Newsworthy | Classified material. A federal appeals court ruled today the
government does not have to release 50 images taken of former
al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after his death in 2011.
Conservative nonprofit Judicial Watch…
Newsworthy |
Mea culpa. CBS News anchor Scott Pelley received the 20th annual
Fred Friendly First Amendment Award on Friday, and he used the
occasion to give an…
Religion |
In the 1890s American pragmatist William James, brother of novelist
Henry, tried peyote in his attempt to discern some varieties of
religious faith. In the…
International |
Israel, largely staying on the sidelines of Syria’s civil war, this
weekend launched a pair of airstrikes,including an attack near a
sprawling military…
Newsworthy |
About face. On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
called Israeli claims that Syria used chemical weapons on rebel
fighters battling to overthrow…
International |
President Obama ended his three-day visit to Israel with a stop at
the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem today. He travels on to
Jordan. The president’s…
Newsworthy |
More military mourning. An active duty Marine killed two fellow
training officers before turning the gun on himself late Thursday
in a double murder-suicide…
Newsworthy |
Mixed messages. President Barack Obama gave Israelis something to
cheer about during a joint press conference this morning with
Palestinian President Mahmoud…
International |
President Barack Obama has arrived in Jerusalem, greeted by Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres in a rare
state visit. While the…
Newsworthy |
Tit for tat? Computer networks at several South Korean banks and
television stations crashed simultaneously today, an event experts
say was no coincidence.
Middle East | The New York Times
yesterday ran one more of its long, anti-Israel stories, but it
included this paragraph about life for radicals in a Palestinian
town: “If…
Newsworthy |
The sounds of silence. Tensions continue to escalate on the Korean
Peninsula today, with the North severing a hotline the two
countries have used since 1971…
