Natalie Cole — Dead at 65  —  DEAD AT 65  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Natalie Cole — one of the great voices in decades — has died ... TMZ has learned.  —  Cole, whose hits include “This Will Be” and “Unforgettable” which she performed as a virtual duet with dad Nat King Cole …

Tel Aviv shooting: Two dead, Israeli police say  —  Two people have died and and seven others have been injured after a gunman opened fire with an automatic rifle at a bar in Tel Aviv, Israeli police say.  —  Security forces have launched a huge manhunt for the gunman, cordoning off areas of the city.

Young woman smashes car into electrical pole after road-raging Texan shoots her in the head  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A 20-year-old University of North Texas student crashed into an electrical pole in Denton early Friday morning after shot being in the head in an apparent road rage incident.

Privilege, Pathology and Power  —  Wealth can be bad for your soul.  That's not just a hoary piece of folk wisdom; it's a conclusion from serious social science, confirmed by statistical analysis and experiment.  The affluent are, on average, less likely to exhibit empathy …

Coming 2016: All-Out War On So-Called ‘Social Justice’  —  In 2016, battle lines will be drawn.  On one side, people of all colours, genders and orientations are rallying around the flag of freedom of speech.  On the other, a nasty set of authoritarians are rallying around a flag that identifies …

About 190 workers, mostly Somali, were let go after they left the meatpacking line to protest changes to prayer policy  —  Somali immigrant Halimo Ahmed places her cut on the fastpaced belt during her shift in manufacturing at Cargill Meat Solutions in Fort Morgan.  (Joe Amon, The Denver Post file)

Two Ways of Dealing With Guns  —  This is a big day for Texans yearning to flaunt their handguns in belt and shoulder holsters.  A new “open carry” law enacted by the Republican Legislature goes into effect on Friday, posing a challenge for law enforcement, businesses and other institutions …

Sen. Ted Cruz Tells Volunteers: We Can Win 'If We Awaken And Energize The Body Of Christ"  —  “If we awaken and energize the body of Christ- if Christians and people of faith come out and vote our values- we will win and we will turn the country around,” Cruz told volunteers on a conference call Tuesday.

Deputies: 270 lb.  Sarasota father played video game, smothered son, 6, at same time  —  SARASOTA, Fla. — Deputies say a 270 lb.  Sarasota father played a video game and at the same time used his body weight to smother his 6-year-old son.  —  Sarasota County Sheriff's Deputies …

Weekly Address: Making America Safer for Our Children  —  WASHINGTON, DC — In this week's address, the President reflected on the progress of the past year, and looked forward to working on unfinished business in the coming year, particularly when it comes to the epidemic of gun violence.

Chris Christie's Punch Lines vs. Marco Rubio's Polish on Iowa Campaign Trail  —  MUSCATINE, Iowa — It was the same question, on the same topic, asked on the same day to two different candidates: How, as president, would you hold down the crushing cost of a college education?

White House Delays Imposing New Sanctions on Iran for Missile Program  —  No timeline for when new penalties may be imposed on Tehran  —  WASHINGTON—The White House has delayed its plan to impose new financial sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missile program, according to U.S. officials …

Ben Carson's top staffers resign in a delayed campaign shake-up  —  Two of Ben Carson's top advisers, including campaign manager Barry Bennett, quit Thursday following an internal power struggle, a sharp decline in the polls and a week of confusion about who would remain on the former neurosurgeon's presidential campaign team.