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December 23, 2014
• Strong Economic Growth in Third Quarter; Police To Take Extra Precautions; Airport Gun-Smuggling Ring Broken Up; NYPD Killings Raise Police-Mayor Tension; Songwriters Group Threatens YouTube Suit


December 22, 2014
• De Blasio, Bratton Hold Press Conference
• Investigating New York Shooter
• Silver Shield Fund Educates Children of Slain Officers; EMTs' Desperate Attempt to Save NYPD Officers; First Western Journalist Embeds With ISIS; U.S. Helps Cuban Spy's Wife Become Pregnant
• NYPD Deaths; Shooting Timeline; NYPD Shooting
• Grandfather of Cop Killer's Girlfriend Speaks; Rare Look inside ISIS-Controlled Areas; The Cost of Hacks
• Rising Tensions between Police and Mayor in New York; Giuliani Talks about Instigating Hate for Police; Ismaaiyl Brinsley Showed Signs of Mental Disorder; North Korea Threatens the U.S.
• Two NYC Cops Killed; Gas Prices and the Economy; Holiday Travel; Colorado Pot Lawsuit; FSU's Jameis Winston Cleared of Wrongdoing; The Top Ten Entertainment Stories of 2014
• New Threats after Cops Killed in New York; Cop Killer Had Extensive Criminal History; Interview with Former NYPD Commissioner Howard Safir; More Threats From Sony Hackers; Sony's Christmas Wishlist; Seeking Peace and Progress Amid Tragedy


December 21, 2014
• Remembering Two NYPD Officers; How Does New York City Heal?; Mayor Bill de Blasio Must Step Up
• Vigil Under Way for Slain NYPD Cops; How Can New York Heal Divisions?
• New York City Mourns Two Slain NYPD Officers; Police Turn Their Backs To Mayor Bill de Blasio
• Two NYPD Officers Killed In Ambush; News Conference on NYPD Killings; North Korea to U.S.: Major Cyberattacks Coming; Rudy Giuliani Reacts to NYPD Cops Killed; Family of Police Officer Killed Speaks
• Two New York City Police Officers Gunned Down in Patrol Car; North Korea Accusing U.S. Government of Being Behind the Movie "The Interview"; Police Officers Turned Their Back to Mayor Bill de Blasio
• Two NYPD Officers Shot Ambush-Style In Cruiser Yesterday; Boxing Legend Mohammed Ali Hospitalized; North Korea and U.S. Government Battle It Out Over "The Interview"; Rudy Giuliani Reacts To NYPD Cops Killed; Former Employees Sue Sony; Sony Says It Will Release "The Interview"; Obama Talks to CNN On Korea, Cuba and Race


December 20, 2014
• Two New York Police Shot and Killed; Press Conference by New York Mayor and Police Commissioner
• Two NYPD Officers Ambushed, Killed in Brooklyn; News Conference On NYPD Police Officer Killings
• Two NYPD Officers Shot And Killed In Patrol Car; RNC Chairman Addresses Movie Theater Owners; Obama Says Sony Should Have Consulted Him
• Two NYPD Officers Shot, Killed in Patrol Car; North Korea Blasts U.S. For Tying Hack to Pyongyang; North Korea Warns U.S. of "Serious Consequences"; Sony Responds to Obama's "Sony Made Mistake" Comment; Movie Theaters Refuse "The Interview"; 2 NYPD Officers Shot
• Guantanamo Facility Still Open; North Korea Blasting U.S. On Hacking Accusation; New Immigration Facility; Misty Copeland At The Met
• FBI Gets Offer To Help Investigate Suspected Cyber Attack From North Korea
• First Family Starting Vacation in Hawaii; President Gives Yearend Press Conference; North Korea Claims It Is Being Falsely Accused by United States for Hacking into Sony Pictures; Former Hacker Discusses Cyber Attack Attempts on U.S. Government; President Announces Normalizing of Diplomatic Relations with Cuba; Winter Storms Threatening U.S. East and Midwest; Singer with Tourette's Syndrome Uploads Songs to YouTube; Process for Making of Bubble Wrap Examined; Former Killer Whale Catcher Turned Conservationist Discusses Career Change
• Raul Castro Hails Thaw in U.S. Relations; North Korea Denies Being Behind Sony Hack; Will Sony Find Partners to Help Release Movie?; Sony CEO Defends Decision to Pull Out Movie; Fallout from the Sony Hack; Largest Immigrant Detention Center Opens in U.S.; The Science Behind Feeling Young; Interview with Misty Copeland
• North Korea: "Framed" For Sony Hack By U.S.; White House Weighs Response To Sony Cyberattack; Raul Castrol Hails Thaw In U.S. Relations; What's Driving The Drop In Oil Prices?; Sony CEO: We Tried To Get The Movie Out; Former Employees Sue Sony
• Relations with Cuba; North Korea Framed for Sony Hack by US; DA Claims Ferguson Witnesses Lied to Grand Jury; Sony Insists It Didn't Back Down Over Movie; Obama Highlights 2014 Victories; Obama Not Acting Like Lame Duck; Obama Take Final Questions Of 2014; Immigrant Detention Center Is Largest Ever; Face to Face With Misty Copeland
• Sony Criticized for Pulling Controversial Film in Face of Threats; North Korea Claims It Is Being Falsely Accused by United States for Hacking into Sony Pictures; President Gives Yearend Press Conference; President Announces Normalizing of Diplomatic Relations with Cuba; Chicago Street Artist Profiled


December 19, 2014
• Reactions to Sony Yanking the Movie "The Interview"
• President Obama Criticizes Sony for Pulling The Interview
• President Obama Concludes End-of-Year Press Conference; ; Obama Says Sony Made Mistake in Cancelling Movie; Will U.S. Retaliate Against North Korea; Obama Issues Veto Threat to Congress; Obama Calls on More Female Reporters; Discussion of the President's Press Conference
• President Obama Continues End-of-Year Press Conference
• North Korea's Growing Cyber Threat; Uber Suspends Service in Portland, Oregon; Colbert's Comedy and the Youth Vote
• George Clooney Furious over Sony Cyber Attacks; U.S. Government Says North Korea Responsible for Hacking; U.S. Spy Freed from Cuba; Interview with Rep. Charlie Rangel
• Clooney Stands with Sony; The Dow is Up; Hollywood Outraged Over Sony Pulling "The Interview"; Stephen Colbert Signs Off "Colbert Report"
• U.S. to Name North Korea as Sony Hacker; George Clooney Fights Back; President Obama to Face Questions on Sony Hack; Pentagon Unveils New Name for ISIS; Will Cuba Return U.S. Fugitive?


December 18, 2014
• US-Cuba Relations Changing; Horrifying Scenes from the School Attacked in Pakistan; Russia's Economy in Crisis; Sony's Former Employees Also Affected by Hacking
• President Obama's Winning Streak; Cyber Threats; ISIS Leaders Killed in Airstrike
• Outburst During Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Hearing; Film Critic Talks "The Interview"; Controversy over Michelle Obama's Target Comment; Hundreds of Nigerian Women, Children Missing after Deadly Raid; Putin: "Russia Needs to Avoid Being Chained Bear."
• Senior ISIS Leaders Killed; U.S. Blames North Korea; North Korea Bureau 121; Cuba Deal
• Putin Holds Media Conference; Sony Cancels "The Interview" Release; Washington Split on "New Approach" to Cuba; Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect in Court
• Sony Caught off Guard by Hacking; Plans to Bring Information to North Koreans; Alan Gross Released for Humanitarian Reasons; Defiant Press-Conference from Vladimir Putin
• Interview with Rep. Ed Royce on North Korea Cyber Warfare; Snapchat Secrets Exposed; Dow Rocketing at Open; "Colbert Report" Ending Tonight; 49ers Release Ray McDonald; An Act of Cyber War
• U.S. Declares North Korea Behind Sony Cyber Terror Attack; Defector Says North Korea Runs Cyber Terror Network; What's Next on Historic U.S.-Cuba Deal; U.S. to Ease Travel Restrictions to Cuba


December 17, 2014
• Alan Gross Freed And Back On U.S. Soil; Friends Of Alleged Rape Victim From "Rolling Stone" Article Believe She May Not Have Told True Story
• U.S. and Cuba To Restore Diplomatic Ties; Hackers Threaten Terror
• Children Victims of Pakistan Taliban School Attack; How U.S. Embargo Against Cuba Began; Alan Gross, U.S. Spy Swapped for Remaining Cuban Five; Who Loses if Russia's Economy Crumbles?
• Alan Gross Press Conference; U.S./Cuban Relations; Alan Gross Free; Theaters Drop Movie
• Hackers: We'll Attack Theaters Showing Sony Film; American Alan Gross Freed from Cuban Prison; Mom Scolds Son on C-Span
• Alan Gross Released from Cuba; U.S. on Its Way to Normalize Its Relations with Cuba; Hackers Threaten Movie Theaters
• More Threats by Sony Hackers; American Alan Gross to Be Freed From Cuban Prison; President Obama to Announce Sweeping U.S.-Cuba Policy Changes
• American Alan Gross Freed from Cuban Prison; Obama to Announce Major Shift in Cuba Policy; Sony Hackers Threaten to Target Movie- Goers


December 16, 2014
• Two Former Sony Employees File Lawsuit Against Sony; Details of a Police Shooting in a WalMart; Camille Cosby Finally Spoke Publicly in Defense of Bill Cosby; Exclusive Interview with Singer Bill Withers
• Taliban Attacks School; Russian Economy Collapsing?
• Family Calls Death a Lynching; What Motivated Sony Hackers; Major Discovery in Bradley Stone Manhunt; Cost of Air Travel Rising
• Pakistan School Attack; Manhunt in Pennsylvania; Taliban Kill School Children; Cosby Interviewed
• Pennsylvania Police Hunt for Gunman; NYPD Cracking Down on Protestors; Should Muslims Always Denounce Terrorism?; Sony Threatens Media with Legal Action
• Taliban's Devastating Attack on School in Pakistan; Bill Cosby's Wife Speaks Out; More Details on John Crawford III's Death; Jeb Bush Will Run for Office
• Camille Cosby Defends Husband; Sony Asked Media to Stop Speaking Hacked Info; NYC Police Cracking Down on Protestors; 130 Killed, 180 Injured in Pakistan School Shooting
• Taliban Attack on School Kills 130; Heroism Emerging in Sydney Hostage Crisis; Sony Hackers Threatening James Bond?; Schools Closed as Police Hunt for PA Gunman; Fed Could Signal First Rake Hike Since 2008; Sydney Hostage-Taker's Digital Footprint


December 15, 2014
• Two Hostages, Gunman Died in Australia Siege; Hackers Promise "Christmas Surprise" to Sony Pictures
• Dramatic and Deadly Ending To Hostage Siege in Australia; Continuing Coverage Of Philadelphia Shooting Spree
• How the Australia Hostage Standoff Unfolded; Interview with Expert on Lone Wolf Terrorists; Handling Hostage Situations; Obama Addresses U.S. Troops in New Jersey
• Sydney Gunman Identified; Gunman Near Philadelphia
• Police Say Sydney Siege is Over; Hostage Taker Possibly Dead
• Man Haron Monis is Hostage Taker in Australia; More Hostages Escape Cafe; Live coverage from Australia
• Hostages Held in Australia; New Ferguson Grand Jury Docs Released; Lies in Witness Testimony on Both Sides
• Terrorist Seizes Hostages in Australia; Sydney Hostage-Taker Well Known to Police; Sony Warns Media Not to Publish Stolen E-Mails


December 14, 2014
• Drones vs. Interrogations; Possible Hostage Situation in Sydney; Sony Reeling after Epic Computer Hack; NSA Expects "Traumatic" Cyber Attacks; Qatar's Complicated Relations with Terror; Hired Guns; Director's Take on "Dinosaur 13"
• American Speaks Out from North Korea; 2 NYPD Officers Attacked During Protests; New Ferguson Documents Show Some Witnesses Lied; The Inequality Gap in America; Sony Reeling from Damaging Hack
• CIA's Interrogation Program; More Evidence from the Ferguson, Missouri Grand Jury Released Today; Captain Ron Johnson Featured in Documentary Series; Private Armed Security Guards Lack Training and Oversight
• Two Inmates Captured, One Still at Large; Ferguson Documents Reveal Some Grand Jury Witnesses Lied; NYPD Protesters Attack Two Officers; California Braces for More Storms; Senate Averts Government Shutdown; Response to Torture Report; Fallout from Sony Hackers; Former Detainee Talks About Torture; Drone Danger A "Serious Concern" For FAA; Children Talk About Race In America
• Senate Passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill; Hackers Issue New Threats At Sony Pictures; Manhunt Underway For Accused Murderer In Alabama; Remembering The Sandy Hook Elementary Massacre; Special Investigation Of "Hired Guns"
• U.S. Marshals Join Manhunt For Escaped Prisoner in Alabama; Dick Cheney Staunchly Defends CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Program; Protesters Call For End To Police Killings; North Carolina Family Says Son Was Lynched; Steenkamp's Mom Discusses Pistorius Verdict


December 13, 2014
• Marchers Across the Nation Demand Change; Senate Passes Short- Term Spending Bill; CIA Paid $80M to 2 Men for Torture Methods; Driver of GM Car Cleared of Felony; The Torture Report's Political Impact; Senate to Vote on Budget Deal
• NYC Protesters Demand Nationwide Change; Families Seek Justice For Slain Relatives; Senate Passes Short Term Spending Bill; ISIS Guidebook Claims Sex Slaves, Child Rape Are OK; Disturbing Findings in CIA Torture Report; Hayden Defends Rectal Rehydration; CIA Torture Report Full of Redactions; Defenders of CIA Torture Report Said Intelligence Committee, White House, and Congress Knew
• No Government Shutdown; More Protests in Major Cities; Aaron Hernandez's Legal Team Scored Victories
• Thousands Participate In Protesting Police Brutality and Racial Profiling; Senate Debates Trillion-Dollar Spending Bill; Storms Pummel California; FBI Investigating Sony Pictures Hack
• Protests Continue; Senate Debates Trillion-Dollar Spending Bill To Avoid Government Shutdown; FBI Investigates Sony Pictures Hack; Senator Feinstein Says Debate Over Releasing Torture Report Goes On; Angelina Jolie's YouTube Video Goes Viral
• Thousands March to U.S. Capitol Building; Protesters Marching to NYPD Headquarters; Senate in Session Over Trillion Dollar Bill; Severe Weather Rips Through California; Key Evidence Thrown Out of Aaron Hernandez Case; U.S. Navy Creates "Silent Nemo"; Justice for All March Under Way in D.C.
• "Justice For All March" Underway Now In D.C.; Tornado Hits South Los Angeles; FBI Investigating Massive Sony Hack; Search For Survivors Of Indonesia Landslide; Cosby's Accusers Share Their Stories
• "Justice for All" March; Homes Buried by Mud and Rock; Senate Spending Showdown; Four Mothers Share Pain of Losing Sons; "Week Of Outrage" Protests Continue Across U.S.; Crude Oil Prices Down 40 percent This Year; Fall Out In the Field From CIA Torture Report; Report: U.S. Prison Camp A Breeding Ground For ISIS
• March in Washington D.C. Against Police Killings Organized; Mothers of Unarmed Black Men Killed by Police Interviewed; Senate Delays Vote on House Government Spending Bill; Street Artist Profiled; Tornado Hits Los Angeles; Federal Investigation Called for in North Carolina Teen's Death as Possible Lynching


December 12, 2014
• FBI Investigating Massive Hack at Sony Pictures; White Police Chief Holds Black Lives Matter Sign in Richmond, CA; Time Capsule Buried in 1700s Discovered in Boston
• National Protests Continue; London's Aviation Mess; California Storms Trigger Rock Slides
• Massive Storm Hits California Coast; Awkward Moment for Jolie, Sony Executive; Did North Korea Hack Sony; Mississippi Police Say Key in Chambers Murder is Phone; Model Beverly Johnson Is Latest Cosby Accuser.
• Computer Failure in London; Mastermind of Interrogation
• Architect Defends CIA's Interrogations; All London Airspace Closed
• New Allegations against Bill Cosby; Massive Cyber Breach at Sony; Flooding in San Francisco
• Calls for CIA Chief's Resignation; Racially Charged Sony Emails Revealed; Murder Devastates Small Mississippi Town; Shonda Rhimes in the Spotlight
• Beverly Johnson Accuses Bill Cosby; Architect Defends CIA Interrogations; Strange Bedfellows in Spending Bill Vote; CIA Chief Defends Agency, Admits Mistakes


December 11, 2014
• Congressional Staffers Walked Out from Jobs; Four Boys Freed in Dramatic Rescue; "Dinosaur 13" Premieres Tonight; E-mails within Sony Leaked
• CIA Director Defends Interrogation Tactics; Communities and Police
• End of Brennan Briefing; Analysis of John Brennan's Speech; Last Minute Bill to Fund Government; Mothers against Police Brutality's Organizer Demands Police Reform
• Continuation of CIA Briefing & Questions
• 80 percent of College Rapes not Reported to Police; Senate Report Personal for 9/11 Families
• CIA Director to Hold Press Conference; Dick Cheney Protecting Controversial Interrogation Techniques; ISIS Releasing False Propaganda on Success in Syria; San Francisco Hit by Storm; Effective Policing Tips from Cincinnati Police Chief
• Sony Drama Revealed in Recent Hack; Cosby Faces Lawsuit; Top Terrorist Leaders Survived Drone Attack; Uber Faces Roadblocks; The Story Behind T-Rex Sue
• Monster Storm Batters Northern California; White House Mum on Torture Report Issues; Does Torture Report Strip U.S. of Moral Authority?; Spending Bill Contains 1,603 Pages; Sony Leak Reveals Major Behind-the-Scenes Drama


December 10, 2014
• Torture Scenes From Fictional TV May Help People Support Use of Torture; Senator Feinstein Accuses CNN Of "Hyping Up Possible Violence"; 19-Year-Old Girl Viciously Burned With Her Car; Uber Facing Several Controversies
• Debating Torture; Interview With Montel Williams
• Dow Drops 200-Plus As Oil Price Plummets; Will Anyone Be Prosecuted for CIA Torture; Civil Rights of Men Ignored in Sexual Assault Allegations.


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