Nation: Protests erupted in Chicago last night after the release of a 2014 police dash cam video of a white officer shooting a black 17-year-old armed with a knife 16 times. The Chicago police department had suppressed the video until …

World at War: In a messy escalation of war in the Middle East, Turkey has shot down a Russian fighter jet that it says flew over Turkish territory despite repeated warnings. Russia has confirmed that it lost an Su24 fighter jet, …

World at War: Trying to head off a predicted terror attack, Belgian police arrested 21 people in 27 raids in the past day, but didn’t grab the man they wanted most, Salah Abdeslam, who is believed to be the planner …

World at War: New York City is on alert today after the Islamic State released a video threatening Times Square. The video shows a man making a body bomb followed by pictures of Manhattan. Authorities say they know of no …

War in Paris: One woman blew herself up and another person died during a shootout with the police this morning in the Paris suburb of St.-Denis. Seven people were arrested after the operation that unfolded over about seven hours of …

War in the Air: Russia says it was definitely a bomb that took down a chartered airliner over the Sinai desert two weeks ago. Explosive residue was found in the wreckage. Alexander V. Bortnikov, the head of the country’s Federal …

War in Paris: Investigators have begun to identify the Paris attackers, one of whom carried a Syrian passport and had recently passed through Greece as a refugee. Three men believed to be connected to the attacks were arrested in Molenbeek, …

Stars and Bars: The movement to cast out the Confederate flag is quickly growing. So far the big retailers Walmart, Sears, Amazon, eBay and Etsy all say they won’t sell the flag or merchandise that features it. In Charleston yesterday …

Human Tide: The Italian Coast Guard today was responding to distress calls from two boats loaded with as many as 450 people in the Mediterranean. After the drowning of as many as 1,100 African migrants in just the past week, …

Nation: The Obama administration is obeying the order of a Texas federal judge and delaying the implementation of immigration reforms the president ordered. The government was about to begin accepting applications for work permits and some other legal protections that …