National Protest League: From the West Coast to London yesterday, scores of National Football League players, coaches, and even owners stood with locked arms or took a knee during the national anthem in defiance of President Donald Trump’s tweets about …

Nation: A Mississippi man is under arrest after a house-to-house shooting rampage that left eight people dead, including a sheriff’s deputy and two children. The suspect is Willie Corey Godbolt of Bogue Chitto, who later told a newspaper reporter, “I …

Permawar: At least 41 people are dead and 140 wounded in a triple suicide-bomb attack yesterday at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, one of the busiest in the world. The government believes the Islamic State is responsible, although no one has claimed …

The Trump Report: Nearly two thirds of Americans are worried about the prospect of Donald Trump becoming president, according to a NY Times/CBS News poll. The poll says 24 percent of voters expressed concern and 40 percent outright fear about …

World: Leaders at the G-7 summit today in Germany are focusing on climate change and international terrorism. German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to reach an agreement for limiting rising global temperatures and creating a fund to help poor countries hard …

Ukraine: The army has pushed Pro-Russian separatists out of the eastern city of Slovyansk, which they have held since April. It’s too early to know how much of a blow this is to the separatist movement. Rebel leaders said that …

Lost Flight: Malaysian authorities say they have identified one of two men who boarded the missing Malaysia Airlines flight using false identification, but are not revealing who the man was. They said he is not Malaysian and not from the …

Ukraine Crisis: Russian troops have surrounded or taken control of all the Ukraine military bases in Crimea. They are ordering Ukrainian troops to leave. “This is a question of defending our citizens and compatriots, ensuring human rights, especially the right …

World: Two Americans and United Nations staffers were among 21 people killed when a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up outside a popular Lebanese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. Gunmen sprayed the restaurant after the explosion. The Taliban said the …

Bugged: The US has been eavesdropping on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s personal cell phone since 2002, according to an article in Der Spiegel. The publication says Merkel’s phone has been on an NSA bug list since before she became chancellor …