Post-Snowden, the NSA’s future rests on Admiral Rogers’ shoulders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As U.S. National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers seeks to repair the damage to the agency caused by leaks about its electronic spying programs, the abuses of government revealed in the wake of the Watergate scandal are very …
Body found in Dallas creek was former assistant police chief
(Reuters) – The Dallas County Medical Examiner on Sunday positively identified a body found a day earlier in a north Dallas creek as that of the Dallas Police Department’s former assistant chief, Gregory Holliday, police said.
California fire crews subdue San Diego-area wildfires
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California firefighters have largely subdued a swarm of blazes that gutted dozens of homes and forced evacuations of thousands of dwellings in and around San Diego, but Governor Jerry Brown said on Sunday the state was still bra…
Republican chairman: Clinton’s age, health ‘fair game’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton’s age and health are valid campaign issues if the 66-year-old Democrat makes another run for president in 2016, the Republican Party leader said on Sunday.
First responders visit New York’s September 11 Memorial Museum
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walking out of the new National September 11 Memorial Museum in lower Manhattan, John Feal, an advocate for first responders with health problems, said reliving that day was like a punch in the gut. But he might have also found a b…
Blogger accused of exploiting Mississippi senator’s ailing wife
JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) – A Mississippi blogger has been jailed on exploitation-related charges for posting photographs of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran’s bedridden wife to the Internet after gaining access to her in a nursing home.
Illinois man tests positive for MERS virus without falling ill
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois resident tested positive for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome after being in contact with an infected patient, though he did not show signs of illness, U.S. health officials said on Saturday.
Utah top court halts adoptions by second parent of gay couples
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – The Utah Supreme Court has temporarily blocked adoptions by the second parent of legally married gay couples while the justices decide whether the rights can be granted.
Detroit truck driver out of hospital six weeks after mob beating
(Reuters) – A driver beaten unconscious by a mob as he tried to help a child he struck accidentally with his truck in Detroit six weeks ago has been released from a hospital, a spokeswoman for the facility said on Saturday.
New York recalls the World’s Fair glory days
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The 1964 World’s Fair in New York drew 51 million visitors to gaze in awe at its Technicolor visions of the future, sample exotic cuisines and join in singing along at the wildly popular “It’s a Small World” attraction.
