World: Pope Francis made a brief symbolic visit to a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos yesterday to draw attention to the Mediterranean refugee crisis. He returned to the Vatican with a dozen Syrian Muslim refugees, including six children. …

The Panama Papers: The hidden wealth of politicians, the rich, and famous around the world has been revealed in a leak of financial documents coming out of Panama. What’s been dubbed “The Panama Papers” were given to multiple news outlets. …

Congress Passes a Bill!!!!!: Working instead of attending Christmas parties, the Senate last night passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill that will keep the government running. Some Republicans were angry with their own Ted Cruz from Texas whose procedural maneuver …

Black Balled: The NBA is investigating racist remarks on an audio recording attributed to LA Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling. On the recording the voice reported to be Sterling’s chides his girlfriend saying, “It bothers me a lot that you …

Search Focuses: New mages from French satellites show what could be jet debris in the general area where an intense search is underway for the remains of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, 1500 miles west of Perth. Along with sightings by …

World: Iran, the US, and six world powers have reached an agreement to temporarily freeze much of Iran’s nuclear development program. The deal goes into effect Jan. 20. Iran’s stock of weapons grade enriched uranium would be diluted so it …