Stop: A federal judge ruled today that NY City’s random “stop and frisk” policy has violated the constitutional rights of tens of thousands of people. For years, NY police officers without cause have stopped and frisked young men, usually minorities, …

National: President Obama in a press conference yesterday said he will work to reassure Americans about the government’s use of electronic surveillance. “It’s not enough for me, as president, to have confidence in these programs. The American people need to …

On the Move: NSA leaker Edward Snowden has left the Moscow airport and entered the country. Russian authorities say he has been granted refugee status for at least one year. Snowden left Hong Kong more than a month ago and …

  World: Egyptian police and armed civilians opened fire Saturday and killed dozens of supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood Party. At least 49 are confirmed dead and the Brotherhood puts it at 70. Protesters were …

Train Disaster: The crash of a high-speed passenger train in Northwestern Spain has killed at least 77 people and injured 100. The train carrying 218 people was near the end of a six-hour trip from Madrid to Ferrol when it …

Egypt Violence: Reports from Egypt today say soldiers shot and killed three supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi. The NY Times reports crowds of demonstrators organized by the Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi’s Party, marched on an army barracks where the deposed …

World: Afghan leader Hamid Karzai is refusing to take part in peace talks with the Taliban unless the process is “Afghanized”. Peace talks were announced only yesterday. Karzai is angry that the US took the lead in setting up peace …

 Bahston: Mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was described by the prosecution as a “hands on killer’ in opening statements of Bulger’s federal trial on 19 counts of murder. Bulger raked in millions as head of Boston’s Winter Hill Gang, and is …

 Wildland: Several wildfires along Colorado’s front range have destroyed dozens of homes and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents. Enormous forest homes burned to the ground outside Colorado Springs in an area not far from where fire burned 346 …

 National: A former CIA employee named Edward Snowden allowed himself to be identified as the source for news reports on the National Security Agency’s secret collection of Internet and telephone information. The Washington Post quotes Snowden as saying in a …