Political Climate: President Obama is in Paris today trying to negotiate an international climate change agreement that would enlist almost every country on earth to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. It would be one of the legacies of his presidency. But …

Nation: Police snipers will be on watch and officers with automatic rifles will be patrolling the streets for the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade today as the New York police department goes on hyper vigilance after the Paris terrorist attacks. Police Commissioner …

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: 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 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 …

Testing One, Two: The Obama administration is reversing education policy of recent years, now saying there’s too much emphasis on testing in public schools. The Administration is calling upon Congress to “reduce over-testing” and have no more than 2 percent …

The Russians Are Here: The war in Syria cranked up a big notch yesterday when Russia conducted and supported combined attacks from the air, land, and sea on anti-government forces. Moscow reported that it fired 26 cruise missiles from ships …

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, …

Disunited Nations: President Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin delivered clashing views on the Syrian crisis yesterday at the United Nations, with Obama taking a smack at Putin’s support of the dictator Bashar al-Assad “The United States is prepared to work …