President Barack Obama said
today a new round of
sanctions against Russia could target Russia’s energy sector as
he urged the European Union to find new energy sources and to
become less dependent on Russia. Bring on the fracking!- A jury in New York has convicted Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a
son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, of terrorism charges. The jury
took only a day to come to a decision. - One employee gets killed one time at Los Angeles International
Airport, and so the Transportation Security Administration is
begging for
armed law enforcement personnel at airport security checkpoints
during “peak hours.” - The governor of Michigan says the state
will not recognize same-sex marriages performed over the
weekend. The weddings took place between a judge’s decision on
Friday that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage recognition was
unconstitutional and a stay put in place this week while the courts
review the ruling. - The death toll in anti-government protests in
economically ravaged Venezuela is up to 32. President Nicolas
Maduro has arrested three air force generals, accusing them of
conspiring against his government. - A Turkish court has blocked its prime minister’s efforts to
block citizens’
access and use of Twitter, which has been a tool to pass along
recordings suggesting government corruption.
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