The delay in an announcement is angering the business community Claims operational nuclear-powered submarines at Plymouth's naval base could be relocated to Scotland have been given credence in a secret report. The confidential Ministry of Defence (MoD) report suggested that in ...Read More
GROTON, Conn. (AP) — The crew aboard a U.S. submarine made dozens of errors before the vessel collided with an American warship in the Persian Gulf, an accident that exposed lax leaders who tolerated sleeping, slouching and a radio room ...Read More
GROTON, Conn.—U.S. military investigators who examined a collision earlier this year between two Navy vessels in the Persian Gulf say the accident was preventable and that some submarine crew members habitually fell asleep and spent too much time away from ...Read More
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration’s review ofan Illinois prison as a home for Guantanamo Bay detaineesincludes examining whether it could host military trials, anadministration official said. No final decisions have been made, including where to holdmilitary commissions, the official ...Read More
CHICAGO — Long before the FBI identified him as a suspected communist and spent decades watching him and talking to confidential informants about him, late Chicago author Studs Terkel came to the agency for a job.
That's just one of the ...Read More
CHICAGO -- An FBI file released to a New York media outlet shows the agency kept watch on the late Chicago author Studs Terkel for decades. It also shows that Terkel once applied for a job with the FBI but was ...Read More
CHICAGO (AP) - Long before the FBI identified him as a suspected communist and spent decades watching him and talking to confidential informants about him, late Chicago author Studs Terkel came to the agency for a job. That's just one of ...Read More
President Barack Obama has met with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing, after emphasizing the importance of freedom of information in a question and answer session with college students in Shanghai. Stephanie Ho reports from the Chinese capital.
President Obama's first order ...Read More
Only seven of Britain's most senior Army officers were last month serving in war-torn Afghanistan.
The top brass are shying away from Camp Bastion in Helmand to run the war from Ministry of Defence HQ in London, figures obtained by the ...Read More
U.S. President Barack Obama has held an unprecedented question and answer session with Chinese students in Shanghai - China's commercial capital.
Mr. Obama pushed the importance of freedom of information, while at the same time calling for greater cooperation between Washington ...Read More
Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama wants toensure the U.S. has an “exit strategy” from Afghanistan and astrong Afghan government before making final decisions onstrategy, press secretary Robert Gibbs said. “An exit strategy is as important as ramping up troops,”Gibbs ...Read More
Buried in the interior appropriations bill headed to President Barack Obama’s desk is a big spending increase for a controversial agency that his White House staff aims to use as artistic cover for creating political propaganda. National Endowment for the ...Read More
WASHINGTON - Newly released documents show the FBI interviewed a naked, chained terror suspect back in 2002 as the bureau struggled with the CIA over how to treat high-value prisoners. Details of the interrogation were contained in documents released late Friday ...Read More
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama met his top military chiefs Friday to talk Afghanistan strategy and troop numbers as he approached a critical decision on whether to send thousands more Americans to war.
Obama spoke to the Joint Chiefs of ...Read More
Years after NASA funded a report into airline safety, the issue still hasn't been resolved The study interviewed 29,000 pilots between 2001 and2004, with the pilots answering questions and disclosing informationfor up to 30 minutes. The survey was flawed and didn'taccurately ...Read More
* House Democrats hope to unveil health bill on Thursday * Bill includes government-run insurance plan WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in theU.S. House of Representatives have nearly finished a sweepinghealthcare reform bill that would include a government-runinsurance option and ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives have nearly finished a sweeping healthcare reform bill that would include a government-run insurance option and hope to unveil it on Thursday.
After weeks of negotiations to merge three pending health ...Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. -A deputy assistant attorney general who said he was on his lunch break when an officer found him with a stripper and sex toys in his sport utility vehicle has been fired, his boss said Wednesday. Roland Corning, 66, ...Read More
Chicago is cashing in on its much-criticized parking meter deal. The city has seen a 26 percent spike in the number of parking meter violations, which has brought in $7 million more in revenue. That's according to city records provided to the ...Read More
EL PASO - One immigration agent was accused of running an Internet pornography business and enjoying an improper relationship with an informant. Another let an informant smuggle in a group of illegal immigrants. And in a third case, an agent ...Read More
EL PASO, Texas—One immigration agent was accused of running an Internet pornography business and enjoying an improper relationship with an informant. Another let an informant smuggle in a group of illegal immigrants. And in a third case, an agent was ...Read More
