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ABC News | Patriots' Aaron Hernandez reportedly questioned in death investigation in North ... Boston.com NORTH ATTLEBORO -- Authorities are refusing to comment on a media report that Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been questioned by State Police in connection to a death investigation here. Troopers were seen escorting a woman into Hernandez's ... Report: Aaron Hernandez questioned, home searched in possible homicide probe NFL Star's Home Searched After Killing Police question Patriots TE Hernandez about homicie : report |
Wall Street Journal | Taliban Open Door to Peace Talks Wall Street Journal Soldiers wrap up at a military academy outside Kabul on Tuesday after a ceremony to mark the handing of security responsibilities to Afghan forces. Associated Press. KABUL—The Taliban set the stage for peace talks with envoys of President Hamid Karzai ... US drops demand Taliban renounce al-Qaeda to allow talks to progress Afghanistan to hold talks with Taliban in Qatar Taliban peace talks hold glimmer of hope, but also unanswerable questions |
Politico | House passes far-reaching bill to limit abortions USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House of Representatives approved a far-reaching bill to ban a woman's ability to seek an abortion after 20 weeks on a mostly party-line 228-196 vote Tuesday. It stands no chance of becoming law under the Obama ... House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill House passes 20-week abortion ban House Passes Ban On Abortion After 20 Weeks |
Wall Street Journal | Officials Amp Up Spying Defense Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The director of the National Security Agency on Tuesday mounted his most vigorous defense of two controversial data-surveillance programs, saying they helped thwart more than 50 terror plots and contending the agency might have been ... Surveillance helped stop plots against NYSE and New York subway, official says NSA's Role in Two Terror Cases Was Concealed From Defense Lawyers Congress has become a rubber stamp for the NSA |
Wall Street Journal | CBO: Senate Immigration Bill to Save $175 Billion Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—A sweeping effort to rewrite the nation's immigration laws would shrink federal deficits over the next two decades, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could help win Republican support for the measure. Senate immigration bill to aid economy, budget office says Immigration reform would cut deficit, analysis shows Immigration bill could cut deficits by $175 billion |
AFP | Obama Arrives in Berlin Amid Trade Pact Hopes Wall Street Journal BERLIN—President Barack Obama and his family were welcomed to Berlin by cheering crowds Tuesday, as German industry called on him to throw his weight behind an ambitious trans-Atlantic free trade pact. More than 3,000 German police officers stood ... Obama returns to Berlin, no longer a 'superstar' Merkel defends Internet surveillance before Obama visit Merkel Signals Readiness to Heed Concerns on EU Transaction Tax |
New York Daily News | Chrysler faces deadline to recall Jeeps CNNMoney Chrysler Group reversed course and agreed to a recall of 2.7 million Jeeps Tuesday, giving in to the government's request in the final hours before a deadline. Chrysler stated last week that it would not comply with the recall demand, arguing that the vehicles ... Chrysler agrees to a smaller recall of 1.56M Jeep SUVs Chrysler strikes deal to recall fewer Jeep SUVs for fire risks Chrysler agrees to recall 1.56 million Jeeps |
NBCNews.com | Feds: 3 in Ohio held woman, child in 'subhuman' conditions CNN (CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said ... Defense attorneys dispute Ohio enslavement charges Prosecutor: 3 Ohioans enslaved disabled mom, child Disabled Ohio mother and her daugther kept as house slaves for 2 years |
Politico | Biden concedes WH gun push falters in Congress Politico Six months after Newtown, the White House has pulled back hard on its gun control push. But in the first event since the Senate's failed April 17 background checks vote, Vice President Joe Biden insisted to a subdued audience at the Eisenhower Executive ... Biden warns of 'political price' for lawmakers who oppose gun control Biden Aims to Revive Push to Curb Gun Violence Political opposites Biden and Palin both in need of a comeback: Guest column |
Politico | Republican at Cincinnati IRS: Scrutiny was 'normal' USA TODAY Democrats on the House committee looking into the IRS released transcripts of testimony Tuesday. irs cincinnati 061813. The IRS' Cincinnati office is located at the Peck Federal Building in downtown Cincinnati. The office is at the center of an investigation ... IRS cases were referred to 'Group 7822' IRS worker: No political bias against tea party IRS Staffer: Agency Not Motivated by Politics in Screening Tea Party Groups |