NEW NSA REVELATIONS STIR CONGRESSIONAL CONCERN
By KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – This June 6, 213 file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The NSA has broken privacy…
Human rights and civil liberties
TERRORISTS TURN TO ONLINE CHAT ROOMS TO EVADE US
By LARA JAKES and ADAM GOLDMAN FILE – This Aug. 10, 2013 file photo shows Yemeni soldiers inspecting a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S.…
NYC MAYOR LAMBASTES STOP-AND-FRISK RULING
By COLLEEN LONG New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, speaks while Police Commissioner Ray Kelly looks on during a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. A…
FATHER KILLS SON, HIMSELF AT YWCA OFFICES IN NH
Police assemble outside the YWCA Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013 in Manchester, N.H. The state attorney general’s office said Muni Savyon, 54, of Manchester used a handgun to fatally shoot his…
SNOWDEN’S FATHER GETS VISA TO VISIT SON IN RUSSIA
FILE – In this July 30, 2013, file frame grab from Rossiya 24 television channel, Lon Snowden, the father of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, speaks during an interview…
ENTERTAINMENT WORLD LEADS OUTCRY AGAINST RUSSIA
By STEPHEN WILSON FILE – US actor Harvey Fierstein in New York, in this Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo. The entertainment industry is using its star power and money…
JUDGE SIDES WITH USHER IN CHILD CUSTODY BATTLE
By KATE BRUMBACK R&B singer Usher waits for a child custody hearing to begin, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, in Atlanta. A judge in Atlanta is set to hear arguments in…
OBAMA: REFORM SPY PROGRAM, PA– USE RUSSIA ‘RESET’
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The president…