A man, who identified himself as Luke Somers, speaks in this still image taken from video purportedly published by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
An Israeli air force jet fighter plane takes off from Tel Nof air force base
National Security

Israeli Jets Attack Two Locations in Syria

Part of effort to prevent weapons from reaching Hezbollah

Abraham Rabinovich
December 8, 2014
Militants raising the Islamic State flag at the entrance of an army base in Ninevah Province, Iraq
Bill Cassidy
Politics

Cassidy Defeats Landrieu

Win gives GOP 54-seat majority in Senate

Elizabeth Harrington
December 6, 2014
Culture

The Connected Soul of C.S. Lewis

REVIEW: C.S. Lewis’s ‘Letters to an American Lady’

Andrew Evans
December 6, 2014