Houston Equal Rights Ordinance fails by wide margin  —  Houston's controversial equal rights ordinance failed by a wide margin Tuesday, with voters opting to repeal the law that offered broad non-discrimination protections, according to incomplete and unofficial returns.

How Democrats Could Win the House.  Really.  —  Whatever happens in the White House a year from now, it's an article of faith that not much will change in the House, where Republicans have a seeming lock on the majority.  —  But wait: the ascendancy of Donald Trump and Ben Carson just might have cracked the window open.

The Daily 202: From coast to coast, conservatives score huge victories in off-year elections  —  THE BIG IDEA: Just like the midterms one year ago, it was another awful night for Democrats.  — Republican Matt Bevin won a big upset in the Kentucky governor's race.

Marco Rubio spent lavishly on a GOP credit card, but some transactions are still secret  —  It has become legend in Florida political circles, a missing chapter in Marco Rubio's convoluted financial story: two years of credit card transactions from his time in the state House …

“On a school bus?!”  Driver fired after he was caught on camera allegedly doing raunchy things on board  —  MILWAUKEE — A bus driver was caught in the act on Tuesday, November 3rd, and what was allegedly happening on the school bus was sick enough to make one neighbor take notice.

Obamacare Is Dead  —  It doesn't work because it couldn't work.  —  Regardless of whether there is a President Cruz or a President Rubio in January 2017, regardless of the existence or size of a Republican majority in Congress, the so-called Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has failed.

Sen. Reid mocks ‘Morning Joe’ for Koch brothers interview  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday slammed the hosts of “Morning Joe” for their interview with Charles and David Koch, arguing that the media “rolls over” for the conservative billionaires.

Kelly Grills Cruz On Proposal That Only Republicans Moderate GOP Debates  —  Fox News Megyn Kelly, who has expressed skepticism of Republican candidates' demands following the CNBC debate, on Tuesday night quizzed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on his pitch that only Republican journalists moderate the Republican primary debates.

Oviedo middle school student gets detention for hug  —  Student's family fears principal taking policy too far  —  OVIEDO, Fla. -  —  A before-school hug between friends ended in detention for one local student, and now her parents are questioning the school's policy.  —  “I just like hugged them.

The World's Most Powerful People 2015  —  Forget about the 1%.  The 73 men and women who are featured on Forbes' annual ranking of the World's Most Powerful People are the 0.00000001% -the global elite whose actions move the planet.  These heads of state, financiers, philanthropists and entrepreneurs truly run the world.

Presidential campaigns must address heroin addiction  —  I had nothing left in my emotional tank as I robotically entered the SIXTH and final bank.  I stared blankly ahead as I stood in line with a note in my hand that said $100s, $50s and $20s.  Stay calm, no alarms, I have a gun, stay calm.

The Conservative-Media Revolution Has Forced the Liberal Media to Abandon Any Pretense of Objectivity  —  From the November 19, 2015, issue of NR  —  When I arrived in New York City 28 years ago to begin my national radio program, my objective was to have the most-listened-to show in the country.

San Francisco sheriff known for ‘sanctuary city’ defense loses re-election bid  —  The San Francisco sheriff who over the summer became embroiled in a national debate over “sanctuary city” policies on Tuesday lost his bid for re-election amid a host of local controversies.

‘Get serious about enforcing our laws’  —  Passing immigration reform during the Obama presidency would render it meaningless.  —  The House of Representatives will not vote on comprehensive immigration legislation as long as President Obama is in office.  And the reason is simple …

U.S. intelligence: Bomb likely brought down plane  —  The latest U.S. intelligence suggests that the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268 was most likely caused by a bomb on the plane planted by ISIS or an ISIS affiliate, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.

Jefferson County Public Schools see new five-member board take over after election  —  LAKEWOOD — Voters overwhelmingly chose to recall three members of the Jefferson County school board Tuesday night and elected two others to form an entirely new board in Colorado's second-largest school district.

The Chilling Regularity of Mass Extinctions  —  One thing we know for sure is that conditions on Earth were, shall we say, unpleasant for the dinosaurs at the moment of their demise.  Alternate and overlapping theories suggest the great beasts were pelted with monster comets, drowned by mega-tsunamis …

Who Pays the Price for the First Amendment?  —  The late Irving Feiner would have made a hell of a lawyer.  After he spoke to my First Amendment class twenty years ago, a few students suggested he'd also have been a better professor than I. Professor Ralph Stein of Pace Law School told a newspaper that …

Steve Jobs Considered Building an Apple Car in 2008  —  The Apple co-founder kicked around ideas with longtime confidant and iPod co-creator Tony Fadell.  —  Count Steve Jobs among those curious about what an Apple car would look like.  In 2008, not too long after the Apple co-founder introduced …