Cruz Condemns Colorado Shooting, Rejects Anti-Abortion Link … Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.  —  NEWTON, Iowa — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is condemning the fatal shooting of three people at a Planned Parenthood location in Colorado but also aggressively pushing …

Trump abruptly cancels black clergy press conference  —  After prematurely announcing the endorsements of 100 black pastors — prompting several to protest they were not, in fact, supporters - Donald Trump's campaign abruptly cancelled a press conference with the group scheduled for Monday afternoon at Trump Tower.

Dear Basketball  —  PHOTOGRAPH BY WALTER IOOSS JR./THE PLAYERS' TRIBUNE … I knew one thing was real:  —  I fell in love with you.  —  A love so deep I gave you my all —  From my mind & body  —  To my spirit & soul.  —  As a six-year-old boy  —  Deeply in love with you

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

Fostering a climate of intolerance  —  Hysteria: state in which your emotions (such as fear) are so strong that you behave in an uncontrolled way; a situation in which many people behave or react in an extreme or uncontrolled way because of fear, anger, etc.

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 …

Obama visits site of Paris concert massacre  —  PARIS — President Barack Obama is here to attend the international climate conference that kicks off Monday, but his first stop was to commemorate the terrorist attacks that struck the French capital Nov. 13.  —  Less than an hour after Air Force …

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 …

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.