the Ferguson fray, announcing the formation of a task force to defuse the tension between communities and their police departments. He said there is “a simmering …

Israel Arrests: Israeli police have arrested up to six people in the killing of an Arab boy who was burned to death in a forest. Authorities believe Muhammad Abu Khdeir was burned alive in revenge for the killing of three …

Iran: President Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made a diplomatic breakthrough yesterday speaking to each other on the telephone. It’s the first time since 1979 that leaders of Iran and the US have spoken to each other. Obama said …

Mall Terror: The standoff between the military and a group of terrorists continued throughout the night at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi. An estimated 10-15 attackers are still in the mall.   Witnesses to the massacre yesterday said the …