Estuaries in Puerto Rico’s capital get ‘mega clean up’
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – A flotilla of fishing skiffs and kayaks plied through the channels and lagoons that comprise the San Juan estuary system Saturday, as volunteers dove beneath bridges and trudged through the thick mangrove forest lining…
Man arrested with four guns at New York’s Kennedy airport
(Reuters) – A Tennessee man faces six felony weapons charges after police found two rifles, two handguns and high-capacity ammunition in luggage he was trying to check at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, an official said.
Protesters march in Washington against NSA spying
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Protesters marched on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday to protest the U.S. government’s online surveillance programs, whose vast scope was revealed this year by former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Colorado federal case tests U.S. warrantless surveillance
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prosecutors have for the first time formally notified a criminal defendant of evidence against him gathered under the U.S. Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act.
Macy’s joins Barneys in brewing NYC ‘shop-and-frisk’ scandal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s civil rights leaders on Saturday angrily decried the city’s brewing “shop-and-frisk” scandal, in which two major retailers stand accused of profiling black shoppers who say they were detained by police after buying luxur…
FBI probes California deputy’s killing of boy with toy gun
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The FBI has launched an independent investigation into a deputy sheriff’s killing of a 13-year-old boy while he was walking to a friend’s house this week to return a replica of an assault rifle, a spokesman said on Saturday.
Producer Quincy Jones sues Michael Jackson estate over royalties
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Music producer Quincy Jones sued Michael Jackson’s estate on Friday, seeking millions of dollars in royalties generated from some of the star’s biggest hits after the King of Pop’s death.
Marcia Wallace, voice of ‘The Simpsons’ Edna Krabappel, dies at 70
(Reuters) – Actress Marcia Wallace, the voice of Edna Krabappel on the Fox show “The Simpsons” and earlier Carol Kester, the receptionist on the 1970s sitcom “The Bob Newhart Show,” has died at 70.
Sebelius finds a silver lining in Obamacare ‘data hub’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, besieged by bad news about the new government health care website, sought on Saturday to highlight a portion of the complex system that she said is working well.
Tiny ‘crazy ants’ are a giant nuisance for U.S. Gulf Coast
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Every few days, Joe Stuckey unleashes chemicals on the legions of tiny ants that invade his home and swarm over his 40-acre property south of Houston. Once they die, he scoops up them up by the shovel-full. Then he repeats the ritua…
