Republican Candidates Finally Comment On Shooting, Continue False Attacks On Planned Parenthood  —  Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, and Mike Huckabeee responded to the deadly shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood Sunday by reiterating false claims that the organization sells babies' body parts.

GOP donors wrestle with possibility of Trump nomination  —  When asked who he would vote for if the presidential race comes down to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the former mayor of Los Angeles and a longtime Republican establishment figure, Dick Riordan, says: “I would probably go find a deserted island.”

University of Missouri assistant professor charged with ‘violently grabbing 14-year-old relative by the hair and dragging her out of school for not wearing hijab’  — Youssif Zaghwani Omar, 53, was arrested after allegedly dragging a 14-year-old female relative out of school

House Dem threatens to file suit if Cruz wins nomination  —  Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) says he will file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) presidential bid if Cruz wins his party's nomination.  —  Grayson said Cruz, who was born in Canada to an American mother …

Trump's rhetoric turning Muslims against the US, McCain says  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric is only serving to turn the international Muslim community against the U.S.  —  “Oh, I think it has an interesting effect of turning Muslims all over the world …

Italians outraged after headmaster scraps Christmas carol concert following Paris attacks  —  Principal says he did not want to cause offence to non-Christian pupils by organising a winter concert instead of a Christmas-related one  —  An Italian headmaster has been forced to resign …

Tales of a Warmer Planet  —  Paul Smiths, N.Y. — IT'S a mistake to think the climatic effects of our carbon emissions will be over within a few decades or centuries.  Our intergenerational responsibilities run much deeper into the future.  —  In this new Anthropocene epoch, the “Age of Humans …

What the Paris Climate Meeting Must Do  —  In 1992, more than 150 nations agreed at a meeting in Rio de Janeiro to take steps to stabilize greenhouse gases at a level that would “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system” — United Nations-speak for global warming.