Obama adviser: Refugee plan proceeding despite Paris attacks  —  President Obama still plans to allow 10,000 Syrian refugees into the country over the next year, despite terrorist attacks in Paris, at top aide said Sunday.  —  “We're still planning on taking in Syrian refugees,” …

Governor Bentley Refuses Syrian Refugees Relocating to Alabama  —  MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley on Sunday announced he is refusing Syrian refugees relocating to Alabama.  —  “After full consideration of this weekend's attacks of terror on innocent citizens in Paris …

Minnesota House candidate drops campaign after tweeting defense of ISIS  —  Surprise: Defending ISIS isn't good politics.  —  A Minnesota state House candidate abruptly ended his campaign Sunday just one day after tweeting a tone-deaf defense of ISIS just after the deadly terror acts in Paris.

The Belgian radicals' den  —  Paris investigation leads to run-down Brussels neighborhood notorious for jihadi recruitment. … “We don't have a grip on the situation in Molenbeek.”  —  A confession — a mea culpa almost — summed up the Belgian government's reaction to the links discovered between …

Democrats divided on Middle East  —  Even before the recent terror attacks in Paris, the politics of war were intruding upon the presidential primary campaign.  —  Last week, among Republicans, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush joined businesswoman Carly Fiorina and Ohio Gov. John Kasich in supporting a no-fly zone in Syria.

Columbia student activists: Protest with us, or else!  —  Either you're with us or you're against us.  —  Columbia student activists are pestering peers to attend campus protests and walk-outs in solidarity with college students at Missouri and Yale or risk social isolation, students say.

Rival campaigns starting to fear Ted Cruz  —  He has more cash than any other Republican candidate.  He is organized in every county in the first four voting states.  And he has served up one strong debate performance after the next.  —  Now, not three months from primary season …

Fearing Fear Itself  —  Like millions of people, I've been obsessively following the news from Paris, putting aside other things to focus on the horror.  It's the natural human reaction.  But let's be clear: it's also the reaction the terrorists want.  And that's something not everyone seems to understand.

Patrick Hardison's face was not always his own.  —  Three months ago, it belonged to a young Brooklyn bike mechanic. … For the moment, the face belongs to no one.  It floats in a bowl of icy, hemodynamic preserving solution, paused midway on its journey from one operating room to another …