The man who killed six of his family members, Ron Lee Haskell, collapsed in court as capital murder charges against him were being read aloud in a Harris County Courtroom on Friday. He had to be wheeled from the courtroom in a wheelchair. Haskell is charged with shooting his ex-wife’s sister and her family on Wednesday […]
President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $3.7 billion to address an immigration crisis that has seen tens of thousands of unaccompanied children from Central America cross illegally into the United States. In a letter Tuesday to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, Obama said the funding would support air surveillance and other enhanced border […]
A 31-year-old member of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) administration department in Pullach (Germany’s Foreign Intelligence Agency) was arrested this last week on suspicion of spying. When arrested by the country’s federal prosecutor, it was believed that the man had been spying for the Russians, but after questioning, it was found that instead he had been spying for […]
U.S. officials say travelers heading to the United States from some overseas airports will be required to power on cell phones, laptop computers and other electronic devices, as part of new security measures. In a brief statement Sunday, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said powerless devices will not be permitted on board such flights […]