Government clarifies border crossing electronics seizure policy
Homeland Security can take your laptop (or iPod) at the border and copy all your files
Five missing detainees denied habeas corpus in Uganda
Imagine being detained by government authorities without charge, without access to a lawyer, your whereabouts hidden from all of society. Imagine now that so much is going on in the world that mainstream media don’t have the time to tell your story, or the story of your four companions, all of which are going through the exact same thing.
Santiago Calatrava and his project
NEW YORK -- A whole nation, if not the world, anxiously anticipates the day when they can visit the once melancholy location of the greatest terrorist attack in American history, and instead of reeling with the...
Suicide bombers kill 16 in Pakistan luxury hotel attack
NEW DELHI, India -- Suicide bombers attacked a five-star hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, in the most direct attack of a Western target since the Islamabad Marriott bombing last September.
Bombers ram...
Tokers, not terrorists, cause police and fire fracas downtown
No, Boston is not in the grips of a mad scientist with anthrax. Nor is it under siege from a series of terrorist briefcase bombs.
It was pot, marijuana, Mary Jane, grass, weed and a whole lot of it that tied...
Special Report: The resiliency of Mumbai
MUMBAI, India -- In a newly crafted display window, tucked in the back corner of the lobby of the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel, was a piece of art, aptly named the "Tree of Life." The work, beside a plaque ...
Mumbai standoff ends
Top Indian news agencies, quoting police sources, are reporting that the standoff with attackers at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai has ended.
Since Wednesday, 150 people have been killed in the violence that ...
Online coverage of Mumbai attacks
As part of the breaking news coverage of the sudden attacks that took place today in Mumbai, India, Blast has received webcasts from the South Asian Journalists Association who covered these events via live...
Terror in India
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At least 80 people have been killed, 250 injured and more held hostage in Mumbai, India, in coordinated terror attacks, according to news agencies.
The attackers, armed with machine guns, bombs and gre...
Feds release threatening letter details, photos
Starting Monday,‚ more than 50‚ threatening letters started to arrive at Chase Bank, the FDIC, and government offices.
The letters, originating from‚ Amarillo, Texas, contained a white powdery substance that...
Secret Service: No specific terror threat to conventions
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the United States Secret Service responded quickly Saturday morning to an Associated Press report that stated terrorists might clone police and emergecy vehicles to c...
Epilogue
Certainly I have some personal stake in the health and safety of the 9/11 emergency responders.
But so does everyone else. 9/11 was a day where we saw the worst of people and the best of people. In the backs...
September 15, 2007
The final day of a photo essay explaining the health perils of the 9/11 rescuers.
September 13, 2007
Day three of a five day photo essay explaining the health perils of the 9/11 rescuers.