CIA director apologizes for spying on the Senate
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has admitted that a few of its officers accessed Senate computers improperly, read the emails of the Senate staff, and
Month: July 2014
Israel and Hamas have agreed to an unconditional ceasefire
Both the United Nations and the United States have announced that an unconditional 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has been agreed upon by
Ebola-stricken doctor gives “experimental serum” to his coworker
Kent Brantly, an American doctor who is being treated for Ebola in Liberia, has “taken a slight turn for the worse overnight,” according to Samaritan’s
Peace Corps begins removing volunteers from West Africa due to Ebola
Two Peace Corps volunteers have been moved into isolation and kept under strict observation after having been exposed to a person who later died of
California is getting its first openly gay governor… for around 8 hours
For about eight hours today, until Governor Jerry Brown returns from a trade mission in Mexico later tonight, California will have its first openly gay
Hamas continues to hide weapons in UN schools
The last two nights have seen the most intense bombardments of the Gaza Strip since the offensive began three weeks ago. Palestinian health officials located
US doctor battling Ebola in Liberia is praying to God to help him
An American doctor working in Liberia is in grave condition after having contracted the deadly Ebola virus while in the West African country. Doctor Kent
China’s former security chief is being investigated for corruption
China has launched an investigation into Zhou Yongkang, the country’s former domestic security chief and one of the most powerful politicians in the last decade.
Police in D.C. are no longer enforcing the city’s handgun ban
Police officers in Washington DC have been instructed not to enforce the city’s ban on carrying handguns outside the house following US District Judge Frederick
One dead and eight injured in L.A. during freak lightning strike
A 20-year-old man was killed and at least eight others were injured in Los Angeles on Sunday when a freak lightning strike hit Venice Beach.