Victor Morton

Carly Simon reveals Warren Beatty is ‘You’re So Vain’ inspiration

Warren Beatty is the man Carly Simon is alluding to in the second verse of her 1972 hit "You're So Vain," the singer told People Magazine. Published November 18, 2015

Obama to delay release of plan to close Guantanamo Bay detention facility: report

The Obama administration has reportedly held off on releasing its plan on closing the terrorist-detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Published November 18, 2015

Salah Abdeslam, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, ‘ninth attacker’ are targets of Saint-Denis raid: report

Paris attacks mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud, suspect Salah Abdeslam and a man believed to be the "ninth attacker" are holed up in a Saint-Denis apartment, The Guardian reported. Published November 18, 2015

Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Paris attacks mastermind, is target of Saint-Denis raid: police source

The alleged organizer of the attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, is the target of the attack in Saint-Denis, a police source confirmed to AFP. Published November 18, 2015

France anti-terror raids: Gunfire breaks out in Saint-Denis

A woman wearing an explosive suicide vest blew herself up as French commandos raided an apartment in Saint-Denis as part of the hunt for Paris terror attacks suspects, including alleged mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud. Two are dead and seven were arrested. Published November 17, 2015

Air France flight from Los Angeles to Paris diverted over ‘security incident’

An Air France flight from Los Angeles to Paris was diverted to Salt Lake City, Utah, the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday evening. Published November 17, 2015

Jeh Johnson, James Comey to brief House on Paris attacks intel at Paul Ryan’s request

Two of the Obama administration's top homeland security officials will brief the House on Tuesday about what the U.S. knows about the Paris terrorist attacks. Published November 16, 2015

Scott Johansen, Utah judge who ordered foster child removed from lesbian household, recuses self

The Utah juvenile-court judge who ordered a foster child removed from a lesbian household has recused himself from the case, which had prompted a national firestorm because he questioned the fitness of same-sex parents. Published November 16, 2015

France launches anti-terror raids across country after Paris attacks

French police conducted a massive series of anti-terrorism raids in the early hours of Monday morning, just hours after the nation's air force pounded Islamic State targets in Syria. Published November 15, 2015

Robert Bentley says Alabama will not accept Syrian refugees, cites Paris terror attacks

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, citing the Paris terror attacks, said he will not accept Syrian refugees in his state. Published November 15, 2015

‘Jihadi John’ believed killed in U.S. airstrike in Syria

The Islamic State's executioner with an English accent was targeted by a U.S. drone strike in Syria, and while there was no official word on the outcome, multiple news outlets reported that he was almost certainly killed. Published November 12, 2015

Ron Lewis, senior assistant to Ashton Carter, fired for ‘allegations of misconduct’

The senior military assistant to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has been fired for misconduct and is under investigation by the Pentagon's inspector general, the department said. Published November 12, 2015

Lee Robert Moore, Secret Service member, arrested on child-sex charges

Secret Service agent Lee Robert Moore has been arrested on suspicion of soliciting a child for sex and sending nude pictures of himself while he was at the White House, CNN reported Thursday afternoon. Published November 12, 2015

DraftKings, FanDuel are illegal gambling websites, New York Attorney General’s office rules

New York state regulators have ordered the country's top single-game fantasy football sites to stop operating in the state, a potentially major blow to the budding sports-fan pastime that quickly became a billion-dollar industry. Published November 10, 2015

Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ flaunts U.S. expansionism and intervention. But will it pay off long-term?

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