Joe Biden, the U.S. vice president, called on Congress to pass a measure to outlaw workplace discrimination against gays, saying it’s “close to barbaric” that in some states, employees can be fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, confirmed that he gave the orders to shut down Twitter in Turkey last week, saying the social-media site is applying double standards by shutting down accounts when the U.S. demands it, but defending freedom in countries such as Turkey and Egypt.
Guy “ Chris” Mannino, a former Fairbanks, Alaska, resident who drew the ire of neighbors by detonating recreational explosives outside his home, pleaded guilty to three firearms offenses stemming from an investigation of the explosions that turned up weapons that federal authorities said were not properly documented.
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said U.S. counterintelligence officials are virtually unanimous in believing that Edward Snowden is “under the influence of Russian intelligence services,” adding that his question now is when the purported collaboration began.
Henry Costa, a Liberian radio talk-show host, has been arrested and charged with issuing a terroristic threat after challenging the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to a fight on the air, Costa’s lawyer, Sayma Syrenius Cephus, said.
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, visited the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam and said the 20th century was marked by human-rights abuses such as those that Frank suffered, but that he “would like to ensure that we will never see the same things happening during the years coming ahead.”
Jacob Lew, the U.S. Treasury secretary, will undergo surgery Tuesday to treat an enlarged prostate but is expected to be able to return to work next week.
Luisa Ortega, Venezuela’s attorney general, said 15 police officers have been arrested so far for purported human-rights violations in dealing with anti-government protesters, but insisted that most officers are following the law.
Matthew Tieng, a 10-year-old from Alcoa, Tenn., who has multiple sclerosis, said he thinks he can reach his goal to raise $15,000 for the local Walk MS event, after he and his family and friends raised $11,652 last year.
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