Nation May 07 NSA phone data collection program is illegal, says appeals court The National Security Agency’s program to collect reams of Americans’ phone calls is not authorized by Congress, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said Thursday.
Nation Apr 30 Obama to nominate Gayle Smith as next USAID chief President Barack Obama intends to nominate Gayle Smith, his adviser and the senior director for development and democracy at the National Security Council, as the next administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the White House said Thursday.
World Apr 30 10 militants sentenced to life for shooting Malala Yousafzai A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced 10 men to life in prison – or 25 years, which is considered a life term – for their participation in the 2012 attack on teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai.
Nation Apr 30 Prisoner who shared van says Freddie Gray may have ‘intentionally’ tried to injure himself According to police documents obtained by the Washington Post, a prisoner who was sharing the transport van with Freddie Gray stated he could hear Gray “banging against the walls” of the van and that he thought Gray “was intentionally trying…
World Apr 30 Teenager pulled from rubble in Nepal Rescue workers pulled Pema Lama, 15, from the rubble of the Hilton Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday to cheers from onlookers and other searchers.
World Apr 23 Photos: Chile’s Calbuco volcano erupts for first time since 1972 The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted Wednesday, sending smoke and ash into the air, and forcing authorities to evacuate thousands of people from nearby towns.
World Apr 21 Former Egyptian president Morsi gets 20 years in jail Egypt’s first freely elected leader Mohammed Morsi was sentenced to 20 years in jail without parole on Tuesday on charges connected to the killing of demonstrators, who were protesting against his governing Muslim Brotherhood party for abusing power.
Nation Apr 20 Full list of 2015 Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism and the arts The Pulitzer Prizes for works of journalism and the arts produced in 2014 were announced Monday -- with magazines officially eligible for the first time.
Nation Apr 18 Meet the teen suing Oregon for ‘resisting the urgency’ of climate change Nineteen-year-old environmental activist Kelsey Juliana has a message for the state of Oregon: You're not doing enough to stop climate change She’s now co-plaintiff in a major lawsuit that could force the state of Oregon to take a more aggressive…
Nation Apr 18 Poll: Should courts hold states accountable for climate change? An Oregon-based environmental group is using a novel legal strategy to try to force state governments to take action on climate change. NewsHour Weekend wants to know: what do you think?…