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Liberals brace for Supreme Court decision on voting rights
By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News Bracing for an impending Supreme Court decision that could limit the reach of the Voting Rights Act, liberal legal experts and advocates are assessing what to do if the court strikes down a central part of the law.Addressing the annual convention of the liberal lawyers’ group the American Constitution Society, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a ...
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NSA claims secret surveillance programs have foiled at least 50 terror plots since the September 11 attacks
The head of the US National Security Agency has claimed secret surveillance programs have foiled at least 50 terror plots since the September 11 ...
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American Airlines US Airways seek EU approval for merger
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - US Airways Group (LCC.N) and American Airlines (AAMRQ.PK) are seeking EU antitrust approval for their planned $11 billion merger, which would create the world's largest carrier. The proposed tie-up, the fourth in the U.S. ...
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Zimmerman jury selection moving into a new phase
Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman murder trial are about to move into the next phase of jury selection.On Wednesday, lawyers from both sides will begin whittling down a group of 40 prospective jurors, selected over a little more than a week's time, to a final group of six jurors and four alternates. In Florida, 12 jurors are required only for criminal trials ...
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Jurors reflect on complexities of Zimmerman case
Prosecutors and defense attorneys personally interviewed 58 potential jurors over seven days about their media exposure to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman last year in Sanford, Fla. They have asked 40 jury candidates to return for the next round of questioning and dismissed scores of others. They eventually must whittle ...
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W.Va. mine safety lab creates disasters to train
A former Massey Energy official who is cooperating in the investigation of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when he's sentenced Aug. ...
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Crucial finding made in search for long-lost shipwreck
A wooden beam embedded at the bottom of northern Lake Michigan appears to have been there for centuries, underwater archaeologists announced Tuesday, a crucial finding as crews dig toward what they hope is the carcass of a French ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th century. Expedition leaders still weren't ready to declare they had found a shipwreck or the ...
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Ticket prices heat up for NBA finals in Miami
The online ticket resale site StubHub showed just about 3,000 tickets were available for purchase on the secondary markets in Miami for Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Heat and the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday ...
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Capitols Frederick Douglass statue to be unveiled
By VALERIE BONKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The 19th-century orator and writer Frederick Douglass will once again stand tall in the U.S. Capitol. A 7-foot bronze likeness of Douglass is being unveiled Wednesday in a ceremony led by House Speaker John Boehner. The statue joins sculpted tributes to fellow black Americans Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Sojourner Truth on permanent ...
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Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill
View Photo Associated Press/Carolyn Kaster - People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June ...
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Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast. ...
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Endangered list highlights at-risk landmarks and landscapes
11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP). Now in its 26th year, the list spotlights important examples of the nation's architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. This year's roster reflects sites that are threatened by not-so-benign neglect, encroaching development and the impact ...
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UK Auditor Agrees Fine And Ban In New York
A division of one of the UK's biggest auditors, Deloitte, has been fined $10m (6.4m) by New York state for its actions in advising Standard Chartered Bank over money laundering. In addition to the fine, Deloitte's Financial Advisory Services arm was also banned for one year from taking new work in the state after officials ruled it did not carry out its duties independently. The ...
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American predator professor suspected to have abused Filipino children roamed Asia
Mexican authorities have arrested an American professor who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the resort city of Playa del Carmen. Prosecutor Gaspar Armando Garcia Torres said Walter Lee Williams, 64, (pictured) a former university professor, is wanted on charges of sexual exploitation of children and traveling to Philippines for child sex. Garcia said Williams was ...
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Big Lie America Doesnt Have 1 Richest Middle-Class in the World...Were Ranked 27th
America is the richest country on Earth. We have the most millionaires, the most billionaires--and a increasingly poor "middle ...
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An American City Govt. Seeks the Cruel Power to Banish People from the Streets in... Vermont
Burlington Vt.'s city ordinance allows the immediate and arbitrary banishment of people from public streets with no due process of law and no effective appeal ...
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Gringos on the Ayahuasca Trail ... Young Americans Are Flocking to S. America for Pychedelic Promise
music and inebriated shouts pouring from the gringo bars. Rurrenabaque is at the epicenter of Bolivia's burgeoning eco-tourism industry, with dozens of expeditions into the jungle leaving daily. But travelers often become intrigued by a different local offering: guided shamanic tours which use the hallucinogenic brew ayahuasca to prompt spiritual revelations. Ayahuasca has featured ...
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Taliban We killed 4 U.S. troops at Afghan air base
KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four American troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the U.S. on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war in the country. The deadly attack underscores the challenges ahead in trying to end the violence roiling Afghanistan via peace ...
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Brazil braces for more anti-government protests
Brazil braced for a new round of anti-government protests Wednesday after a violent night of looting and vandalism in Sao Paulo that led to at least 30 arrests. An estimated 50,000 people flooded the city's central Cathedral Square for the second night running, marching through streets and waving banners carrying slogans such as, "The people have awakened." One group tried to ...
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Unusual Heat Wave Bakes Alaska
Alaska is dealing with an unusual heat wave. Temperatures have reach 70 in Anchorage almost every day for more than a week, while a more remote area saw a high of 96. (June ...
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Visit soon Americas 11 most endangered places
11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP). Now in its 26th year, the list spotlights important examples of the nation's architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. This year's roster reflects sites that are threatened by not-so-benign neglect, encroaching development and the impact ...
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Obama to push for deep cuts to US Russia nukes
June 18, 2013: President Barack Obama listens to French President Francois Hollande during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern ...
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The Game 7 Winner is Less Important Than Why The Miami Heat Are Better For The NBA Than The Spurs.
LeBron James of the Miami Heat looks to move against the Oklahoma City Thunder during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 21, 2012 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. The Miami Heat won the NBA Finals, defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106 to capture the best-of-seven championship series four games to one. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via ...
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New York City aims to require apartment dwellers to compost food scraps
NEW YORK -- Legions of New York City apartment dwellers will soon be asked -- and may eventually be forced -- to start collecting food scraps for composting, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest bid to make the city ...
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American Medical Association recognises obesity as a disease
United States The American Medical Association (AMA) has voted to recognise obesity as a disease, describing it as an "epidemic" gripping the US.At its annual meeting, the AMA noted that obesity rates in the US have doubled among adults in the past 20 years and tripled among children in a generation.More than one-third of US adults are obese.The World Health Organisation and the US ...
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