Nation: Tourists are stuck at the Sharm el Sheikh airport in Egypt as flights are cancelled and delayed because of heightened security. President Obama said he thinks there’s a possibility that the Russian airliner that crashed in the Sinai after …

Nation: The popular Fox Lake, Ill. police lieutenant who died on the job in September had been stealing from a youth program he oversaw and staged his death to look like a suicide, investigators announced yesterday. They said that Lt. …

Russian Jet: CBS News reports that a US satellite detected a heat flash when the Russian airliner was going down over the Sinai desert, but Reuters reports according to sources with access to the plane’s black boxes that it was …

The Boys of November: It took 12 innings last night, but the Kansas City Royals put away the New York Mets 7-2 to win the World Series for the first time in 30 years. Mets pitcher Matt Harvey had put …

The Boys of November: The Mets’ Michael Conforto, who started the season in the minor leagues, hit two home runs last night and would have been the hero if his team hadn’t fallen apart in the top of the 8th …

Nation: The Justice Department says it will investigate an incident in which a white sheriff’s deputy flipped and dragged an uncooperative black girl while other students captured the moment on video at a South Carolina high school. The girl at …

World: Russian submarines and spy ships have been lurking near the undersea cables that carry world Internet traffic, making the US worry that Russia would attack fiber-optic lines in a time of outright conflict. The NY Times reports that the …

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 …

Hamlet Decides: Vice President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will not run for president ends one of the highest-polling non-candidacies in American political history. It will undoubtedly be a relief to Hillary Clinton who watched as Biden rose to number …

Mr. Speaker: Despite previous insistence that he will not run, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan says he will be a candidate for Speaker of the House if he has support from all wings of the Republican House. Ryan’s announcement relieves the …