NEW YORK NYPD surveillance draws ire of U.S. civil rights groups Thirty-three civil rights groups from around the country complained to the New York attorney general Friday about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based solely on their religion. The letter urged Attorney General Eric Schneiderman […]

The hackers were the topic discussed by the FBI and Scotland Yard – and they were listening in.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. – An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Military District of Washington commander Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington referred all charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning to a general court-martial, the Army said in a statement. The referral means […]

NAIROBI, Kenya – The United Nations officially declared an end Friday to the famine that struck parts of Somalia last year, but it warned the country still faced dire conditions and could see a reversal. “Long-awaited rains, coupled with substantial agricultural inputs and the humanitarian response deployed in the last six months, are the main […]

The Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s could be seen as the model for the Veterans Job Corps.

WASHINGTON – The Air Force on Friday detailed plans to cut the service by nearly 10,000 active, National Guard and Reserve airmen next year, as part of a broad move to downsize and shift capabilities around the country to be better prepared for wars of the future. More than half of the personnel cuts, and […]