4 hrs ago | NewsOn6 Tulsa
Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case
Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime suspect The lawyer for the family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell said Tuesday that even as local police close the active part of their investigation into her ... (more)
5 hrs ago | WATE-TV Knoxville
Harry Potter book with author notes sold for $228K
A federal court in San Francisco has struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy unless there's a medical emergency.
7 hrs ago | NewsOn6 Tulsa
Fbi Id's Benghazi suspects _ but no arrests yet
The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say.
7 hrs ago | Russia Taday
'Guantanamo guards shot my client 5 times for no reason'
Over 100 Guantanamo prisoners continue their hunger strike in protest against unlawful - and as it turns out, violent - detention.
10 hrs ago | War Is A Crime
The Reason for Hunger Strikes-from Northern Ireland to Guantanamo
I'm in Northern Ireland and yesterday on May 20, 2013, I spoke with several members of the Northern Ireland Parliament.
14 hrs ago | Salon
Gitmo hunger striker launches Twitter campaign
It is a tragic state of affairs when more than 100 men starve themselves, some close to death, in protest of human rights abrogations - and Twitter is needed to gain them attention.
14 hrs ago | National Public Radio
White House Again Raises Possibility Of Closing Guantanamo
For the first time in years, the Obama administration appears to be focused on shuttering the Guantanamo Bay prison and - at a minimum - has redoubled its efforts to reduce the number of people held there.
15 hrs ago | Balloon Juice
Perhaps a meal was not the ideal setting to talk about something as unappetizing as a hunger strike.
19 hrs ago | Silver City Sun-News
This is to all the people complaining about Garrey Carruthers, president at NMSU, including myself.
2 San Diego contractors sentenced in Navy scheme
A federal judge has given three-year prison sentences to two San Diego defense contractors convicted of fraud in a scheme to bribe Navy officials with more than $1 million in cash and gifts.
The United States appears to have carried out its second drone strike inside Yemen in the past three days.
Guantanamo Force-Feeding Constitutes Torture
Around 130 of 166 Guantanamo detainees refuse food. They're hunger striking for justice.
Report: Obama to make big speech about drones, Guantanamo
On Thursday, President Obama will reportedly make a big speech to address White House counterterrorism policy, including the closing of Guantanamo Bay and the Administration's use of drone strikes.
Divide and Conquer the Congress?
Every time the word " bipartisan " makes it to print the world suffers. When the two rival political syndicates line up in a row in favor of something, it's because their masters feel so strongly about the issue that all other concerns are bulldozed away.
How Guantanamo affects China: Our human rights hypocrisies
In May 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner were poised to make a rare double visit to China for a high-level strategic and economic dialogue.
Eric Holder continues to do his job despite opposition
As the Department of Justice came under scrutiny once again, the usual cry for Eric Holder 's ouster is echoed even louder.
This is not the President Obama we voted for - Candidate Obama promised a different kind of...
You can argue that Republicans have blocked President Obama from doing just about anything.
Erosion of rights should not surprise
It's hard not to laugh at the indignation over the Justice Department's seizure of telephone records of the Associated Press and its journalists.
Obama to speak on legality of drone program
President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorm practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said.
Coastal Bend Military Notes: 05.18.13
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Rear Adm. Kevin Cook, the new 8th District commander, visited and addressed Coast Guard members stationed at Sector Corpus Christi May 9, located at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.