As governments and intelligence agencies continue to fail at what they tell people they are doing – protecting them – they turn and blame their failures on too much personal freedom and privacy and encryption software.

The first major snowstorm of the year has pounded the Great Plains with a blizzard and even tornadoes as the huge storm heads east and sets its sights on the Midwest.

Fear and anxiety continues to grip the world in the wake of the brutal and murderous attacks in both Beirut and Paris.

NFL NEWS: The Houston Texans continued to thwart the Cincinnati Bengals as they handed the Bengals their first loss of the season. It was a defensive struggle all night long as neither team could muster any offense.

Few now remember the vicious bombing attacks that left 45 dead and hundreds wounded in downtown Beirut just the day before the attacks on Paris. But amid all that chaos and murder, a little girl watched her father die so that hundreds more could live.

New video has surfaced on Monday that claims the Islamic State will attack anyone that supports the French and that Washington. DC, may be its next likely target.

On Monday, President Obama pledged that he is willing to combat the Islamic State presence in Syria and elsewhere, but is not ready to commit troops to any of the conflicts.

The bodies of two dead newborns were discovered on Sunday in an alley in Philadelphia. Police say that their umbilical cords were still attached and that the bodies had been autopsied.

New England and Carolina remained unbeaten on Sunday while Peyton Manning set the new NFL record for most passing yards in a career. Manning, however, got benched in the third quarter after setting the record.

A Justice Department study finds that African Americans are at a high risk of physical force from police.