Children’s Crusade: High school students marched on the Florida’s capitol in Tallahassee yesterday chanting “Never again!” and “Our blood, your hands!” The students have sparked a movement unlike anything that came after previous mass shootings. Speaking in the capitol …

The Gun Beat: Student protesters laid down in the street in front of the White House yesterday in sympathy with the surviving students and victims of the mass shooting in Florida last week. Some of the students from Marjorie Stoneman …

Outer Limits: After a five-year, 1.7 billion mile commute to work, NASA’s Juno spacecraft is now orbiting Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet. Juno is programmed to search for clues to the origin of the Universe. How much water it …

By the Sword: Saudi Arabia yesterday carried out its biggest mass execution in decades, putting to death 47 al Qaeda militants and critics of the government. One of those executed was Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, an outspoken campaigner for Shiite rights, …

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. …

Oh, Canada: Canada’s Liberal Party led by Justin Trudeau, son of the late former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, swept into power after elections yesterday, ending the nine-year rule of the Conservative Party’s Stephen Harper. Trudeau campaigned partly on a promise …

What Happens in Vegas: Hillary Clinton came out relaxed, poised and in command of the issues last night as she faced the blunt and irascible Bernie Sanders pounding away on income inequality and “billionaires” controlling American politics. Declaring that “It’s …

Category 4: Central coast states already soaked and flooded by heavy rains are bracing for the possible arrival of Hurricane Joaquin, which has been upgraded to a Category 4 storm with sustained winds up to 130 miles per hour. Virginia, …

The Circus: Washington’s power players are angling to deal with the departure of House Speaker John Boehner and how it might fan the flames of partisan politics. The Republican Party’s far right wing can claim a victory, finally toppling the …

Charleston: Relatives of the Charleston church shooting victims spoke emotionally yesterday at the bond hearing for 21-year-old Dylann Roof, who is charged with nine racially motivated murders. Felicia Sanders, the mother of 26-year old Tywanza Sanders, who was killed, said …