EPA Plan Will Slash Power Plant Carbon Dioxide Emissions 30 Percent by 2030
(Reuters) - The U.S. power sector must cut carbon dioxide emissions 30 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, according to federal regulations unveiled on Monday that form the centerpiece of the Obama...
View ArticleNYT Journalist Faces Jail After Supreme Court Won't Hear His Case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to weigh whether journalists have special free speech protections that allow them to avoid being forced to testify in government leak...
View ArticleStarting Five: The Best Show in Sports Last Night
1. Kings StandingThe Los Angeles Kings needed overtime, but Alec Martinez's goal at 5:47 not only advanced them to the Stanley Cup finals (where they will meet the Rangers), it marked their third...
View ArticlePresident Hamid Karzai Reportedly Angry Over Prisoner Deal
(Reuters) - The Afghan president is angry at being kept in the dark over a deal to free five Taliban leaders in exchange for a captured U.S. soldier, and accuses Washington of failing to back a peace...
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Video Spurs More Controversy at September 11 Memorial & Museum
Since its opening on March 24, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at Ground Zero has struggled to find the proper language and tone to express the September 11 attacks, which killed almost...
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Today in Tabs: The Circle of Tabs
If you’re going to respond to @arikia, @evanatmedium, would it kill you to link to her? https://t.co/DdD72Zj9Hghttps://t.co/ZqEhDAR6DF— Felix Salmon (@felixsalmon) June 2, 2014Arikia Millikan and her...
View ArticleApple Says Now Sold Well Over 800 Million Mobile Devices
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, opening the iPhone maker's annual developers' conference on Monday, said the iPhone maker has sold more than 800 million mobile...
View ArticleCanada Bars Its Meteorologists From Mentioning Climate Change
Just weeks after President Obama made on-air appearances with meteorologists explicitly to address climate change, a journalist learned that in Canada, official policy dictates that government-employed...
View ArticleThe Ballot Fight to End California
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Creating the state of California took a revolt that led to the short-lived Bear Republic, a war with Mexico, and various international treaties. Now, some northern natives...
View ArticleApple's Show and Tell: Five Takeaways
At the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco today, Apple debuted its new iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 operating systems. For the most part, the updates were minor—no-touch Siri activation,...
View ArticleWhat Don Rickles Could Teach Don Sterling
Read the following two quotes, and then we will discuss:“President Obama is a personal friend of mine. He was over my house yesterday, but the mop broke.”“It bothers me a lot that you're associating...
View ArticleThe Many Scandals of Spanish King Juan Carlos I
King Juan Carlos I of Spain is stepping down after nearly four decades on the throne. His son, Crown Prince Felipe, will take over.The decision is a personal one, he said today in a statement, made...
View ArticleSeparatists in Eastern Ukraine Say They Were Hit by Airstrike
KIEV (Reuters) - At least two people were killed and several injured on Monday in an explosion in Luhansk which separatists controlling the eastern Ukrainian city said was the result of an air strike...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Did James Risen and the First Amendment a Favor
On Monday morning, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case of James Risen, the New York Times journalist who is in contempt of court for not revealing his sources. Quickly, the conventional wisdom...
View ArticleProtests Erupt Calling for Referendum on Existence of the Spanish Monarchy
Spain's King Juan Carlos abdicated the throne to his son, Prince Felipe, on Monday “to make way for the new generation,” Reuters reported. Now, thousands are turning out in cities across Spain to call...
View ArticleMost Americans Think Snowden Did the Right Thing, Poll Says
Nearly a year after Edward Snowden first leaked classified documents revealing the extent of National Security Agency surveillance programs, more than half of employed Americans believe he was in the...
View ArticleCan Qatar Keep Released Guantanamo Inmates From Plotting?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After playing a critical role in the prisoner swap that freed the last American soldier held captive in Afghanistan, Qatar faces new scrutiny by the United States over whether it...
View ArticleU.S. Says It Will Work With, Fund Palestinian Government; Israel Upset
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it plans to work with and fund the new Palestinian unity government formed after an agreement by the Fatah and Hamas factions, and Israel...
View ArticleThe Truth Behind the Bowe Bergdahl POW Prisoner Swap
Commentary about the prisoner-swap negotiated between the United States and the Taliban of Afghanistan has already devolved into the type of bumper-sticker debate that emerges in the era of...
View ArticleDonald Sterling Sued for Sexual Harassment of Aide Maiko Maya King
(Reuters) - A lawsuit filed on Monday against Donald Sterling accuses the embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner of repeatedly subjecting a woman who worked for him to sexual demands and racist comments...
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