GOP in panic over Trump  —  The Republican establishment is nearing full-blown panic about Donald Trump.  —  The demise of Trump's candidacy has been predicted by centrist Republicans and the media alike virtually since the day it began.  But there is no empirical evidence at all to suggest it is happening.

Black Friday brawls break out across the country, including several ugly incidents at Walmart and food court melee — VIDEO  —  Call it Black-eye Friday.  —  Brawls broke out at Walmart retail stores and other shopping centers across the country on Thursday evening, the official start of “Black Friday.”

Police: Argument over cigarette leads to murder at Biloxi Waffle House  —  A woman is dead and a man is behind bars charged with murder after an argument over smoking turned deadly at a Waffle House in Biloxi.  —  It happened around 1am Friday morning at the restaurant on Hwy 90, near the Coast Coliseum.

Bloomberg: Cruz Says 'Some of the Stupidest Things I've Ever Heard' on Climate Change  —  Former mayor of New York Mike Bloomberg told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz “says some of the stupidest things” he's ever heard about climate change.

Black Tape at Harvard Law  —  Cambridge, Mass. — IN a grand corridor of Harvard Law School, framed professors' photographs hang on a wall.  A week ago, someone put slivers of black tape over the faces of most of the African-American professors.  I am one of those whose photograph was marked.

Dem Rep Declares He Will ‘File That Beautiful Lawsuit’ If Canadian-Born Cruz Wins Presidency  —  Florida Congressman Alan Grayson told radio host Alan Colmes Wednesday that if Ted Cruz is elected president, he “will file that beautiful lawsuit saying that he's unqualified for the job” according to the Constitution.

‘I gave birth to a monster’: Russian mother of ISIS poster girl chained her daughter up to try to stop her marrying jihadi... but could not stop the girl reaching Syria where she praises terror atrocities  — Mother Shakhla Bochkaryova, 41, even chained Fatima to a radiator to try and stop her from leaving for Syria

Video Is Never Enough … On October 20, 2014, a white Chicago Police Department officer named Jason Van Dyke fired 16 shots at a black Chicago resident, a 17-year-old named Laquan McDonald.  Van Dyke started shooting McDonald while he had his back turned on the officer, and he continued firing after McDonald had fallen to the ground.

He said, 'All right, let's do this.' Then he jumped the White House fence.  —  A man draped in an American flag was taken into custody Thursday afternoon after he jumped the fence of the White House while the first family was inside celebrating Thanksgiving.

Dem senator calls for vote to authorize war against ISIS  —  Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is calling on Congress to follow the footsteps of the United Kingdom, which is preparing to officially authorize military action against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

The 2016 ballot wars begin  —  Voting doesn't begin for another two months but some presidential candidates have already failed their first big ballot test - actually getting on the ballot in all 50 states.  —  The business of getting a candidate's name on the ballot is a costly and complex endeavor …

Nutella rejects personalised jar for five-year-old girl named Isis  —  Illawarra mother Heather Taylor is becoming accustomed to the odd looks, gasps and uncomfortable silences that accompany the mention of her daughter's name.  Now she has suffered perhaps the ultimate indignity - being denied a personalised jar of Nutella.