Mandatory Carry: The Supreme Court last Friday made it easier to carry a gun and mandatory to carry a baby.   Having been leaked well in advance, the Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the historic decision that made abortion legal, …

Bourdain and More: Anthony Bourdain, a celebrity chef whose show “Parts Unknown” on CNN took food and culture lovers on trips around the world, has been found dead, an apparent suicide. He was 61. With his baritone voice, lean body, …

Kimchi Konfrontation: North Korea is once again threatening to call off planned talks after a government leader called Vice President Mike Pence a “political dummy” and threatened nuclear confrontation. Choe Son Hui, a vice-minister in the North Korean Foreign Ministry, …

Orlando: Recovery workers spent last night removing dozens of bodies from the Pulse nightclub. As police cleared the scene, the club echoed with ringing cellphones that would never be answered. Fifty people including the gunman are dead, and 53 were …

Triple Win: Gliding to an effortless win at New York’s Belmont racetrack late yesterday, the three-year-old colt American Pharoah proved that it is still possible to win horse racing’s Triple Crown. It hadn’t been done since 1978. The crowd roared …

Iraq: With Sunni militants advancing toward Baghdad, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric issued a call to arms for the defense of the nation’s capital. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have fled their homes to escape the fighting. President Obama says …

The Supremes: The court today struck down a key part of The Voting Rights Act that designates which parts of the country must have changes in voting laws approved by the federal government. The 5-4 ruling held that “things have …

 On the Move: NSA leaker Edward Snowden left Hong Kong for Moscow. The NY Times reports he will fly on to Cuba, then Venezuela. He could end up in Ecuador or Iceland, countries that will not send him back to …

 National: With increased confidence in economic recovery, the Federal Reserve will start dialing back economic stimulus by the end of the year, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday. Stimulus will end early next year when unemployment hits 7%. Short-term interest …

 National: The State of Illinois is $100 billion short on its employee pension obligations and doesn’t know how it will pay. The governor has called a special session of the legislature to deal with it. All the states took a …