By KEN DILANIAN Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — CIA Director John Brennan says the hack of his personal email account underscores that everyone is vulnerable to the compromise of personal information on… Read more »
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Homicide spike draws alarm from Obama administration
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — This year has brought an unusually grim and steady drumbeat of violence throughout the country. A 5-year-old girl killed this month in Cleveland in… Read more »
Boehner to push budget vote over conservative opposition
By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — House Republican leaders on Tuesday pushed toward a vote on a two-year budget deal despite conservative opposition, relying on the backing of Democrats for… Read more »
Carter: More airstrikes, other shifts coming against IS
By DEB RIECHMANN and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday the Obama administration is preparing to accelerate its military campaign against Islamic State militants, including… Read more »
Senate bill could cut nonviolent drug offenders’ sentences
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Nonviolent drug offenders could be eligible for shorter prison sentences under legislation a Senate committee is considering. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected… Read more »
Pentagon: American killed in raid to free Iraqis held by IS
By ROBERT BURNS and BRAM JANSSEN Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Believing that Islamic State captives held on a compound in northern Iraq faced “imminent mass execution,” dozens of U.S. special operations… Read more »
Cybersecurity: Senate takes initial step to bill’s passage
By TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — The Senate has taken an initial step toward passing a bill aimed at improving cybersecurity. The bill is intended to encourage the sharing of… Read more »
Secret Service allowed to use warrantless cellphone tracking
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — A new policy allows the Secret Service to use intrusive cellphone-tracking technology without a warrant if there’s believed to be a nonspecific threat to… Read more »
At 100, woman still working 11 hours a day, 6 days a week
(BUFFALO, N.Y., AP) — Felimina Rotundo works 11 hours day, six days a week at a Buffalo laundromat and says she has no plans to quit working even though she… Read more »
Federal agents arrest hundreds in synthetic drug crackdown
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Federal drug agents have arrested hundreds of people across the country in the latest phase of a national crackdown on synthetic drug manufacturers,… Read more »