Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria on Sunday and argued that it was a “direct result” of Israeli attacks on Iran and Hezbollah. Netanyahu made the remarks in a public address shortly after news broke that Assad had fled Damascus on Saturday night with his family. Islamist rebels took over the city on Sunday. Netanyahu cautioned that the fall of...

An incoming Missouri state lawmaker introduced a bill to provide $1,000 to people who report illegal migrants to authorities. Republican state Sen.-elect David Gregory proposed a measure that would offer $1,000 to any person who turned in an illegal migrant who is subsequently arrested. SB 72 would allow the state’s Department of Public Safety to “develop an information system for people to report violations of this act which...