Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Amman, Jordan — The U.S. military began laying the groundwork to arm and support Syrian rebels more than a week ago, using a military exercise currently being held in Jordan as a cover for bringing in personnel and equipment. Despite official statements by the Obama administration that a …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Enniskillen, Northern Ireland — The European Union and the United States will open negotiations next month on a long-sought deal to create free trade between the world’s two mightiest economic regions, an effort designed to create millions of …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Washington — President Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview yesterday, and called them transparent — even though they are authorized in secret. “It is transparent,” Obama told PBS’s Charlie Rose in an interview to be broadcast yesterday. “That’s why …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday threw out an Arizona law requiring evidence of citizenship when people register to vote, in a victory for minority-rights advocates and the Obama administration. The justices said Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship law runs afoul of a federal statute that sets out registration requirements. …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Oakland Township, Mich. — Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa yesterday, digging around in a suburban Detroit field where a reputed Mafia captain says the Teamsters boss’ body was buried. Authorities used excavation equipment to root around in the Oakland Township property, about …
Monday, June 17, 2013
Washington — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution’s promise of equality for all before the law. Now, as the court heads into the final two weeks of this year’s term, the justices may be about to close one chapter of that long …
Monday, June 17, 2013
Boston — There’s nothing quite like having your own parking space when you live in a big city. Except perhaps having two of your own parking spaces, which is what one Bostonian has after bidding $560,000 at an auction for the pricey pieces of pavement. The Internal Revenue …
Monday, June 17, 2013
Washington — Resurgent revenues prompted tax cut talk from Bismarck to Baton Rouge — but in some states, the tax breaks never made it to the governor’s desk. In other states, legislators used newfound money to pay for education, roads, or other areas that got short shrift during …
Monday, June 17, 2013
A recent Associated Press-WE tv poll found more than 8 in 10 men said they have always wanted to be fathers or think they’d like to be one someday. A look at what the poll found on how men view fatherhood, and the changes it has brought for …
Monday, June 17, 2013
Dallas — It doesn’t seem like a half-century has passed: The memories are so fresh in his mind. “I knew it was the biggest story I was ever going to cover, that’s for sure,” Eamon Kennedy says now. As he prepares to make Dallas his home for the …
