(ALEXANDRIA, Va., AP) — A federal jury is slated to hear closing arguments in the leak trial of a former CIA officer accused of giving details of a classified operation… Read more »
Category: National News
Video of New Jersey man shot by police raises questions
By SEAN CARLIN and GEOFF MULVIHILL (BRIDGETON, N.J., AP) — A police video of officers confronting and then fatally shooting a black man in southern New Jersey has raised questions and… Read more »
Trial to begin for Pennsylvania man whose yard had bodies
(WILKES-BARRE, Pa., AP) — A notorious Pennsylvania inmate found with at least five sets of human remains buried in his yard nearly a dozen years ago will stand trial on… Read more »
TransCanada takes steps to acquire Keystone pipeline land
By GRANT SCHULTE (Lincoln, Neb., AP) — The developer of the Keystone XL oil pipeline made good on its promise Tuesday to try to seize access to the Nebraska land it needs… Read more »
Saudi Arabia’s rights crackdown linked to war on terror
(DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, AP) — A man is given 50 lashes in a public square for “insulting Islam” on a liberal blog. Another is arrested for filming and uploading… Read more »
Study: Fewer struggle with medical costs as coverage grows
(WASHINGTON, AP) — Not only do more Americans have health insurance, but the number struggling with medical costs has dropped since President Barack Obama’s health care law expanded coverage, according… Read more »
Justices must act fast if gay marriage to be settled in June
(WASHINGTON, AP) — Time is running short for the Supreme Court to get same-sex marriage on its calendar if the justices want to tackle the issue before their current term… Read more »
Pope on climate change: Man has ‘slapped nature in the face’
By NICOLE WINFIELD (ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE, AP) — Pope Francis said Thursday he is convinced that global warming is “mostly” man-made and that he hopes his upcoming encyclical on… Read more »
Salman Rushdie, threatened over book, defends free speech
By WILSON RING (BURLINGTON, Vt., AP) — Author Salman Rushdie, who lived for years under a death threat after his 1988 book “The Satanic Verses” drew the wrath of Iranian religious… Read more »
Ohio bartender accused of threatening to kill John Boehner
(CINCINNATI, AP) — An Ohio bartender with a history of psychiatric illness was indicted on a charge of threatening to murder House Speaker John Boehner, possibly by poisoning his drink… Read more »