Ukraine: A brief truce was broken by gunfire today and at least 20 people were killed in Ukraine’s capital city Kiev. Police had moved in using stun grenades and were repulsed by gunfire. Shots came from both sides during the …

SOTU: President Obama vowed last night in his State of the Union message to pull an end-around on an obstructive Congress with executive actions. He said he will increase the minimum wage for federal contract workers from $7.25 to $10.10 …

Pete Seeger: The great folk singer Pete Seeger, leader of the folk revival and an agent for social change, has died at age 94 in New York. He sang and played guitar and banjo everywhere from labor rallies to college …

Jersey Shaw: New Jersey’s Lieutenant Governor this morning denied holding Hoboken’s storm relief money hostage in exchange for approval of a major development deal.   It’s a case of she said, she said. As Chris Christie’s political swamp grows, the …

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 …

Change for NSA: President Obama is scheduled this morning to announce changes in the NSA’s “metadata” program that collects the raw data from telephone communications. Obama is expected to say that the data should be held by the phone companies …

Pussy Riot: Two members of the Russian punk bank Pussy Riot just released from prison said they still oppose President Vladimir Putin. In a Moscow press conference, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova said, “We still want to do what we said in our …

Nation: Even while he considers changes to intelligence practices revealed by NSA leaker Edward Snowden, President Obama declined to say whether he would consider amnesty for Snowden, who set the whole debate in motion. “As important and as necessary as …

London Collapse: The ceiling of the 113-year-old Apollo Theater in London collapsed during a performance last night, injuring 76 people, seven of them seriously. About 700 people were watching a show when, according to witnesses, the ceiling fell into the …

The Taper Arrives: Stocks jumped yesterday when the Federal Reserve announced it will scale back its economic stimulus by $10 billion a month starting in January. That drops the stimulus to $75 billion a month. This is the much discussed …