Sep 17 Iran restores Facebook and Twitter blocks after "technical glitch" On Monday, Facebook and Twitter were accessible in Iran for the first time in four years. One day later, Iran restored the social media blocks and said the short-lived access was due to "technical glitches." According to the Associated… Continue reading
Sep 17 Muslim Brotherhood's foreign media spokesman arrested The Egyptian government is keeping up the pressure on supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Another top Muslim Brotherhood official has been taken into custody, according to The New York Times' bureau chief in Cairo. Gehad El-Haddad, foreign… Continue reading
Sep 17 VIDEO: Artillery shells fall close to Damascus AP VIDEO: Shelling close to Syria's capital: http://t.co/Qq3hDzBbcR -AB— The Associated Press (@AP) September 17, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 17 UPDATED: Newtown Action Alliance heads to Washington to lobby Congress The Newtown Action Alliance, a group of Newtown, CT parents formed after the Sandy Hook School shooting, are once again headed to Washington, D.C. to lobby Congress for stricter gun control. According to The Hartford Courant, the trip was… Continue reading
Sep 17 Secretary Hagel lays wreath in honor of Navy Yard shooting victims .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }… Continue reading
Sep 17 Israel wants Syria's Assad "gone" Getty Images Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren said in an exit interview with the Jerusalem Post that Israel has wanted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to leave office since the start of the country's civil war. "The… Continue reading
Sep 17 Snowden travels freely in Russia Flickr user Kwong Yee Cheng Although NSA leaker Edward Snowden is under guard at an undisclosed location, he is able to travel freely throughout Russia. This new information was revealed by Snowden's Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena… Continue reading
Sep 17 Here's what we know about the shooting at Navy Yard so far Details emerged overnight and this morning about the alleged shooter and the victims of the shooting: Police confirmed late Monday that there was no second shooter Names of the victims began to leak out Monday night Alleged… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch News Wrap: Former NOLA Cops Granted New Trial for Katrina Bridge Killings In our news wrap Tuesday, five former New Orleans policemen were granted a new trial in the shooting deaths of unarmed civilians on the city's Danziger Bridge following Hurricane Katrina. Also, investigators ruled a fire that destroyed 50 businesses on… Continue watching
Sep 16 TV drug ads frequently make misleading claims according to study Six times out to ten, you're getting misleading information from drug advertisements broadcast on television, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. While 1 in 10 claims turned out to be totally… Continue reading