Jun 21 Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Terror Law, Rejecting Free Speech Claims By Quinn Bowman In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal law making it a crime to provide "material support" to organizations designated as terrorist groups by the State Department is not unconstitutionally vague. The case, Holder… Continue reading
Jun 21 Filmmaker Explores Intense Situations Faced by Doctors Without Borders By Lauren Knapp Nearly 40 years ago, a group of French doctors and journalists created an international humanitarian organization to bring medical aid to those who were most vulnerable. Now operating in more than 60 countries, Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières)… Continue reading
Jun 21 Monday: Safety Lapses Found on Oil Rig; Israel Approves New Gaza Policy Smoke rises from controlled oil burns on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Photo by Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Two reports out Monday show critical safety lapses on the Deepwater Horizon before it exploded on April… Continue reading
Jun 21 Hurricane Season Could Bring More Misery to Haiti, Gulf Coast By Talea Miller The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is projecting a busy 2010 hurricane season, with as many as seven major hurricanes possible. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch NYC Bomb Plot Suspect Pleads Guilty With a Warning to U.S. Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the failed Times Square bombing plot, pleaded guilty to terrorism and weapons charges on Monday afternoon. Ailsa Chang of WNYC Radio describes the scene in the courtroom then Steve Coll of the New American Foundation… Continue watching
Jun 18 Slide Show: Turmoil in Kyrgyzstan By Larisa Epatko Although the raging violence between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan has abated, the hardened feelings and destroyed neighborhoods remain, says Clifford Levy of The New York Times, reporting from the city of Osh. Continue reading
Jun 18 Reporter's Notebook: Remembering De Gaulle's Speech 70 Years Later Former France Libre members salute Charles deGaulle's grave. Photo by Francois Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty Images A small radio studio in London came back to life Friday, 70 years after it was the venue for lighting the flame of resistance in Nazi-conquered… Continue reading
Jun 18 Soccer Fans and Non-fans Alike Rally for World Cup By Larisa Epatko Every four years when the World Cup soccer tournament rolls around, people wonder why soccer hasn't taken off as a professional sport in the United States, despite its broad appeal as a recreational sport. Some World Cup watchers give their… Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch News Wrap: Minnesota Communities Begin Cleanup After Deadly Tornadoes In other news Friday, several communities in Minnesota began to clean up after several tornadoes ripped through the state Thursday, killing three and injuring dozens. Also, hopes dimmed that missing miners in Colombia might be found alive after a deadly… Continue watching
Jun 17 Iran's Opposition 'Hibernating' One Year After Disputed Election By Robert Zeliger Last summer, huge crowds clogged the streets of Tehran and other cities after a disputed election gave Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a second term as president. A year later, protests have faded. In June 2009, the losing candidates -- including leading reformists… Continue reading