U.S. judge says NSA phone surveillance is lawful
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge ruled that a National Security Agency program that collects records of millions of Americans’ phone calls is lawful, calling it a “counter-punch” to terrorism that does not violate Americans’ privacy rights.
U.S. judge says NSA phone surveillance is lawful
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge ruled that a National Security Agency program that collects records of millions of Americans’ phone calls is lawful, calling it a “counter-punch” to terrorism that does not violate Americans’ privacy rights.
Southern California man pleads guilty in plan to help al Qaeda
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Southern California man pleaded guilty on Friday to a charge that he tried to help al Qaeda by seeking to travel to Pakistan to train members of the group.
Four dead, three wounded in Louisiana killing spree
(Reuters) – A suspected gunman in Louisiana killed three people and wounded three others near New Orleans before turning a shotgun on himself and committing suicide, police said on Friday.
Japan gets Okinawa approval for U.S. Marine base move
TOKYO (Reuters) – The governor of Japan’s Okinawa on Friday approved a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. air base to a less populous part of the southern island, but said he would keep pressing to move the base off the island altogether.
Super Bowl 2014 – Five-star prices for one-star lodgings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nightly rates at a no-frills, budget hotel in West Orange, New Jersey, average around $100 for a queen room outfitted with a coffee maker and basic cable television.
Utah officials suspect bald eagle deaths linked to die-off of shore birds
(Reuters) – The tally of unexplained bald eagle deaths in Utah this month rose to 20 on Thursday as state wildlife officials looked for possible links to diseases suspected in a coinciding die-off of thousands of shore birds around the Great Salt Lake….
Transient arrested on tarmac at Phoenix airport
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A homeless man was arrested after running onto the tarmac just after a Southwest Airlines plane landed at the Phoenix airport, police said on Thursday.
Philadelphia court overturns priest’s conviction in sex cover-up
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania court overturned the conviction of the first senior U.S. Roman Catholic Church official to be found guilty of covering up child sex abuse by a priest and ordered he be freed on Thursday.
Two dead, six injured in Louisiana bar fight shooting
(Reuters) – Two people were killed and six injured on Thursday in a volley of gunfire after a bar fight spilled out into the streets of Slidell, near New Orleans, police said.
