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FBI says man shot dead while being questioned about Boston bombings
ORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON. (Reuters) - An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man who turned violent while being questioned about the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, the bureau ...
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Existing home sales highest in almost three-and-a-half years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home resales rose in April to the highest level in nearly 3-1/2 years, which should support the housing sector and the overall economic ...
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Witness undermines case against Russian protest leader
Nikita Belykh (R, standing), governor of the Kirov region, attends a court hearing, with Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny (2nd L) seen in the foreground, in Kirov, May 22, ...
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IRS Lerner I have not done anything wrong
Updated at 10:45 a.m. ET Before invoking her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent, Lois Lerner, the head of the tax-exempt organizations division of the IRS, proclaimed her innocence before a congressional committee Wednesday. "I have not done anything wrong," Lerner told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. "I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any ...
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Man linked to Boston suspect killed by FBI
An FBI agent has shot and killed a Florida man who "turned violent" while being questioned about the Boston Marathon bombings, the bureau has said.A friend of the dead man told the Orlando Sentinel and Orlando television stations that he was 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev of Orlando, a Chechen who had previously lived in Boston. Two brothers identified by the FBI as suspects in the ...
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Mayor wants mandatory shelters
>Country star Toby Keith tours the damage in his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma on AC360 tonight, 8pm ET. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- The mayor of tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, will push for a law requiring storm shelters or safe rooms in new homes, he told CNN Wednesday. "We'll try to ...
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IRS Official Lois Lerner I Have Not Done Anything Wrong
"I have not done anything wrong," she said. "I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations. And I have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee."Lerner adds that she invoke her 5th Amendment right and "will not answer any of the questions or testify ...
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Dem. Congressman on IRS Scandal More Important than One Election
The Democratic ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, Elijah Cummings, said that today's IRS hearing "is more important than one ...
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Inspector General Who Uncovered IRS Scandal Dated Michelle Obama
J. Russell George, the inspector general who uncovered the IRS scandal, appears to have at one time dated Michelle Obama, well before she was married to Barack Obama. "All the attention was new, but George has operated in these halls of power his entire career. He worked for Dole, and then in President George H.W. Bush's White House. In between, he attended Harvard Law School, ...
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Tajik Opposition Leader Ordered Held In Pretrial Detention
DUSHANBE -- A leading Tajik opposition figure and businessman has been been ordered held in pretrial detention for up to two months. Zayd Saidov's lawyer told RFE/RL that a court in Dushanbe ruled on May 22 that Saidov cannot be released on bail. Saidov, a lawmaker and the leader of Tajikistan's unregistered New Tajikistan party, was detained on May 19 on charges of ...
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Bars Journalists After Protest
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has ordered that several local reporters shall be barred from covering government meetings after they staged a silent protest over a recent attack on journalists. Reporters attending a cabinet meeting on May 22 stepped in front of television cameras and turned their backs on Azarov and his colleagues. Signs pinned to their backs read, "Today ...
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European Union Leaders Meet on Tax Avoidance
BRUSSELS -- European Union leaders gathered here Wednesday for a one-day meeting focused on tax avoidance, amid mounting indignation over reports that American companies including Apple had sheltered profits in member states like ...
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German intel Assad strengthening hold in Syria
Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has become more stable, gaining an upper hand in capabilities to successfully thwart rebels amid the conflit plaguing the country, German foreign intelligence agency assessments were reported as stating Wednesday in German ...
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Jenin Jenin Bill approved in early vote
A bill allowing class-action lawsuits to be filed against those who slander IDF soldiers passed a preliminary vote on Wednesday.According to the legislation submitted by MK Yoni Shetboun (Bayit Yehudi) and coalition chairman Yariv Levin (Likud Beytenu), if someone slanders IDF soldiers' operational activities, that person can be sued for slander in a class action ...
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Los Angeles elects first Jewish mayor
LOS ANGELES - Eric Garcetti was elected the first Jewish mayor of Los Angeles, one of a number of political contests that reflect the city's diversity, and its Jewish community.Garcetti, 42, a veteran city councilman, led city controller Wendy Greuel by six points around 3 a.m. Wednesday, with nearly 100 percent of the ballots counted. Greuel conceded about an hour earlier."Thank you ...
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China arrests 13 over ‘protest rumours’
Police in Beijing say they have arrested 13 people for allegedly spreading rumours and disrupting public order following a protest over a migrant worker's ...
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Stockholm riots spread as PM slams hooliganism
Rioting spread across Stockholm's suburbs early Wednesday in the third night of unrest to hit the Swedish capital, as Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt blamed the violence on "hooliganism" and appealed for ...
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FBI kills friend of Boston bomb suspects during questioning
said a friend had identified the dead man as 27-year-oldIbragimTodashevof Orlando. The newspaper quoted the friend, Khusn Taramiv, as sayingTodashevwas being investigated as part of the Boston bombings and knew bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev because both were mixed martial-arts ...
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Stockholm riots spread to districts after fatal police shooting
Gangs of youths have smashed shop windows, set cars ablaze and burnt down a cultural center as riots that started in one Stockholm suburb after a fatal police shooting spread to other low-income areas of the Swedish ...
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Costa Concordia Trial Date Set For Captain
A judge in Italy has ordered the trial of the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which ran aground in Tuscany last year, killing 32 people. Francesco Schettino, 52, will be the only defendant in the trial, which will begin on July 9 in the Tuscan town of Grosseto. Schettino had unsuccessfully attempted to plea bargain with the court earlier this month, when he had requested a ...
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Zimbabwes Mugabe signs new constitution into law
President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday signed Zimbabwe's new constitution into law, clearing the path to crucial elections later this year. The longtime ruler inked the document two months after it was overwhelmingly approved in a referendum. "This day is an historic day, it's about the future," Constitutional Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga said at the signing ceremony, held ...
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In pictures Nasa images of Oklahoma tornado reveal scale of storm
The images from space show the mammoth storm before and after it struck, along with views of the weather system that caused the tornado. The pictures reveal the sheer scale and power of the twister, while night time images show just how much damage was caused by the twister. The storm was classified as an F-4 tornado with wind speeds of between 166 to 200 mph, according to the National Weather ...
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Bernanke expected to stay the course on Fed policy
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank Ben Bernanke attends the Treasury Department's Financial Stability Oversight Council in Washington April 25, ...
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Tax official at center of scandal wont testify lawyer
(L-R) J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration of the U.S. Treasury, Steven Miller, the acting director of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, and Douglas Shulman, former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, testify before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington May 21, ...
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Tornado victims start picking up the pieces
It was the 83-year-old grandmother's first time back at her home since a monstrous and deadly tornado ravaged her neighborhood in suburban Oklahoma City. Part of the roof was sitting in the front yard, and the siding from the front of the house was gone. As her son, Jeff, and her grandsons picked through what was left of her belongings, Arvin found some dark humor in the situation. "Oh ...
Mexico Feature
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Mexico has more to it than drugs and immigration
As Mexico’s image suffers damage abroad due to increasing levels of violence related to the drug crack-down by government, it may be helpful for Mexicans to remember that there is more to their country than drugs and immigration problems with the US. Some facts may be surprising and even shocking, especially to foreigners.
Mexico has been in the news frequently of late as the government carries out a crack-down on drug cartels and organized crime, the country’s murder rate is up, journalists have been killed for investigative reporting on drug gangs and our image internationally has generally been diminished by the tunnel vision of international news providers. Read more
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