Full text of the last email the Islamic State sent to the Foley family  —  The last time James Foley's parents heard from their son's captors was on Aug. 12.  They received this message.  —  BOSTON, Mass. — American journalist James Foley was murdered by Islamic State militants …

Revved up  —  How Al Sharpton became Obama's go-to man on race.  —  A few days after 18-year-old Mike Brown was gunned down in Ferguson, Missouri, White House officials enlisted an unusual source for on-the-ground intelligence amid the chaos and tear gas: the Rev. Al Sharpton …

A Terrorist Horror, Then Golf: Incongruity Fuels Obama Critics  —  WASHINGTON — He had just hung up the telephone with the devastated parents before heading in front of the cameras.  Unusually emotional, President Obama declared himself “heartbroken” by the brutal murder of an American journalist …

More victims are possible in Oklahoma City police sex crime case  —  Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw was arrested about 3 p.m. Thursday.  He is accused of sexually assaulting at least six women while on patrol in the Springlake division.  —  An Oklahoma City police officer …

Don Lemon, Automatic Weapons, and the Integrity of Language  —  Last night, on national television, CNN host Don Lemon attempted to alter physical reality through the sheer force of his will:  —  Lemon's central claim was that, after the shooting in Colorado in 2012, he was able to go out and …

Obama Cares.  Look at the Numbers.  —  AS the predominantly black, disproportionately poor community of Ferguson, Mo., erupted in protest after the shooting death of Michael Brown, critics excoriated President Obama for his failure to empathize.  Michael Eric Dyson, for example …

Prosecutors have not spoken to Darren Wilson yet  —  A spokesman for St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said he would not comment on reports that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson suffered a fractured eye bone during Wilson's confrontation with Michael Brown that ended …

Supreme Court candidate barred, removed from GOP State Fair booth  —  Supreme Court candidate Michelle MacDonald vowed to return to the Minnesota Republican Party's State Fair booth Thursday after she was banned and ordered by security to leave.  —  “We may as well look for justice on a stick because we can't find it here!”

GAO: Taliban prisoner swap violated law  —  The Pentagon broke the law by transferring five Taliban commanders from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without notifying Congress 30 days in advance, the Government Accountability Office has found.  —  In a decision released today …

Ryan: I'd drive Romney's bus in 2016  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) dodged questions about his 2016 plans Wednesday but said he would be a big backer of Mitt Romney if he were to make another run for the White House.  —  “I'd drive his bus if he asked me to,” Ryan, who ran alongside Romney …

NC school vouchers ruled unconstitutional; state must retrieve distributed funds  —  In a stunning rebuke to state lawmakers' efforts to bring school vouchers to North Carolina, Wake County Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood today found the recently-enacted “Opportunity Scholarship Program” …