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PARIS (AP) — There are fears in France that the two heavily-armed brothers who are suspected in yesterday's massacre at the offices of a Paris newspaper might strike again. One of the men, Cherif Kouachi (sheh-REEF' koo-AH'-shee), was convicted of terrorism in 2008 because of ties to a network sending radical fighters to Iraq. His lawyer confirms that police tracked down the identities of the brothers because one of them left his ID behind in a getaway car. Authorities are focusing their search around two towns northeast of Paris.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Cartoonists around the world say the ones who were killed at the French magazine Charlie Hebdo were among the most fearless and the most irreverent in the business. The newspaper was known for its sometimes vulgar and deeply offensive drawings. In many newsrooms in France and elsewhere, cartoonists and commentators have said they won't be deterred by the attack. A Danish cartoonist says, "I can understand if some editors become scared, but they should not give up the freedom of speech."
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee has taken up a bill approving the Keystone XL pipeline, with plans to move it toward the full Senate. This, despite a veto threat from the White House. Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Lisa Murkowski says lawmakers shouldn't be deterred by President Barack Obama's threat. She notes the bill has Democratic supporters and came within one vote of passing last year.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer of California says she will not seek re-election in 2016 to a fifth term in office. The 74-year-old Boxer made the announcement in a video with her grandson. She was first elected to the House in 1982 and then to the Senate one decade later. In the Senate, Boxer has been a staunch supporter of abortion rights, gun control and environmental protections.
UNDATED (AP) — The less financially secure you are the less likely you are to vote. That's the finding from a new study from the Pew Research Center. Rather than relying on income, Pew ranked people by their financial security. It used a 10-point scale that included things like whether they had money saved for retirement or trouble paying their bills. The most financially secure people backed Republicans over Democrats and were three times as likely to vote as the least secure. The report concludes that the apathy among the insecure is part of the reason Democrats suffered historic losses in November's election.
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