President Barack Obama,
speaking in the Netherlands, brushed off the idea that Russia is
America’s top geopolitical foe and called Moscow a “regional
power.”- The United States will not appeal a court’s ruling that it
failed to appropriately offer due process when it incorrectly added
Malaysian architect Rahinah Ibraham to the
no-fly list over mistaken suspicion of terrorist ties. - A Florida prosecutor officially said today that an FBI agent
was justified in
fatally shooting Ibragim Todashev during an interview last
year. According to the report, the alleged friend of deceased
Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev threw a coffee table at an
agent and attacked him with a pole after admitting involvement with
a triple homicide in Massachusetts. The Department of Justice also
cleared the agent. - Terrible bureaucratic behavior from a charter school, but
apparently resolved quickly. Kamryn Remfro, 9,
shaved her head in support of a friend battling cancer. This
was ruled to be a violation of Caprock Academy’s dress code in
Colorado. The school booted her, but then quickly changed its mind
and let her back today. School officials are holding a meeting to
review the incident. - The IRS is
classifying bitcoins as property and “tax principles applicable
to property transactions apply to transactions using virtual
currency.” Virtual currency is also subject to the appropriate
taxes when used to pay employees or contractors. - The United Nations human rights commissioner has condemned the
mass death sentences handed down to 528 Muslim Brotherhood
members in Egypt as a breach of international human rights
laws.
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