Terrorism Dominates Republican Debate But So Do Personal Attacks  —  Terrorists aren't the only targets in the last Republican presidential debate of 2015.  —  michaelcbender  —  McCormickJohn  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump joined President Barack Obama …

Teen killed crossing street after L.A. schools closed over threat was ‘awesome student’  —  A 17-year-old student was struck and killed while crossing the street at Avenue 60 and Figueroa Street in Highland Park.  (Hailey Branson-Potts)  —  A 17-year-old student was struck and killed …

Muscatine man fights panhandlers who refuse his offer of a job  —  It's a picture that's been shared around the world.  Two boys panhandling in Muscatine, another man holding a sign telling people not to give them money.  —  In Muscatine, Iowa you can find panhandlers several times a week.

Trump's protester problem  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  LAS VEGAS — “It's like Obama in reverse!  Obama in reverse!” said an excited Donald Trump supporter visiting from Tennessee who came to the Republican front-runner's debate-eve rally in an enormous convention room off the Vegas Strip.

‘The Obamas treat Air Force One like an Uber ride’: Chief of spending watchdog says president's Christmas Hawaii trip is too expensive to justify  —  Barack Obama has been savaged by a top spending campaigner for taking the First Family on an eighth consecutive Christmas vacation to Hawaii, at huge expense to the American taxpayer.

Republican chickenhawk Huckabee speaks to youth: ‘Get off your butt’ and defeat ISIS  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) used a question about US military involvement in Syria to denounce not only Hillary Clinton, but young people during a Republican presidential candidate on Tuesday.

The Experts Were Wrong About the Best Places for Better and Cheaper Health Care  —  These maps look nothing alike.  Their big differences are forcing health experts to rethink what they know about health costs across the country.  —  Medicare spending per capita

Why People Hate the Media, Chapter 732,851,997 ...  The Washington Examiner headline had me doing a double-take: “North Carolina town rejects solar farm, fears it will deplete sun's energy.”  —  Seriously?  —  So I read the report, which inauspiciously begins with correspondent Don Hawkins getting wrong …

VIDEO: Boy arrested 20+ times, arrested again for stealing 89-year-old man's car  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A 12-year-old boy who has been arrested more than 20 times was arrested again on Monday.  St. Petersburg police say he stole a car from an 89-year-old man.

Feminist trouble  —  It's doubtful whether Camille Paglia - cultural critic, academic and the author of several acclaimed books including, most recently, Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars - has ever pulled a punch.  Since she burst on to the cultural scene in the 1990s …

Ryan unveils sweeping $1.6T deal on government funding, taxes  —  Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) announced to the House Republican Conference on Tuesday night that leaders have reached a sweeping year-end deal on taxes and funding the government after days of intense negotiations.

ASSAD CAN STAY, FOR NOW: KERRY ACCEPTS RUSSIAN STANCE  —  MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday accepted Russia's long-standing demand that President Bashar Assad's future be determined by his own people, as Washington and Moscow edged toward putting aside years of disagreement over how to end Syria's civil war.

Rick Santorum ‘Islam Is Different’ When It Comes To Religious Freedom  —  Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum says that “Islam is different” and that freedom of religion does not extend to “Sharia law” or to the “political and governing structure” that he claims goes hand in hand with Islam.

Live updates from the Republican debate  —  The CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Debate  —  Follow this CNN Republican debate live blog for all the best moments from the last GOP debate of 2015 on the stage and on social media.  —  After the undercard debate, the prime-time showdown focuses on keeping America safe.