A bill that would have ended the U.S. government’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records was defeated in the U.S. Senate Tuesday. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 58-42 to move the bill to a formal debate, falling two votes short of the 60 required. The bill, dubbed the U.S.A. Freedom Act, would have required the National […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate has rejected construction of a controversial pipeline to transport Canadian oil to American refineries. The $5 billion project still could be approved next year, but it faces a possible veto by President Barack Obama. The pipeline has exposed deep divisions in Congress about America’s energy future. In a nation reliant on fossil fuels, […]
Baltimore man, Donte Frye was sentenced by a Baltimore judge on Monday to 25 years in prison after he threw boiling water into a roommate’s face after an argument over breakfast sausages in April of last year. 39-year-old Frye was convicted in June of this year on the assault charge. Prosecutors stated in court that […]
A police officer with the Newton Police Department in New Jersey is suspended without pay pending the outcome of a criminal case in which charges of Official Misconduct and Lewdness were leveled at him after an investigation found he had exposed himself to numerous young male drivers in that state. 37-year-old Newton policeman, Jason Miller was […]