The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly approved a five-year extension of a law allowing the government to conduct wiretapping on foreign citizens without a warrant. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, passed by the House of Representatives earlier this year, cleared the Senate Friday by a 73-23 margin with broad bipartisan support. The legislation now goes to […]
US Senate Votes to Extend Warrantless Surveillance Act
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 9:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama ‘Modestly Optimistic’ on Last-Minute Fiscal Deal
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says he is “modestly optimistic” that a deal can be reached with Congress to avert a looming set of tax hikes and spending cuts that threaten to plunge the U.S. economy back into recession. Mr. Obama told reporters Friday that Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and Democratic Senator Harry Reid were working […]
Ghana Opposition Challenges Election in Top Court
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
Ghana’s main opposition party has appealed to the nation’s top court to overturn the result of presidential elections won by incumbent President John Mahama. The New Patriotic Party says it has presented evidence of fraud and irregularities to the Supreme Court from the poll earlier this month. The party says it gathered its data from […]
NY Police Charge Woman in Firefighter Ambush Plot
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 5:30 pm (UTC-5)
Police in western New York state have arrested and charged a 24-year-old woman in connection with the guns used Monday to ambush and kill two firefighters who had responded to a house fire. Authorities say Dawn Nguyen of Rochester faces charges of falsifying documents, but no details were immediately available. Federal charges against her are […]
Indian Rape Victim Dies in Singapore Hospital
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
The Indian student who was brutally gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi has died in a Singapore hospital. A statement from the Mount Elizabeth Hospital said the 23-year-old “died peacefully” early Saturday. The hospital CEO, Dr. Kelvin Loh, said the doctors had fought “for her life including putting her on maximum artificial ventilation support, […]
Obama, Congressional Leaders Hold Fiscal Cliff Talks
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama held talks Friday with top congressional leaders, in a bid to avert the “fiscal cliff” of automatic tax hikes and federal spending cuts. President Obama met at the White House with the Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate — Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid, respectively — and House Speaker John […]
Obama, Congressional Leaders Meet For Fiscal Cliff Talks
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is meeting at the White House with top congressional leaders, in a bid to avert the “fiscal cliff” of automatic tax hikes and federal spending cuts. The president called the meeting with the leadership in the House and Senate days before the changes are set to begin January 1. If there […]
Singapore Hospital: Indian Rape Victim’s Condition Deteriorates
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
A Singapore hospital treating the Indian student who was brutally gang-raped in New Delhi says the woman “has taken a turn for the worse.” The CEO of Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Dr. Kelvin Loh, issued an update on the 23-year-old’s medical condition late Friday, saying “her vital signs are deteriorating with signs of severe organ failure.” […]
US Port Strike Averted For Now
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. federal mediator says an agreement has been reached in a port dispute, averting for now a strike by thousands of longshoremen at major U.S. ports. The director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, George Cohen, says a container royalty payment issue has been agreed upon in principle between the United States Maritime […]
Singapore Hospital: Indian Rape Victim’s Condition Deteriorates
Posted December 28th, 2012 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
A Singapore hospital treating the Indian student who was brutally gang-raped in New Delhi says the woman “has taken a turn for the worse.” The CEO of Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Dr. Kelvin Loh, issued an update on the 23-year-old’s medical condition late Friday, saying “her vital signs are deteriorating with signs of severe organ failure.” […]
