A.M. Links: Feinstein, Chambliss Read About Bergdahl Torture in the Newspaper, Bulldozing Mountains in China a Concern, Miss Nevada Chosen as Miss USA

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl says he was kept in a cage and
tortured by the
Taliban while in captivity. On the Sunday talk show circuit,
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and ranking member Saxby Chambliss
(R-Ga.) said they didn’t know about the alleged torture until they
read about it in the newspapers and that President Obama did not
provide them enough information about the release. Secretary of
State
John Kerry, meanwhile, defended the decision to trade with the
Taliban for Bergdahl.
A man and a woman in Las Vegas
shot two cops at a pizza café Sunday morning before shooting a
third person at a Walmart. According to police, the woman then
killed the man and herself.
Miss Nevada
Nia Sanchez won yesterday’s Miss US A pageant.
The Pakistan Taliban attacked and seized Jinnah International
Airport in
Karachi, killing 28. They say the attack was in retaliation for
drone strikes in the country and promised it was just the
beginning.
Environmentalists in
China are starting to worry about the practice of bulldozing
mountains and filling valleys to create space for building more
cities.
For prostitutes in
Venezuela, trading dollars is more lucrative than sex
work.
Punchable faces are a product of evolution, according to
researchers at the
University of Utah, who suggest the human face evolved to
minimize damage from violence.