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Infobitt 2015-07-07 Infobitt Late EditionAccording to US media reports, the US Army is planning to reduce the size of its force by 40,000 soldiers over the next two years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13761 Frustrated European leaders gave Greece until Sunday to reach an agreement to save its collapsing economy from catastrophe after an emergency summit meeting in Brussels ended. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13769 Blocking the build-up of a protein in our brains could help stop age-related memory loss. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13737 The "steady erosion" of incomes since the recession began has reduced home ownership in America, with blacks hardest hit. http...

2015-07-0802 min

Infobitt 2015-07-06 Infobitt Late EditionThe South Carolina Senate voted to pull the Confederate flag from Capitol grounds, making way for a measure that could remove it more than 5 decades after it was first flown to protest integration. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13720 President Obama revamps his strategy to fight the Islamic State. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13719 Athens will present a fresh Greek proposal for an aid deal with creditors at an emergency eurozone summit in Brussels on Tuesday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13700 Reddit interim CEO Ellen Pao is drawing the ire of her company's own community base, with a petition drawing more...

2015-07-0702 min

Infobitt 2015-07-05 Infobitt Late EditionWith nearly half of the votes counted, official figures showed 61 percent of Greeks rejecting the bailout offer. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13680 Pope Francis is returning to South America for the first time to make a swing through Bolivia, Ecuador and Paraguay. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13679 Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) blamed President Obama for the release of a Latino immigrant charged in the recent killing of a San Francisco woman. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13681 Scientists have developed an elastic gel that stops bleeding and helps wounds heal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13685 Ford recalled 433,000 vehicles because of a...

2015-07-0601 min

Infobitt 2015-07-02 Infobitt Late EditionFormer Virginia senator Jim Webb announced that he will run for the Democratic presidential nomination, adding "a decidedly more conservative option for Democratic voters" (WaPo). http://www.infobitt.com/b/13632 Anonymous donors have given more than $3 million to fund college scholarships for the community around the historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina where nine people were slain last month. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13628 A previously undetected measles infection was found by an autopsy to be the underlying cause of a Washington state woman's death, marking the first known U.S. fatality from the disease in 12 years. http://www...

2015-07-0302 min

Infobitt 2015-06-30 Infobitt Late EditionAuthorities said twelve correctional officers and prison executives, including the superintendent, have been placed on leave from the New York prison where two convicted murderers escaped. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13553 Captured convict David Sweat — who is portraying himself as the "mastermind" behind the elaborate 2-man escape from prison — did a "dry run" practice session the night before actually breaking free. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13552 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras requested a new two-year bailout program from the euro region just hours away from Greece's payment deadline with the IMF. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13544 A survey found there is e...

2015-07-0102 min

Infobitt 2015-06-29 Infobitt Late EditionIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is considering leaving the UN Human Rights Council after the recent UN Gaza report. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13540 NBC has dropped Donald Trump over his "recent derogatory statements ... regarding immigrants". http://www.infobitt.com/b/13525 Scientists are asking people across the globe to lay off sugary drinks, linking the consumption to an estimated 184,000 adult deaths each year. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13537 The Supreme Court has ruled that Arizona does not violate the Constitution by having an Independent Redistricting Commission. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13521 According to a report by WikiLeaks, the...

2015-06-3002 min

Infobitt 2015-06-28 Infobitt Late EditionA possible Turkish cross-border military operation in Syria will be announced after a National Security Council (MGK) meeting, which will be held on June 29. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13500 A state trooper shot David Sweat, the surviving prison escapee from Clinton Correctional. Mr. Sweat, 35, was alive and in custody, according to a source. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13496 Baltimore police opened a new investigation into the killing of unarmed black man Spencer Lee McCain, who died after police fired 19 rounds. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13489 Istanbul police dispersed LGBTI Pride Parade participants with tear gas and water cannon as celebrants...

2015-06-2902 min

Infobitt 2015-06-25 Infobitt Late EditionGiant glacial earthquakes are shaking Greenland, caused by massive movements of ice and how those impact the ground beneath. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13416 The Supreme Court ruled that health insurance consumers qualify for a subsidy that lowers the cost of premiums whether they buy their coverage through federal or state exchanges. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13413 A group of President Obama's former advisers has published an open letter that warns that the looming deal with Iran "may fall short of meeting the administration's own standard of a good agreement." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13414 Russian President Vladimir Putin called...

2015-06-2602 min

Infobitt 2015-06-24 Infobitt Late EditionA federal judge blocked the Obama administration’s tough, new, proposed hydraulic fracturing restrictions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13369 The New York prison guard who said he unwittingly helped smuggle contraband that would later contribute to the daring escape of two prisoners was arrested for his role in the breakout. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13380 Pope Francis addressed family dynamics, saying sometimes the separation of a husband and wife may be "inevitable" or "even morally necessary" to protect the "weaker spouse or small children." http://www.infobitt.com/b/13384 The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook parts of...

2015-06-2502 min

Infobitt 2015-06-23 Infobitt Late EditionA local prosecutor told NBC News a New York prison seamstress helped killers David Sweat and Richard Matt escape from a prison in northern New York by smuggling tools into prison inside ground beef. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13341 Gov. Andrew Cuomo says authorities have DNA evidence linking Sweat and Matt to a spot only miles from the prison. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13321 According to the document published by WikiLeaks, the NSA is accused of targeting Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande over a period of at least six years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13347 The hack o...

2015-06-2402 min

Infobitt 2015-06-22 Infobitt Late EditionSouth Carolina Governor Nikki Haley called for the removal of the Confederate Battle Flag from the State Capitol grounds. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13303 Walmart said in a statement that it is removing "all items" promoting the Confederate flag for sale from its stores and its website. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13308 An international team of researchers published a study of the Oase jawbone, showing the ancient man's recent ancestors had interbred with Neanderthals. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13314 A Saudi imam has apologised after accusing a well-known Saudi comedian of apostasy for mocking overzealous clerics. http://www.infobitt.com...

2015-06-2302 min

Infobitt 2015-06-21 Infobitt Late EditionBarack Obama has used Twitter to further his argument that the time for federal gun legislation is nigh, saying “expressions of sympathy aren’t enough”. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13267 Members of a historic black church worshiped at their sanctuary for the first time since a gunman opened fire at a Bible study, killing nine people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13262 Cisco has invested $10 billion in China. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13252 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected "international dictates" ahead of a visit by France's top diplomat, with Paris advocating a UN resolution laying out parameters for peace talks. http...

2015-06-2202 min

Infobitt 2015-06-18 Infobitt Late EditionThe man suspected of killing nine people Wednesday night at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, was arrested. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13167 The encyclical on the environment that Pope Francis released is as much an indictment of the global capitalist economic order as it is an argument for the world to confront climate change. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13172 A Minnesota policy to hold some sex offenders after they complete prison sentences was ruled unconstitutional by a district court judge. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13161 According to the first analysis of genetic material, the 8,500-year-old Kennewick Man...

2015-06-1902 min

Infobitt 2015-06-17 Infobitt Late EditionThe European Union has decided to extend economic sanctions against Russia for another six months. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13120 Iran is teaming up with some unlikely allies to fight against Daesh. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13130 Coordinated car bomb attacks in Yemen killed or injured at least 50 people near mosques and the headquarters of Yemen's dominant Houthi group in Sanaa. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13126 http://www.infobitt.com/b/13127 The U.S. Treasury Department said a woman will replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13131 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the Ramallah-based...

2015-06-1802 min

Infobitt 2015-06-16 Infobitt Late EditionPresident Vladimir Putin said Russia will expand its nuclear arsenal this year. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13086 The New York Times profiles a young transgender woman, Katherine Boone, who had gender reassignment surgery at age 18. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13088 Artificial trans fat will be removed from the U.S. food supply over the next three years due to a ruling by regulators that the products pose health risks that contribute to heart disease. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13065 The United States Women's National Team defeated Nigeria 1-0 on Abby Wambach's goal to win Group D and move on to...

2015-06-1702 min

Infobitt 2015-06-14 Infobitt Late EditionBritain has pulled out agents from live operations in "hostile countries" after Russia and China cracked top-secret information contained in files leaked by Edward Snowden. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12969 Saudi Arabia will open its $530 billion stock market to direct foreign investments on Monday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12982 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has resigned herself to Greece leaving the eurozone and has told her top economists and bankers to draw up emergency plans. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12970 Officials said the Pentagon is poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and other weapons for as many as 5,000 American...

2015-06-1502 min

Infobitt 2015-06-10 Infobitt Late EditionAuthorities said the search for two convicted murderers who escaped from a maximum-security prison in upstate New York over the weekend has pushed into Vermont. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12875 Juan Felipe Herrera, who was previously named California’s Poet Laureate in 2012, is the nation's 21st Poet Laureate, the first Hispanic poet to serve in this position, appointed by the Librarian of Congress. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12876 The EPA says that greenhouse gases emitted from aircraft engines contribute to "pollution" that causes dangerous climate change. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12874 The White House says the U.S. will send up...

2015-06-1102 min

Infobitt 2015-06-09 Infobitt Late EditionA Dallas-area policeman seen in a viral video tossing a teenage girl to the ground has resigned from the McKinney Police force, the city's police chief said, calling the actions indefensible. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12859 Rebels announced the capture of a strategic army base in southern Syria, the latest of several sweeping offensives by forces battling President Bashar al-Assad. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12865 South Korea's health ministry said two more people have died in its Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak and reported 13 new cases, bringing the total to 108. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12860 Stanford's Manu Prakash made...

2015-06-1002 min

Infobitt 2015-06-08 Infobitt Late EditionBarack Obama lambasted President Putin's isolationist approach as seven major leaders signaled their readiness to tighten sanctions against Russia if the conflict in the Ukraine escalates. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12837 AKP has been accused of electoral fraud in Turkey by Swedish election observers who were forcibly removed from election stations by military personnel in at least 2 separate incidents in different regions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12836 The governor of Nebraska will proceed with the executions of 10 condemned prisoners despite the new state law abolishing capital punishment. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12835 A former police officer, who fatally shot an...

2015-06-0902 min

Infobitt 2015-06-07 Infobitt Late EditionA police officer in McKinney, Texas, was placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced showing him wrestle a 14-year-old girl to the ground and point his gun at two young men. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12821 Initial results of Turkish elections show that the ruling AKP will lose its single party majority as the Kurdish problem-focused HDP has passed the election threshold. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12819 South Korean authorities will track the cellphones of hundreds of people under quarantine to prevent the spread of MERS and reported a fifth death, with the number of infections rising to 64. http...

2015-06-0802 min

Infobitt 2015-06-04 Infobitt Late EditionThe Obama administration said what appeared to be one of the largest breaches of federal employees’ data, involving at least 4 million current and former govt. workers, apparently originated in China. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12739 The EPA said fracking does not contaminate drinking water and does not pose a danger to clean water. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12737 A man fatally shot by antiterrorism investigators on Tuesday, Usaamah Rahim, is thought to have plotted to behead Pamela Gellar, the conservative activist organizing "Muhammad cartoon" contests. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12729 Hundreds gathered to honor the life of former Delaware Attorney Ge...

2015-06-0502 min

Infobitt 2015-06-03 Infobitt Late EditionCourt testimony confirms that bribes were paid for the 1998 and the 2010 World Cups. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12718 North Carolina’s governor says he’ll sign a bill that would make the state one of several with a 72-hour waiting period for abortions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12720 As college students become more sensitive, professors become more frightened that they will be punished for saying the "wrong thing" in class. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12723 The Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Dept. announced its investigation into the November 2014 death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland has been handed over to prosecutors. http://www...

2015-06-0402 min

Infobitt 2015-06-02 Infobitt Late EditionThe U.S. Senate passed a bill extending the NSA's collection of phone data for six months. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12686 Findings published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggest that chimps have all the brainpower needed to cook, including planning, causal understanding, and ability to postpone gratification. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12688 Sepp Blatter has announced that he is resigning as FIFA president. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12685 The Windows 10 Upgrade path begins today, although Windows 10 will not be available until July 29. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12676 The AP reports that the FBI is operating a small...

2015-06-0302 min

Infobitt 2015-06-01 Infobitt Late EditionState media reports a passenger ship carrying 458 people, many elderly Chinese tourists, sank in the Yangtze River during a storm and only 12 people had been rescued so far. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12663 Bruce Jenner has transitioned to Caitlyn Jenner, as Vanity Fair published the first photographs of a newly feminized Jenner. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12662 According to an internal investigation, U.S. airport screeners failed to detect explosives and weapons in nearly every test that an undercover Homeland Security team conducted at dozens of airports. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12665 Microsoft says it will charge $119 for Windows 10 Home, $199...

2015-06-0202 min

Infobitt 2015-05-31 Infobitt Late EditionThe Orange County Public Schools District reportedly gets software for monitoring posts made by students, saying it wants to anticipate and prevent cyber-bullying and other crime. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12639 A suicide bombing has killed 18 people inside a mosque in northeast Nigeria just hours after Boko Haram launched a separate attack, on the first full day of President Muhammadu Buhari's term. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12641 The Illinois legislature passed a bill banning "conversion" therapy for minors, and has sent it to the governor. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12631 Neweeg leaked the price (Home Version, $109; Professional, $149) and release date...

2015-06-0102 min

Infobitt 2015-05-28 Infobitt Late EditionNew genetic research suggests that humans migrated out of Africa through Egypt, not Ethiopia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12546 A federal judge ordered the State Department to release some of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails on a firm schedule every month. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12538 The EPA asserted jurisdiction over streams, tributaries and wetlands in a move decried by Republicans as a "tyrannical power grab". http://www.infobitt.com/b/12536 Journalists exaggerated reports of the flooding in Houston. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12548 Republican Dennis Hastert was indicted on charges of evading bank reporting rules and ly...

2015-05-2902 min

Infobitt 2015-05-27 Infobitt Late EditionThe Nebraska legislature has abolished the death penalty by overriding the governor's veto. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12509 The Vatican's secretary of state called Ireland's vote to approve same-sex marriage "a defeat for humanity." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12517 Scientists report that a new species of early human, called Australopithecus deyiremeda, has been unearthed in the Afar region of Ethiopia. The discovery is based on jaws and teeth 3.3 and 3.5 million years old. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12519 Perhaps it is the world's oldest murder mystery: Researchers say they have found evidence of the earliest known homicide in a skull that...

2015-05-2802 min

Infobitt 2015-05-26 Infobitt Late EditionA heat wave has killed more than 900 people across India over a 2-week period as torrid temperatures melted roads in the national capital and forced people indoors on Tuesday. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12489 A federal appeals court upheld an injunction against the Obama administration, ruling in favor of Texas, which had sued to stop the president's new amnesty policy. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12483 Two daughters of blues legend B.B. King are seeking a formal inquiry into his death. Karen Williams and Patty King have said in legal documents they believe their father was poisoned. http://www.infobitt...

2015-05-2702 min

Infobitt 2015-05-25 Infobitt Late EditionThe Alabama senate has voted to abolish marriage licenses. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12463 Amazon is now paying taxes in the UK and Germany. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12454 Rescuers searched for 12 people gathered in a Wimberley, Texas, home hit by flash floods, including at least three young children, after heavy floods swamped Texas and Oklahoma. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12451 ISIS has slaughtered more than 400 mostly women and children in the ancient city of Palmyra, two days after capturing it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12449 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed a recent New York Times editorial a...

2015-05-2602 min

Infobitt 2015-05-24 Infobitt Late EditionDefense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said that Iraqi forces had demonstrated “no will to fight” against ISIS, saying their retreat enabled ISIS's capture of the Iraqi city of Ramadi. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12438 Two people were killed in storms and flash flooding in Texas and Oklahoma that forced evacuations, with over 1,000 people rescued in Hays County, Texas, alone. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12437 Saudi Arabia's king vowed to punish those responsible for a suicide bombing that killed 21 people at a Shiite mosque in the country's east. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12435 Mathematician John Nash, 86, famous for the Nash equilibrium—a majo...

2015-05-2502 min

Infobitt 2015-05-21 Infobitt Late EditionThree weeks after Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced charges against the six police officers involved in the controversial arrest of Freddie Gray, a grand jury has now indicted all six officers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12394 Senator and presidential candidate Rand Paul (R-KY) gave a 10-1/2 hour speech yesterday against extending provisions of the Patriot Act that permit collection of billions of phone call records. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12384 U.S. and Cuban negotiators held another round of talks in Washington to restore full diplomatic relations as part of President Obama’s decision to end the decades-old standoff with the...

2015-05-2202 min

Infobitt 2015-05-20 Infobitt Late EditionIslamic State militants reportedly captured the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra as Syrian officials evacuated citizens and scrambled to keep priceless antiquities from falling into terrorist hands. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12370 1,433 men, a stunning number—including 261 high-profile individuals—are under investigation for child sex abuse in Great Britain. Tom Watson was the Labour MP whose claims made in the Commons, that there was a paedophile network linked to parliament, triggered a Scotland Yard investigation. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12372 Hackers acquired the data for 1.1 million CareFirst members. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12355 The legislature of Nebraska has voted to abol...

2015-05-2102 min

Infobitt 2015-05-19 Infobitt Late EditionOfficials said a Norwegian cruise ship that departed Boston ran aground in Bermuda. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12341 The Los Angeles City Council voted to increase the minimum wage in the nation's second-largest city to $15.00 an hour by 2020 from the current $9.00. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12339 The U.S. government charged six Chinese nationals with economic espionage, saying they stole secrets from two companies that develop technology often used in military systems. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12337 Former Clinton White House adviser Sidney Blumenthal was subpoenaed to testify next month before the House committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi attack. http://www...

2015-05-2002 min

Infobitt 2015-05-18 Infobitt Late EditionAn avalanche of mud and debris swept over an alpine town in western Colombia, killing at least 52 people in a flash flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12323 The FTC has warned that RadioShack's sale of customer data might be unlawful. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12314 Republicans rallied to pass a bill giving the White House fast-track authority, as Democrats opposed to free trade launched a filibuster to prevent debate on the bipartisan initiative. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12310 Waco police arrested 192 people following biker-gang violence that left nine people dead yesterday. http://www.infobitt...

2015-05-1902 min

Infobitt 2015-05-17 Infobitt Late EditionNine were killed in a gunfight between rival biker gangs at a restaurant in Waco, Texas—about 150 to 200 members from five biker gangs were on the scene. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12289 The official Republican view of the Iraq War has certainly swayed: it was judged a mistake by most of the would-be GOP presidential candidates. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12278 Pope Francis has canonized two nuns from 19th century Ottoman-ruled Palestine in hopes of encouraging Christians across the Middle East who are facing persecution from Islamic extremists. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12281 1,450 Blue Bell Creameries workers have been laid of...

2015-05-1802 min

Infobitt 2015-05-14 Infobitt Late Edition14 people have been killed at a hotel shooting in Kabul, Afghanistan. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12229 Some Starbucks mobile app users in the U.S. say that hackers are using the program to siphon money from their credit cards as well as bank and PayPal accounts. http://www.infobitt.com/b/1222 An Iraqi immigrant who has been described as a former U.S. military translator was arrested by federal agents for allegedly lying about pledging allegiance to the leader of Islamic State. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12233 Taxi drivers swarm the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario to protest Uber, snarling...

2015-05-1502 min

Infobitt 2015-05-13 Infobitt Late EditionWal-Mart Stores will test a new unlimited shipping service for online shoppers this summer that will be priced below Amazon's $99 per year Prime service. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12203 A government official said Malaysia has turned away a boat with more than 500 Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis after providing them with fuel and provisions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12206 Asked repeatedly in recent days whether he would have supported an Iraq invasion based on what is known now, Jeb Bush has replied “Yes,” “I don’t know,” or refused to answer, depending on the venue. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12204 Nigeria's President...

2015-05-1402 min

Infobitt 2015-05-12 Infobitt Late EditionAmtrak train 188 from Washington DC to New York City crashed in Philadelphia this evening, injuring at least 50 of as many as 240 passengers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12181 Could Harriet Tubman replace Andrew Jackson on the twenty-dollar bill? http://www.infobitt.com/b/12180 Senior officials from a South Korean spy agency said North Korea’s defense minister has been executed by antiaircraft fire for disloyalty and showing disrespect to dictator Kim Jong Un. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12182 The U.S. Pacific Command announced that a military helicopter has gone missing while participating in rescue efforts in Nepal after the devastating ea...

2015-05-1302 min

Infobitt 2015-05-11 Infobitt Late EditionAccording to the findings of a large international study, an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" strain of typhoid fever has spread globally, driven by a single family of the bacteria, called H58. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12162 The US Department of Interior granted permission to Shell Oil to perform exploratory oil drilling in Alaska's Chucki Sea, a rich oil deposit long sought by the oil industry. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12163 Eurosceptic Conservative MPs demand major concessions when David Cameron renegotiates Britain's EU membership. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12145 According to a new report, thousands of people arrested by Baltimore police over the...

2015-05-1202 min

Infobitt 2015-05-10 Infobitt Late EditionCuban President Raul Castro visited Pope Francis at the Vatican and said he was so impressed by the pontiff that he was considering returning to the Catholic church. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12128 Boats carrying more than 500 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim community washed ashore in western Indonesia. They warned that thousands more are believed to be stranded at sea. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12134 Three suspects were arrested after two police officers were shot and killed during a traffic stop in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12127 Newer solid state drives (SSDs) can lose data over time if...

2015-05-1102 min

Infobitt 2015-05-07 Infobitt Late EditionA US Appeals Court says the NSA's bulk collection of phone records is illegal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12061 U.S. federal scientists say global levels of carbon dioxide, the most prevalent heat-trapping gas, have passed a daunting milestone of 400.83 parts per million. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12068 New research suggests that children who survive a measles infection remain vulnerable to other potentially deadly infections for as long as two or three years after having the measles. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12084 A 20-year-old—politics student Mhairi Black—became the U.K.'s youngest lawmaker since 1667, ousting one of the oppo...

2015-05-0802 min

Infobitt 2015-05-06 Infobitt Late EditionControversial Canadian Anti-Terror Bill C-51 passes in the House of Commons. http://infobitt.com/b/12058 The City of Chicago will pay a total of up to $5.5 million to dozens of people tortured by the city's police in the 1970s and 1980s along with other reparations. http://infobitt.com/b/12050 Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the U.S. "can't do a damn thing" to harm Iran's nuclear facilities and that Iran would not hold nuclear talks when the U.S. is threatening military action. http://infobitt.com/b/12039 A watchdog group says conflicts and violence around the world have displaced a...

2015-05-0702 min

Infobitt 2015-05-05 Infobitt Late EditionThe U.S. Senate passed a budget plan today, after the House passed the plan last week. This is not a spending bill but only a GOP budget road map, so push-back might still occur later. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12028 Scientists have discovered the earliest known ancestor to modern birds. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12031 Hillary Clinton took a clear stand in favor of a path to "full and equal citizenship"—what Republicans call "amnesty"—while speaking in Las Vegas. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12029 Astronomers have found a galaxy older and more distant than any spotted before: light we'r...

2015-05-0602 min

Infobitt 2015-05-04 Infobitt Late EditionHillary Clinton agrees to testify on Capitol Hill later this month about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and about her email practices during her tenure as Secretary of State. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12011 Two men opened fire into a Texas crowd at a Muhammad cartoon event Sunday night and were immediately shot dead by a police officer. One security guard was wounded. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11990 The government of Nepal is asking foreign search-and-rescue teams to wrap up operations now that the chance of finding survivors buried by last month’s earthquake has largely passed. http://www.infobitt.co...

2015-05-0502 min

Infobitt 2015-05-03 Infobitt Late EditionHotel booking scams are costing Americans up to $220 million each year. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11978 A Dallas suburb is on lockdown after a contest for cartoon depictions of Prophet Mohammed ended in a shooting. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11979 The findings of the federal probe into the rogue closure of George Washington Bridge lanes in 2013 appear to have put New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the clear. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11969 Thousands of people took to the streets of Baltimore on Saturday; anger dissipated after six police officers faced criminal charges. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11967 A magnitude-3.9...

2015-05-0402 min

Infobitt 2015-04-30 Infobitt Late EditionScientists reported that a Colorado dog last year caused the largest outbreak of pneumonic plague in the United States since 1924. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11911 Blue Origin, a startup space company owned by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, launched its first experimental suborbital spaceship test flight from Texas. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11910 A Nepal teenager has been rescued from the rubble five days after the earthquake. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11912 A Canadian federal fraud investigator has been suspended without pay after she leaked documents showing investigators had to cut people off their employment insurance benefits in order to...

2015-05-0102 min

Infobitt 2015-04-29 Infobitt Late EditionThroughout the day, protests of the death of a black man in the custody of Baltimore police have erupted across the country (AP). http://www.infobitt.com/b/11886 In the wake of the Baltimore riots, Hillary Clinton has made an impassioned speech where she addressed Race and Justice. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11883 A Russian spacecraft that is tumbling around the Earth after it malfunctioned en route to the International Space Station could remain in orbit for more than a week before crashing down to Earth. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11885 At 10 p.m. last night, a curfew went into...

2015-04-3002 min

Infobitt 2015-04-28 Infobitt Late EditionPresident Obama condemned looters and those who started fires in Baltimore on Monday saying they "should be treated like criminals". http://www.infobitt.com/b/11861 More looting was reported Tuesday morning, after a night of chaos and rioting that prompted the National Guard to be called in to restore order. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11815 More than 4,600 people are dead; more than 9,000 were injured; and eight million people were affected across Nepal following Saturday's earthquake. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11857 Iranian forces fired at a cargo ship exercising the right of innocent passage through the Strait of Hormuz, and the...

2015-04-2901 min

Infobitt 2015-04-27 Infobitt Late EditionThe Baltimore protests have turned violent: Seven police officers have been injured. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11805 German car manufacturer Audi says it has created the "fuel of the future" made solely from water, carbon dioxide and renewable sources. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11804 An inquiry ordered by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has concluded Israel is responsible for Gaza strikes on UN schools and shelters. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11808 Two self-portraits by Francis Bacon are going on public display for the first time after being rediscovered in a private collection, before being sold. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11810 ...

2015-04-2802 min

Infobitt 2015-04-26 Infobitt Late EditionThe death toll in Nepal from Saturday's catastrophic earthquake has jumped to at least 2,263. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11758 Despite an international outcry, Indonesia says it will execute 10 convicted drug offenders within 72 hours. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11766 The New York Times reports Russian hackers who gained access to the White House computer system last year were able to read President Obama's unclassified emails. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11779 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' opens to a massive $201.2 million at box offices around the world, and is expected to earn north of $200 million in the US opening next week. http://www...

2015-04-2702 min

Infobitt 2015-04-22 Infobitt Late EditionA senate bill has been introduced to extend the Patriot Act. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11657 Hillary Clinton refused to privately testify about her email before the Senate Benghazi committee. As the investigation may continue until 2016, her campaign accused Republicans of playing politics. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11667 Bishop Robert Finn became the first bishop sanctioned by a Roman Catholic pope for covering up priestly child abuse or pedophilia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11666 Workers across Russia started a strike against unpaid wages, which according to the Russian statistical service, rose on April 1 to about 2.9 billion rubles (US$56 million), a 15...

2015-04-2302 min

Infobitt 2015-04-21 Infobitt Late EditionSecretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson gave the keynote speech at the RSA conference and outlined cyber security plans which emphasize cooperation with business and IT industry. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11622 The Senate reached an agreement allowing a vote to proceed on the confirmation of Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11618 Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver unveiled a balanced budget that posts a $1.4-billion surplus. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11634 The FBI detained security researcher Chris Roberts & confiscated his laptop for sending a sarcastic tweet, after ignoring his warnings of security weaknesses in airline electronics...

2015-04-2202 min

Infobitt 2015-04-20 Infobitt Late EditionU.S. Army paratroopers began military training for small units of the Ukrainian national guard despite Russian warnings that the action could destabilize the country's tenuous cease-fire. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11592 Ethiopian runner Lelisa Desisa now owns two Boston Marathon titles, after winning the race in windy and rainy conditions. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11584 Rising tensions over the conflict in Yemen appear to be pitting the United States against Iran in a sensitive showdown in the Gulf of Aden. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11582 Somalia's al-Shabab Islamists have killed seven people, including four UN workers, by setting off...

2015-04-2102 min

Infobitt 2015-04-19 Infobitt Late EditionIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei aired some major disagreements with the U.S. and the West, saying the U.S. had created the "myth" of nuclear weapons to portray Iran as a threat. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11560 Four men are facing multiple charges after the early-morning shooting of a student on the campus of a small, private university in Charlotte. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11555 French customs officers say they have seized more than 2 tons of cocaine aboard a sailboat that was falsely flying an American flag in the Caribbean. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11557 Billionaire biz baron...

2015-04-2002 min

Infobitt 2015-04-16 Infobitt Late EditionPresident Obama signed a $214 billion Medicare reform package that will overhaul the entitlement program funding – with strong backing from both political parties. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11464 Gov. Sam Brownback (R) signed House Bill 2258 into law. Kansas families receiving government assistance will no longer be able to use those funds to visit swimming pools, or see movies. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11459 After more than 4,100 orbits around the closest planet to the sun, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft will crash into Mercury’s crater-pocked surface on April 30th. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11463 The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory reveals breakthrough research in art...

2015-04-1702 min

Infobitt 2015-04-15 Infobitt Late EditionA 61-year-old mailman from Florida was detained by U.S. Capitol Police after piloting and landing a small helicopter on the west lawn of the Capitol in a staged protest of campaign finance laws. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11408 An Asiana Airlines jet came in too low on approach to Hiroshima airport, where it appeared to rip through a communications gantry and came to rest off the runway, injuring more than 20 passengers. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11418 Former NFL Patriots star, Aaron Hernandez, has been found guilty of first-degree murder. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11404 The Bay County Sheriff's Office...

2015-04-1602 min

Infobitt 2015-04-14 Infobitt Late EditionThe White House indicated that the president would be willing to sign the compromise version of a bill giving the legislatures a say in the potential Iran nuclear deal. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11373 The White House announced that President Obama intends to remove Cuba from the American government’s list of nations that sponsor terrorism. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11371 Former Atlanta public school employees convicted this month of conspiring to cheat on state tests to earn raises and bonuses received jail time of between one and seven years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11377 The Supreme Court of Canada de...

2015-04-1502 min

Infobitt 2015-04-13 Infobitt Late EditionLiquid water may still exist on Mars, but it's likely around for only short periods of time and in very small amounts. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11336 A huge effort to map dark matter across the cosmos has released its first data. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11332 A former Blackwater security guard was sentenced to life in prison, and three others got 30-year terms in the massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11331 Top officials from the U.S. and the African Union formalized a collaboration between the US Centers for...

2015-04-1402 min

Infobitt 2015-04-12 Infobitt Late EditionThe Associated Press confirms Hillary Rodham Clinton's official announcement that she is running for President. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11297 Police have arrested a woman accused of abandoning her quadriplegic son in the woods for several days to go visit her boyfriend in Maryland. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11298 A pair of Alabama college students have been accused of raping a woman in plain view of hundreds of spring-breakers on a Florida beach who did nothing to stop the attack. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11290 The United States is complaining to Moscow about a Russian fighter jet that intercepted a...

2015-04-1302 min

Infobitt 2015-04-09 Infobitt Late EditionHillary Clinton's e-mail scandal has eaten into poll ratings on issues like trust and honesty. For the first time, a new poll shows the GOP presidential field edging ahead of hypothetical matches in key states. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11167 Authorities in South Carolina have released dash cam video in connection with the fatal shooting of Walter Scott, but the footage does not show the actual shooting. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11164 The PLO said it would not provide military support for any offensive against ISIS control of the Palestinian Yarmouk camp on the outskirts of Damascus. http://www.infobitt...

2015-04-1002 min

Infobitt 2015-04-08 Infobitt Late EditionJurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial have found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of all 30 counts, including 17 that carry a possible penalty of death. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11116 Iran dispatched a destroyer and another naval ship to waters off Yemen, raising the stakes amid a Saudi-led air campaign. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11121 NASA chief scientist Ellen Stofan said, "I think we're going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and...definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years." http://www.infobitt.com/b/11101 Jack Nicklaus, 75, the six-time Masters champ, stole the show when he fired a hole-in-one on...

2015-04-0902 min

Infobitt 2015-04-07 Infobitt Late EditionA South Carolina officer has been charged with murder after a video surfaced that appears to show him shooting an unarmed man who was running away. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11069 U.S. officials say Russian hackers behind the damaging cyber intrusion of the State Department used that perch to penetrate sensitive parts of the White House computer system. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11071 The U.S. State Department is closing in on a decision to recommend removal of Cuba from its list of countries accused of terrorism, days before President Obama attends a summit with Raul Castro. http://www...

2015-04-0802 min

Infobitt 2015-04-06 Infobitt Late EditionKurds are uniting to build Kurdistan in defiance of the self-proclaimed Islamic State [aka ISIS, Daesh]. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11024 Eight family members, including seven children between the ages of 6 and 16, were found dead in a Maryland home, possibly due to carbon monoxide poisoning. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11036 The jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will begin deliberations tomorrow. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11032 The University of Virginia fraternity at the center of Rolling Stone's retracted article "A Rape on Campus" plans to sue the magazine for what it called "reckless" reporting that hurt...

2015-04-0702 min

Infobitt 2015-04-05 Infobitt Late EditionThe Canadian Security Intelligence Service has set up a "multilateral forum of trusted partners" to share information on suspected extremists travelling abroad outside the Five Eyes spy network. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11006 Rolling Stone magazine posted a 12,000-word report retracting the now-notorious University of Virginia rape story, admitting failures at virtually every level, from reporting to editing to fact-checking. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11007 Seeking to quell default fears, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said Greece "intends to meet all obligations to all its creditors, ad infinitum." http://www.infobitt.com/b/11012 Taxi drivers drank pesticide in a mass suicide...

2015-04-0602 min

Infobitt 2015-04-02 Infobitt Late EditionPresident Obama called the historic nuclear framework agreement between the United States and Iran "a good deal." http://www.infobitt.com/b/10895 Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a 'fix' for the religious freedom law. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10906 Gunmen from the Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed a university in Kenya and killed at least 147 people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10905 Germanwings co-pilot Andrew Lubitz had researched suicide, medical treatment and safety of cockpit doors in days leading to his intentional crashing into the Alps. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10879 A fishing trawler sank in freezing waters off Russia's...

2015-04-0302 min

Infobitt 2015-04-01 Infobitt Late EditionEleven former public school employees in Atlanta were found guilty of racketeering in what is thought to be the biggest cheating scandal in American education. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10838 The RCMP arrested six people in the greater Montreal and Toronto areas for running a Canada-wide human-smuggling / prostitution ring. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10841 Storm “Niklas”, one of the strongest of recent years, caused the death of at least three people, while trains and several flights have been cancelled across Germany as the storm rages. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10824 McDonald's, which has been struggling with workers' protests and sagging sale...

2015-04-0202 min

Infobitt 2015-03-31 Infobitt Late EditionSaudi-Arabian troops are continuing to clash with Yemeni forces, days after Saudi airstrikes on Yemeni targets. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10810 On the heels of Indiana's controversial religious freedom law, Arkansas lawmakers gave final approval to a similar measure — and the governor says he'll sign it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10808 Negotiators from the United States, Iran and five other nations extended their deadline until Wednesday as they struggled to agree on a preliminary accord to limit Tehran’s nuclear program. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10806 A one-thousand-year-old medieval garlic and bile potion kills the MRSA superbug. http://www.infobitt.com...

2015-04-0102 min

Infobitt 2015-03-30 Infobitt Late EditionIn a cliffhanger of an election, early returns showed Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari almost even. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10764 The governor calls the backlash against Indiana's "religious freedom" law "shameless and reckless". http://www.infobitt.com/b/10748 With the prospect of a default looming in Greece, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is preparing to meet next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10767 A man has been shot dead by a security guard at the headquarters of the National Security Agency as two men tried to ram the gates. The...

2015-03-3102 min

Infobitt 2015-03-29 Infobitt Late EditionIn French local elections, Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right party ousted the ruling Socialists from 61 départements (counties), including traditional left-wing bastions in the industrial north. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10734 A major 7.5 earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea, but a tsunami warning was canceled and no damage is known to have been done so far. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10733 The 'black box' reveals that the suicidal Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz urged the pilot of their plane to take a bathroom break. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10722 Antarctica may have experienced its hottest day ever on March 24 after the continent hit 63.5 d...

2015-03-3002 min

Infobitt 2015-03-26 Infobitt Late EditionSalesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff announced that he has ordered his company to reduce travel and sales programs in the US state of Indiana in protest over their religious freedom law recently passed. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10570 Scientists urge human embryo modifications must be halted, citing the risks associated with unforeseen consequences of those modifications getting passed on to future generations. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10591 Warplanes from Saudi Arabia and their allies have launched an attack against Shia Muslim rebels fighting to oust Yemen's president. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10555 NASA has announced a plan to put a...

2015-03-2702 min

Infobitt 2015-03-25 Infobitt Late EditionAmerican warplanes began airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Tikrit for the first time after more than three weeks of remaining on the sidelines. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10538 An investigator said evidence from a cockpit voice recorder from the Germanwings aircraft indicated one pilot left the cockpit before the plane’s descent and was unable to get back in. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10527 The Army announced U.S. soldier and former Taliban captive Bowe Bergdahl has been charged with desertion and could face life in confinement over his disappearance from an outpost in 2009. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10537 Re...

2015-03-2602 min

Infobitt 2015-03-24 Infobitt Late EditionA Pennsylvania police officer has been charged with criminal homicide in the death of a suspect. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10517 U.S. officials said Saudi Arabia is moving heavy military equipment near its border with Yemen, raising the risk that the Middle East’s top oil power will be drawn into the worsening Yemeni conflict. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10512 Senator Ted Cruz, recently-declared Republican presidential candidate, said that he will be getting insurance through an Obamacare exchange, as the law requires, since his wife is quitting her job. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10513 Numerous telecommunication companies have filed la...

2015-03-2502 min

Infobitt 2015-03-23 Infobitt Late EditionAn Afghan woman, brutally murdered on video by a mob believing the false accusation that she burned a Koran, has become a rallying point for women's rights activists. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10494 The Charlottesville Police Department said an investigation found no credible evidence to support claims from a former student that she was raped by men during a party at the University of Virginia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10493 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under continued criticism, now from White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker. http://www.infobitt...

2015-03-2402 min