Free Speech, Free Fire: Danish police say they have shot and killed the man they believe carried out a shooting attack yesterday at a Copenhagen café hosting a public talk on religion and freedom of speech. In the second incident …

Judge v. Judge: A federal judge in Alabama has ordered a local probate judge to issue licenses for same-sex marriages in compliance with the her previous order. In making the order, US District Judge Callie Granade is knocking heads with …

Bob Simon, 73: CBS News “60 Minutes” Correspondent Bob Simon, one of the best reporters and most felicitous writers in the history of television news, was killed last night in a car accident in New York City. Simon was a …

Econ 101: The US economy added 257,000 jobs in December, a healthy number, according to the Labor Department. The job market appears to be maintaining its momentum from 2014, the best year of job growth since 1999. Wages are rising …

Executive in Action: Frustrated with Congress, President Obama says he will reform immigration by executive action. The president made his announcement after House Speaker John Boehner announced that Congress will not vote on immigration reform this year. Obama said in …

Iraq: The government is using helicopter gunships to hit Sunni Islamic militants in Tikrit, the hometown of the late dictator Saddam Hussein. A major advance involving tanks and thousands of troops may be underway. Meanwhile the US is flying drones …

Iraq: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has rejected international calls to form a unity government that includes the Sunni minority to defuse the country’s civil war. Maliki is a Shiite who has squeezed Sunnis out of power in both the military …