Doctors: Aid Guantanamo hunger strikers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:01:10 -0400

"It is clear that they do not trust their military doctors," the physicians said.

Journalist Michael Hastings dead at 33

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:29:23 -0400

Michael Hastings, most recently of Buzzfeed but well-known and respected for his reporting in Rolling Stone, Newsweek, and elsewhere, had died at the age of 33. According to Buzzfeed, he was killed in a car accident early this morning in Los Angeles. В 

Obama welcomes talks with Taliban

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:30 -0400

On the agenda could be the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

US, Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:18:28 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police.

House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:06:10 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats condemned as yet another example of the GOP war on women.