The National Security Agency has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, disclosed this week that during a secret briefing to members of Congress, he was told that the contents of a phone call could be accessed "simply based on an analyst deciding that."
NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants
NASA finds “unprecedented” black hole cluster near Andromeda’s central bulg
NASA has discovered an unprecedentedly large cluster of black holes in our nearest galactic neighbor, Andromeda.
The 26 black hole candidates were spotted with the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which made more than 150 observations spread over 13 years.
Do not extradite Edward Snowden, protesters urge Hong Kong
Hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Hong Kong despite heavy rain to support the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and press the US to change its surveillance policies.
The gathering on Saturday came hours before Hong Kong's chief executive, CY Leung, broke days of silence on the case. He promised to "follow up on any incidents related to the privacy or other rights of the institutions or people in Hong Kong being violated".
Pakistan violence: Gunmen storm Quetta hospital
Gunmen have attacked a hospital in the western Pakistani city of Quetta, hours after an explosion on a bus killed 14 female university students.
Officials say four gunmen were killed during a siege of part of the hospital where the wounded are being treated. Nurses, hospital security personnel and a senior city official were among the 10 others killed in the stand-off.
Police clear Istanbul's Gezi Park after Erdogan warning
Riot police have moved to clear the protest camp in Istanbul's Gezi Park, using tear gas and water cannon. Police began dismantling the tents that protesters had put up in the park.
The move came hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned protesters to evacuate the area ahead of a rally by his AK party on Sunday.
Native Americans decry eagle deaths tied to wind farms
A Native American tribe in Oklahoma on Thursday registered its opposition to a U.S. government plan that would allow a wind farm to kill as many as three bald eagles a year despite special federal protections afforded the birds.
The stand taken by the Osage Nation against a proposed wind energy project on Indian lands in northeastern Oklahoma is based on the tribe's cultural and religious traditions tied to America's national symbol, tribal leaders said.
Google begins launching Internet-beaming balloons
Google is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting the entire planet online.
Eighteen months in the works, the top-secret project was announced Saturday in New Zealand, where up to 50 volunteer households are already beginning to receive the Internet briefly on their home computers via translucent helium balloons that sail by on the wind 12 miles above Earth.
1 dead, 7 hurt in second La. plant blast
A second blast in two days has killed a worker at a south Louisiana chemical plant, just miles from the site where two workers were killed a day earlier. The latest explosion also injured seven people, some severely, State Police Trooper Jared Sandifer said late Friday.
Sandifer said the injured were taken to area hospitals following Friday evening's explosion at a CF Industries facility in Donaldsonville. Police identified the deceased worker as Ronald "Rocky" Morris, 55, of Belle Rose, La.
Reformist Hasan Rowhani said to win Iranian presidency in surprisingly heavy voting
Hasan Rowhani, the candidate favored by Iranian reformists, won the Iranian presidential elections in a landslide, a source with close connections to the Iranian government said Saturday.
Rowhani, Iran’s former negotiator in nuclear talks with the international community, won 21 million votes, 51 per cent of the ballots, well ahead of runner-up Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who won 13 million votes, the source said.
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