Police arrest suspect in shooting at 4th Precinct Black Lives Matter protest  —  The shooting happened at 10:45 p.m. Monday, as Black Lives Matter activists tried to move away the men who had been taunting them, according to the protesters.  —  Video (02:18) : Protesters said at least …

Turkey ‘shoots down Russian warplane on Syria border’  —  The Turkish military has reportedly shot down a Russian military aircraft on the border with Syria.  —  Russia's defence ministry said an Su-24 had crashed on Syrian territory after being hit by fire from the ground.

Trump: ‘Many people jumped and I witnessed it’ on 9/11  —  Columbus, Ohio (CNN)Donald Trump said Monday that he witnessed people jumping out of the Twin Towers on 9/11 from the view in his apartment.  —  “Many people jumped and I witnessed it, I watched that.

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke charged in shooting death of Laquan McDonald  —  Photos: Follow developments in the 2014 fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald, 17, by Officer Jason Van Dyke, above.  —  A veteran Chicago police officer has been charged with first-degree murder …

Cruz surges in Iowa  —  Ted Cruz, buoyed by tea party support and the backing of much of the conservative wing of the Republican Party, has surged to a virtual tie with Donald Trump in Iowa, generating the kind of momentum his team thinks will carry him deep into primary season.

Covering Up a Painful Mural  —  Responding to concerns of black students, U of Kentucky will shroud a fresco on the state's history.  —  By  —  In 1934, Ann Rice O'Hanlon painted a fresco — then the largest one ever painted by a woman — in the University of Kentucky's Memorial Hall.

Clinton promises never to say ‘illegal immigrants’ again  —  U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign stop in Reno, Nevada November 23, 2015.  (Photo: James Glover II /Reuters)  —  Hillary Clinton addressed criticism of her usage of the phrase …

In Renovation of Golf Club, Donald Trump Also Dressed Up History  —  STERLING, Va. — When Donald J. Trump bought a fixer-upper golf club on Lowes Island here for $13 million in 2009, he poured millions more into reconfiguring its two courses.  He angered conservationists by chopping …

Bernie Sanders is the Most Popular Senator in America  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent running for the Democratic presidential nomination, has eschewed party labels during his decades-long political career.  And voters in his home state love him for it.

Newborn boy left at nativity scene in Queens church, umbilical cord still attached  —  RICHMOND HILL, Queens — A newborn boy was left in the manger of an indoor nativity scene at the Holy Child Jesus Church in Queens Monday afternoon, police say.  —  The baby boy was found around 1:30 p.m. inside the Richmond Hill church.

Missing Vienna girl ‘beaten to death’ by Isis  —  A teenage girl from Vienna who ran away to join Isis fighters in Syria was reportedly beaten to death after trying to escape from the violent Islamic State group in Raqqa.  —  17-year-old Samra and her friend, 15-year-old Sabina …

Remarks by President Obama and President Hollande of France in Joint Press Conference  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA: President Hollande, it has been an honor to welcome you to the White House before, in happier times than this.  But as Americans, we stand by our friends — in good times and in bad — no matter what.

Obituary: Douglass C. North, Nobel Prize-winning economist, 95  —  Douglass C. North, PhD, co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and the Spencer T. Olin Professor Emeritus in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, at his summer home in Benzonia, Mich. He was 95.

Rubio budget win is dealing heavy blow to ObamaCare  —  Sen. Marco Rubio may have dealt the biggest blow in the GOP's five-year war against ObamaCare.  —  A 2014 budget measure inspired by the Florida senator and presidential hopeful is pushing some insurers to drop out of the ObamaCare exchanges, experts say.

Mr. Trump's Applause Lies  —  America has just lived through another presidential campaign week dominated by Donald Trump's racist lies.  Here's a partial list of false statements: The United States is about to take in 250,000 Syrian refugees; African-Americans are responsible for most white homicides …