NSA leaker: ‘I'm neither traitor nor hero'

NSA leaker: ‘I'm neither traitor nor hero'
Girl who fought organ donor rules getting new lungs
Prosecutor: Whitey Bulger was a 'hands on killer'
Lawyers rail at police response to Turkey protests
Top military leader disputes diplomat on Benghazi
Border security at issue in immigration bill
Lawmakers concerned over US surveillance programs
Activists: Syrian rebels fight Shiites, 60 killed
Pa. girl who took on donor rules gets adult lungs
Pope confirms 'gay lobby' at work at Vatican
Obama political value unclear amid controversy
SAfrica: Mandela 'responding better to treatment'
Lawsuits over government surveillance languish
Obama campaigns with Mass. Senate hopeful Markey
State broadcaster's end a blow to Greek identity

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:01 AM PDT

Edward Snowden says he intends to face justice in Hong Kong.

Girl who fought organ donor rules getting new lungs

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 09:45 AM PDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation drew public debate over how organs are allocated was getting a lung transplant Wednesday, her family said.

Prosecutor: Whitey Bulger was a 'hands on killer'

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:40 AM PDT

Murder Trial of James 'Whitey' Bulger Begins 18 Years After He Went on the Lam

Lawyers rail at police response to Turkey protests

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:29 AM PDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Thousands of black-robed Turkish lawyers stormed out of their courthouses Wednesday, shouting about the rough treatment police dished out to their colleagues amid Turkey's biggest anti-government protests in years.

Top military leader disputes diplomat on Benghazi

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:45 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that four members of Army special forces in Tripoli were never told to stand down after last year's deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, disputing a former top diplomat's claim that the unit might have helped Americans under siege.

Border security at issue in immigration bill

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 09:45 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate debate on far-reaching immigration legislation turned Wednesday to border security, with Republicans arguing that the bill needs much stronger provisions in that area and Democrats suggesting that some in the GOP are just out to kill the legislation.

Lawmakers concerned over US surveillance programs

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:06 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The former spy agency contractor who fled to Hong Kong to leak U.S. secrets said he's not there to hide from justice and has faith in "the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate."

Activists: Syrian rebels fight Shiites, 60 killed

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:17 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels have battled Shiites in a village in the country's east, killing over 60 people including civilians, activists said Wednesday. The fighting highlights the increasingly sectarian nature of the country's civil war.

Pa. girl who took on donor rules gets adult lungs

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:58 AM PDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A family spokeswoman says the lungs being implanted in a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl at the center of a debate on organ donation are from an adult.

Pope confirms 'gay lobby' at work at Vatican

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:04 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In private remarks to the leadership of a key Latin American church group, Pope Francis lamented that a "gay lobby" was at work at the Vatican.

Obama political value unclear amid controversy

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:18 AM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is putting his second term appeal to the test, seeking to boost Democrats in Boston and Miami on Wednesday both as a fundraiser and as a political drawing card, even while trailed by controversies over government prying.

SAfrica: Mandela 'responding better to treatment'

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:07 AM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former President Nelson Mandela began responding better to treatment Wednesday morning for a recurring lung infection following "a difficult last few days," South Africa's president said.

Lawsuits over government surveillance languish

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:31 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Before there was Edward Snowden and the leak of explosive documents showing widespread government surveillance, there was Mark Klein — a telecommunications technician who alleged that AT&T was allowing U.S. spies to siphon vast amounts of customer data without warrants.

Obama campaigns with Mass. Senate hopeful Markey

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:51 AM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is working to boost the candidacy of Senate hopeful Ed Markey, calling him a champion for middle class families and small businesses with, quote, "a track record you can trust."

State broadcaster's end a blow to Greek identity

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:41 AM PDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — When Nazi troops marched into Greece's nearly deserted capital on April 27, 1941, radio announcer Costas Stavropoulos of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corp. announced the grim news. He urged his countrymen and women not to listen to future Nazi radio transmissions and signed off with the Greek national anthem.