Poll: Trump Beats Hillary in General Election Match-Up  —  A new FoxNews poll shows GOP frontrunner Donald Trump edging Hillary Clinton in a general election match-up.  A December poll from Fox showed Hillary ahead of Trump by 11 points.  This latest poll, however, has Trump beating Clinton by 3 points, 47-44 percent.

Germany's Post-Cologne Hysteria  —  Berlin — ON New Year's Eve, hundreds of men gathered in the plaza at the main train station in Cologne, Germany, groping and robbing scores of women as they passed by.  By the end of this week the police had received 170 complaints, including 120 related to sexual assault.

Silently protesting Muslim woman ejected from Trump rally  —  Rock Hill, South Carolina (CNN)A Muslim woman wearing a hijab was escorted out of Donald Trump's campaign event on Friday by police after she stood up in silent protest during Trump's speech.  —  Rose Hamid, a 56-year-old flight …

Militants May Have Accessed Government Computers At Refuge  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into whether militants at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge have accessed government computers during their occupation.  —  OPB observed militants interacting with computers …

Powerball jackpot, already at a record level, could reach $1 billion  —  The Powerball lottery jackpot has already jumped to $700 million.  Could it reach $1 billion?  —  By midday Thursday, lottery officials said the new high came as sales of tickets continue to skyrocket.

Ted Cruz's Mother Was On Official List Of Canadian Citizens Eligible To Vote  —  For years, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) has been dogged by a backburner controversy about whether he is eligible to serve as President since he was born in Calgary, Alberta Canada in 1970.

25-year-old NYPD police officer shot in leg, three in critical after shootout in Bronx  —  An NYPD officer was shot in the right foot and was among seven people taken to a local hospital early Saturday after a shootout in the Bronx, police and witnesses said.

Man in alleged plot to kidnap Obama's dog arrested on weapons charge … A man who allegedly plotted to kidnap one of the Obama family's dogs was arrested in the District on Wednesday with a cache of weapons and ammunition in his car, the Secret Service said.

Statement By Secretary Jeh C. Johnson On The Final Phase Of REAL ID Act Implementation  —  Today I announce the schedule for the final phase of implementation of the REAL ID Act.  Bottom line up front: Effective January 22, 2018, air travelers with a driver's license or identification card issued …

Two Mideast refugees arrested on terror charges appear in US courts  —  Two men born in Iraq who came to the U.S. as refugees had court dates in California and Texas Friday on terror-related charges, as investigators say one of the men wrote that he wanted to travel to Syria because he was “eager to see blood.”

Police: Gunman who shot cop pledged allegiance to the Islamic State  —  Hours after he shot a Philadelphia police officer with a stolen police firearm Thursday night, Edward Archer confessed to investigators that he had acted “in the name of Islam,” authorities said.  —  “I follow Allah.