Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Nov. 8 Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, on climate change: It's easy to see why people don't want to believe that global warming is real or that we can do anything about it. ... Climate change is real, though, and judging from the loss of polar ice, it's ...

US President Barack Obama has vowed justice as he eulogized the dead of the Fort Hood shootings and warned that even twisted faith could not explain such "craven" mass murder. As intrigue deepened around Major Nidal Hasan, the army psychiatrist and practising Muslim accused of killing 13 people in last week's shooting spree, Obama lauded each victim and said ...

US President Barack Obama led a tearful memorial service Tuesday for victims of the Fort Hood massacre, saying "no faith" could justify the "murderous and craven" shootings. Obama's allusion to religion was the strongest official indication to date that the shooter's Muslim faith could have been the motivating factor for suspected gunman Major Nidal Hasan, who is alive ...

US army officials had considered sacking the accused Fort Hood gunman months ago, a report said Tuesday, as concerns mounted that warning signs about the attack may have been missed. As dozens of investigators pored over evidence in Thursday's shooting, US lawmakers vowed to press intelligence and law enforcement officials over what information they had gleaned on the alleged ...