| Twitter Blocks Intelligence Agencies From Tweet-Mining Service for Surveillance Posted: 09 May 2016 10:25 AM PDT  Twitter is blocking intelligence agencies access from using a Tweet-mining service for surveillance. Following Apple's high-profile stand-off with the FBI over the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters, Microsoft last month filed a lawsuit for the right to tell customers when law enforcement officials request their emails and other data. Twitter said it has had a "longstanding" policy of preventing a company called Dataminr from selling breaking news alerts to intelligence agencies that want to monitor Tweets.
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| Donald Trump blasts CNN for asking about ‘enabler’ attack, clarifies tax plan Posted: 09 May 2016 08:31 AM PDT Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton an "nasty, mean enabler" of Bill Clinton's infidelity over the weekend, but the presumptive Republican nominee was in no mood to discuss those comments on CNN Monday morning. "Well, this is a nice way to start off the interview," Trump said via telephone when asked by "New Day" host Chris Cuomo about his recent attack on the Democratic frontrunner. Mr. Trump, I did congratulate you the last time we spoke," Cuomo reminded Trump. |
| North Carolina officials sue U.S. Justice Dept over challenge to bathroom law Posted: 09 May 2016 08:13 AM PDT  The department's top civil rights lawyer, Vanita Gupta, last week sent three letters to North Carolina officials, saying the law was a civil rights violation. It is the newest chapter of a fast-evolving fight over rights for transgender Americans. North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and the state's secretary of public safety sued Gupta as well as U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch for their "radical reinterpretation" of federal civil rights law in federal district court in North Carolina.
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| Iran touts newly tested long-range missile Posted: 09 May 2016 06:09 AM PDT  Iran launched a new long-range missile late last month, a general announced on Monday, trumpeting the accuracy of the latest such weapon to be test-fired in defiance of the West. "A missile with a 2,000-kilometre range was tested two weeks ago," said General Ali Abdolahi, adding that it has a negligible margin of error of just eight metres (yards). "We can guide this ballistic missile.
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| Twitter cuts intel agencies off from analysis service: report Posted: 09 May 2016 05:51 AM PDT  Twitter has barred US intelligence agencies from accessing a service that sorts through posts on the social media platform in real time and has proved useful in the fight against terrorism, the Wall Street Journal reported. The newspaper, in its report Sunday evening, cited a senior US intelligence official as saying that Twitter seemed worried about appearing too cozy with intelligence services. Twitter owns about a five percent stake in Dataminr, which uses algorithms and location tools to reveal patterns among tweets.
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| Michelle Obama helps Prince Harry launch second Invictus Games Posted: 09 May 2016 04:18 AM PDT  Prince Harry and U.S. first lady Michelle Obama mixed with headline acts from music and film to launch the second edition of the Invictus Games for wounded military personnel on Sunday. British singers James Blunt and Laura Wright performed at the two-hour ceremony before Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman led the crowd at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Champion Stadium in reciting the Invictus Games pledge. Former U.S. President George W Bush, the honorary chairman of this year's Games, also spoke on stage to the near 500 athletes from 14 different countries who will compete over four days from Monday in 11 Paralympic sports.
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| UK's Cameron says leaving EU would increase risk of war Posted: 09 May 2016 03:25 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Raising the stakes in Britain's European Union membership debate, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday that leaving the bloc would increase the risk of war in Europe.
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| North Korea detains, expels BBC reporter Posted: 09 May 2016 01:45 AM PDT  A BBC reporter in North Korea was detained, interrogated for eight hours and eventually expelled over his reporting in the run-up to a rare ruling party congress, the British broadcaster said on Monday. Foreign reporters invited to cover specific events in North Korea are subjected to very tight restrictions, regarding access and movement. The BBC reporter, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, was about to board a plane departing Pyongyang airport with two other BBC staff on Friday when he was stopped and taken into detention, the BBC said.
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| For Trump, party unity is nice, but not necessary Posted: 09 May 2016 01:28 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — For Donald Trump, party unity is a good thing. But he's making clear he won't change his views or soften his rhetoric to get it.
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| Hard-talking mayor favored to be next Philippine president Posted: 09 May 2016 12:34 AM PDT  Millions of Filipinos lined up Monday in blazing heat to vote for a president that opinion polls show will likely be a foul-mouthed mayor who gained huge popularity with his pledges to kill criminals and ...
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| North Korea expels BBC journalist, complains of coverage Posted: 08 May 2016 10:44 PM PDT  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday was expelling a BBC journalist it had detained days earlier for allegedly "insulting the dignity" of the authoritarian country, which has invited scores of foreign media for its ongoing ruling party congress.
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| Trump changes tune on tax hikes for wealthy Americans Posted: 08 May 2016 07:03 PM PDT  By David Lawder and Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday he was open to raising taxes on the rich, backing off his prior proposal to reduce taxes on all Americans and breaking with one of his party's core policies dating back to the 1990s. "I am willing to pay more, and you know what, the wealthy are willing to pay more," Trump told ABC's "This Week." After effectively sealing the Republican nomination for the Nov. 8 presidential election last week, Trump has used speeches and interviews to offer more details on his policy positions. The billionaire real estate tycoon has said he would like to see an increase in the minimum wage, although he told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday he would prefer to see states take the lead on that front instead of the federal government.
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| Afghan official: 52 dead after buses collide with tanker Posted: 08 May 2016 05:04 PM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two buses and a fuel tanker collided Sunday on a major highway in Afghanistan, killing 52 people, officials said.
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