Egypt’s President Morsi may have annulled his controversial power-granting decree, but the dust has far from settled. Following an unusually peaceful day in Egypt Saturday, as voters headed to the polls, conflict erupted Sunday afternoon as anger over the new constitution spread. The Muslim Brotherhood, on the other hand, appeared elated, praising the “political maturity” of the voters and claiming 57 percent of the first round ballots in favor of the new constitution. Opposition leaders disagree, calling the vote irregular and too small a pool to accurately represent the populus. The second round of voting is scheduled for next Saturday.

As the dreaded fiscal cliff date draws nearer, lawmakers are pushing compromises. On Friday, House Speaker John Boehner offered to push the fight over the federal debt limit off for a year, according to sources familiar with the talks. This is seen as a concession for Republicans, who planned to use the threat of default as leverage for getting more spending cuts out of Obama. Boehner is also proposing to raise taxes for millionaires, but the White House has rejected the offer, saying the amount raised is not significant enough. Either way, progress is progress and we could be inching closer to a deal.

Two men were reportedly injured in a Sunday night shooting that occurred at the Santikos Mayan Palace 14 movie theater in San Antonio, Texas just before 9:30 p.m. The alleged shooter—one of the injured—was seen running from the nearby China Garden restaurant where he had opened fire on another man. An off-duty deputy reportedly spotted the shooter and followed him into the theater where he shot him. One female witness told the local news station KSAT that she heard "multiple shots" fired, as people ran for the exits.

After a series of prayers from leaders of multiple faith traditions, President Obama addressed the families of the 26 victims who were killed in the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., on Friday. “Newtown is not alone,” Obama said. “I come to offer you the love and prayers of the nation.” The president said the nation had been “inspired” by stories of strength and resolve during the horror. “They lost their lives at a school that could have been any school, in any town in America.” Taking a political turn, Obama said he had been reflecting on whether the country is doing enough to keep its citizens safe. “The answer is no,” he concluded, “We’re not doing enough, and we will have to change.”

The funeral of Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse found dead just days after patching through a prank phone call from two Australian DJs, will be held today in India. Saldanha’s family, husband Benedict Barboza and children Junal and Lisha, accompanied her body on the flight back to her home country. The service will take place at Our Lady of Health Church in the town of Shirva, Karnataka, near Mangalore. In a moving tribute Saturday, her children described the “unfillable void” that her sudden death left in their lives. The two Australian DJs responsible for the call were reportedly “shattered” with the news of her death.

Adam Lanza, the man who allegedly shot and killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, died from a single self-inflicted gunshot to the head, the coroner said Sunday. The govenor said Lanza committed suicide as the first responders closed in on the Newtown, Conn., elementary school—causing speculation Lanza had an even more deadly rampage planned. His mother, who was found dead at her Newtown home nearby, died from multiple gunshot wounds, the coroner said. The weapons found at the school were legally registered to Lanza’s mother, Nancy Lanza.

It’s time for Congress to enact a ban on assault weapons, Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Sunday on Meet the Press. Feinstein has been a leading advocate for gun-control reform on Capitol Hill. “I’m going to introduce in the Senate, and the same bill will be introduced in the House, a bill to ban assault weapons,” Feinstein said Sunday. The senator’s support for a revival of the ban on high-powered guns comes amid demands for stricter regulations from politicians including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

It’s a big week for the State Department. First, a report from the Advisory Review Board on U.S. consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya expected Monday is due to deliver the most detailed explanation of what happened before, during, and after the attack that left four Americans dead in September. Along with a briefing from the independent agency that conducted the report Wednesday, the State Department will also offer suggestions for improving security—presumably including measures that have been enacted since the Benghazi attack. Then, Thursday, Deputy Secretaries Bill Burns and Tom Nides will testify on behalf of Hillary Clinton before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The secretary of State is still recovering from a concussion after fainting last week.

In her first public showing since leaving the hospital for extreme morning sickness, Kate Middleton will attend the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year Awards on Sunday night. With her husband, Prince William, at work for the Royal Air Force, the Duchess of Cambridge’s solo appearance at the event is expected to last no longer than 45 minutes—just long enough for her to present the lifetime achievement and the main Sports Personality of the Year awards. Kate’s move take the BBC up on its longstanding invitation suggests the royal mother-to-be’s health is on the upswing.

Little Bilbo Baggins is making quite the mark on his opening weekend. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, dominated the box office this weekend, grossing a massive $84.8 million in its first three days and setting a new record for best December debut. The release crushed the previous record-holder, I Am Legend, which brought in $77.2 million during its 2007 debut. It’s good news for Hobbit lovers, but the film still has a way to go if it wants to contend with the Lord of the Rings series, which brought in hundreds of millions between its 2001-2003 releases. Skyfall was bumped out of first place and down to fourth for the weekend, but still has an astounding total gross of $951 million worldwide. Bond vs. Baggins is the type of showdown we'd like to see.

It was the scandal that launched a thousand headlines. The Profumo scandal of the 1960s, which whipped Fleet Street into the kind of frenzy only the British press can muster, is examined on its 50th anniversary in An English Affair, a new book by Richard Davenport-Hines. What began with the arrest of official John Vassall for spying quickly became a vast imbroglio that ensnared the highest reaches of government—and revealed the entanglements of sex, power, and money in Britain.

Singer Kelly Clarkson is getting hitched. The original 'American Idol' winner tweeted her betrothal to talent manager Brandon Blackstock on Saturday. The two have been dating since earlier this year. "I'M ENGAGED," Clarkson told the Internet. "I wanted y'all to know! Happiest night of my life last night!" The "Miss Independent" chanteuse also treated fans to a snapshot of her canary yellow diamond ring. Clarkson swept the first season of 'Idol' in 2002, and has since gone on to score successes with her album "Stronger" and songs like "A Moment Like This."

The body of the British nurse who apparently committed suicide after a radio-show prank arrived in her native India on Sunday. Jacintha Saldhana was found dead not long after receiving a call from two Australian radio presenters inquiring about the Duchess of Cambridge, whom Saldhana had been treating for hyperemesis gravidarum. Saldhana’s husband and two children traveled with the nurse’s body as it arrived in the city of Mangalore. A funeral service will be held Monday.

Violence broke out in Egypt on Saturday as voters decided on a divisive new draft constitution. Supported by Islamists within Egypt, President Mohamed Morsi’s party, the Muslim Brotherhood, had confidence that the document would be ratified. Half of all voters will cast their ballot for or against the draft constitution next Saturday. Officials said that a newspaper office was attacked by Islamists on Saturday, and armed groups attacked one another in the streets Friday.

More than a week after a deadly storm struck the Philippines, the number of people killed by Typhoon Bopha continues to rise. More than 1,020 people have been reported dead in the storm, and officials said Sunday that more than 850 remain missing, meaning that the number of fatalities will likely continue to rise. “The death toll will go higher,” civil-defense head Benito Ramos said. “We found a lot of bodies yesterday, buried under fallen logs and debris.” Also, 27,000 people remain in evacuation shelters in the wake of the storm, which struck Dec. 4.

Robbie Parker paid tribute to his 6-year-old daughter Saturday, saying that the little girl, who died in the shooting Friday in Newtown, would have been among the first to comfort the victims. Emilie Alice Parker was “an exceptional artist,” her father said of the oldest of his three daughters, “and she always carried around her markers and pencils so she never missed an opportunity to draw a picture or make a card for someone.” Police are still searching for a motive in the shooting that took Emilie and 19 other children from their parents. “I can’t imagine how hard this experience must be for you,” Parker said to the family of the gunman.

Speaking to press in Newtown, Conn., Sunday afternoon, Lt. J. Paul Vance described the evolving timeline of Friday's event, which led to the death of 26 at Sandy Hook elementary school (not including the shooter and the shooter's mother, found nearby). Vance announced that alleged shooter Adam Lanza had fired “hundreds of bullets,” using multiple 30-bullet magazines in each of his guns. Lanza’s own death, he says, has officially been ruled a suicide. In reference to recent social-media hoaxes plaguing Newtown, the officer warned that anyone who “threatens or harasses … using social media of any kind” will be fully investigated and prosecuted. Offering more details on the recent church evacuation, Vance confirmed that a threat was received by phone at the St. Rosa of Lima church.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Saturday joined politicians calling for new gun-control measures in the wake of the shooting in Newtown, Conn. “There is no parent and no grandparent in America that is not a resident to Sandy Hook, Connecticut,” the former White House chief of staff said. A ban on carrying concealed weapons in Illinois was overturned by an appeals court just last week. “There is nobody that had their child last night, that didn’t hold them a little closer, pull them in a little tighter, didn't hug them a little more,” Emanuel said.

A plan that would have helped keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill has been gathering dust at the Department of Justice. Drawn up after the shooting of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the plan to improve background checks has gone ignored for the last year as legislators squabbled over other issues, sources told The New York Times on Sunday. It is not clear whether the plan ever made it to the White House. On Saturday the president called for “meaningful action” to prevent further gun tragedies.

St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Conn., was evacuated Sunday after state police responded to a threat during noon mass—and rehearsal for the Christmas pagent. Officials cleared the church by 2 p.m. More than a dozen state troopers armed with assault rifles entered a home next to the church, said NBC reporter Audrey Washington. A SWAT team began a sweep of the church after the evacuation. The town is still reeling after 20 children and six adults were killed Friday when Adam Lanza opened fire at a local elementary school. His mother was also found dead in her Newtown home Friday.

Nancy Lanza liked guns. The mother of the young man who killed 26 people in Connecticut and herself was a victim of his rampage collected guns and took her son target shooting, according to her people who knew her. Lanza “prepared for the worst,” former sister-in-law Marsha Lanza told the Chicago Sun-Times. “I didn’t know that they [the guns] would be used on her.” Authorities have said that the guns used in Newtown were registered to Nancy Lanza, though they are not sure how many she owned in all.

Could this be a workable compromise? House Speaker John Boehner has reportedly said he would agree to a hike in tax rates for the wealthiest Americans if President Obama gives in to big entitlement cuts, according to several sources. The proposed deal would raise Bush-era tax rates for top earners, in exchange for a slower-growing Medicare and other health programs. Obama and Boehner spoke via phone on Friday and have been talking regularly, which hints that progress could be advancing in the fiscal cliff negotiations.

An Indiana man was arrested by police after he allegedly threatened to "kill as many people as he could" at a local school. Police uncovered 47 guns and a stockpile of ammunition in his home. Charges of intimidation, domestic battery, and resisting law enforcement were filed against Von I. Meyer, 60, on Saturday. The man's home is less than 1,000 feet from an elementary school. He was arrested after he allegedly threatened to set his wife on fire on Friday.

Apparently, Newtown hasn’t been through enough. Law-enforcement officials told reporters on Sunday that deliberately misleading information was being posted to social-media sites. Some people have posed as the shooter online, while others have made threatening remarks. “These issues are crimes,” said Lt. J. Paul Vance, a spokesman for the Connecticut state police. As for the investigation into the rampage, Vance said the police are “talking to everybody slowly,” since “people’s hearts are broken.” Vance said they are analyzing the evidence they’ve collected so far. Twenty children and six adults were killed Friday when Adam Lanza, 20, allegedly opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School before turning the weapon on himself. He also allegedly shot and killed his mother, whose body was found at her Newtown home Friday.

Looks like Boehner’s ready to play ball. A source close to the ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations announced Sunday that the House pspeaker’s latest proposal to President Obama would bring the top income tax rate to pre-Bush levels at 39.6 percent. The rate, up from 36 percent, would apply to those earning more than $1 million a year. In return, Boehner is asking for “significant” cuts to entitlements and other spending programs. The Obama administration has not accepted his offer, according to another source. If the two sides can’t come to an agreement, the Bush era tax cuts will expire on Jan. 1 and across-the-board spending cuts will go into effect.

The 436 students who survived the massacre at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school will attend an unused school in a neighboring town, Newtown schools superintendent Janet Robinson said Sunday. It is still unclear when they will return to Sandy Hook Elementary School, where Adam Lanza allegedly shot and killed 20 children and six adults Friday. The school remains an active crime scene. All seven of Newtown’s public schools, which have more than 5,000 students, will be closed Monday. 

Police in Newport Beach, Calif., have a suspect in custody after 50 shots were fired in a mall parking lot. No one appears to have been hit. Marcos Gurrola allegedly fired the shots near Macy’s at the Fashion Island mall before before police got to him. He was apparently firing a handgun, police said. California has a ban on assault weapons that prohibits the use of magazines that hold more than 19 bullets. “With what happened in Connecticut, we were freaking out,” one woman said of the scene at the shopping center as the man opened fire.