Obama announces restrictions on drone strikes, pledges to close Gitmo
President Barack Obama announced drastic changes to the United States’ counterterrorism operations Thursday, reforming the rules that guide America’s drone program while also expediting the release of Guantanamo Bay detainees. The president spoke at the National Defense University in Washington, DC Thursday afternoon to discuss those two issues in particular, weighing in on a pair [...]
Federal Reserve: rising inequality jeopardizes economic recovery
A top ranking member of the United States Federal Reserve cautioned economists this week that growing inequality within the US was worsening the odds of a quick return to the conditions of the pre-recession days. Fed Board of Governors member Sarah Bloom Raskin was in Washington, DC on Thursday, and during an address before the [...]
Obama’s media shield law makes prosecuting journalists even easier
United States President Barack Obama is encouraging Congress to take up a media shield law that was abandoned at the start of his administration, but critics of the bill say it might make it even easier for journalists to be subpoenaed by the government. After the Associated Press revealed on Monday that they are the [...]
Up to 60 injured after car crashes into crowd at Virginia parade
Dozens of people have been injured after a 1997 Cadillac plowed into a crowd at the Trail Days Parade in the US state of Virginia. An emergency official told local news channel WCYB that 50-60 people were injured and 12-15 patients were taken to hospitals by ambulance or helicopters. There have been no reports of [...]
AP investigation Get short URL
The White House has denied having any prior knowledge of the Justice Department’s criminal probe of the Associated Press, but lawmakers appalled by the revelation are nonetheless lashing out at United States President Barack Obama. Just hours after the AP reported on Monday that the Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and [...]
Florida scientifically engineers insects to fight incurable citrus disease
Millions of Florida oranges are falling from the trees, unripe and green, plagued with a disease that is threatening to spread across the entire country. And although Florida is known for its citruses, the Sunshine State is quickly running out. Huanglongbing, also known as citrus greening, has infected fruit-bearing trees in all 32 of Florida’s [...]
US suicide rates surge, surpass road fatalities
More Americans now die of suicide than from car accidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a disturbing statistic that some experts say points to the true depths of the US economic crisis. From 1999 to 2010, the suicide rate among US citizens between the ages of 35 to 64 soared by [...]
Boston bombing suspects: Tsarnaev brothers from Russia’s Caucasus, long-term US residents
Boston bombing were identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his brother Dzhokhar, 19. The elder brother was killed in the stand-off with the police, while the younger one remains at large. The father of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Anzor Tsarnaev, says his son, who still remains at large, is “accomplished medical student” and “a true angel”, AP reports. He [...]
One Boston bombing suspect dead, another at large
A massive manhunt is underway in Watertown, Massachusetts, for one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing. One suspect was shot dead in a firefight with the police. The two suspects are brothers from the Russian republic of Chechnya. Authorities are searching for Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, a government official said Friday morning. Police have [...]
Boston Marathon explosions: LIVE UPDATES
At least three people, including an eight-year-old, have been killed and more than a hundred injured after two explosions hit the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The investigation of two potential suspects is still ongoing. 17:21 GMT: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, became an American Citizen on Sept. 11, 2012, CBS reported.17:20 GMT: The suspects’ sister, 22-year-old [...]