NYC Suspends Massive 911 System Overhaul to Probe Lengthy Delays, $1 Billion Over Budget; Lavabit Founder: Gov’t “Bold-Faced Lies” & Mass Surveillance Effort Forced Me to Shut Down My Company; Missouri Death Row Prisoner Wins Stay in Case Challenging Secrecy, Undue Suffering in US Executions; Brazil’s Dance With the Devil: Dave Zirin on the People’s Revolt Challenging 2014 World Cup.
Headlines
May 22, 2014
Thai Military Stages Coup Days After Declaring Martial Law
48 Killed in Suspected Boko Haram Attack on Nigerian Villages
U.S. Deploys 80 Marines to Chad in Search for Kidnapped Nigerian Girls
China, Russia Reach 30-Year, $400 Billion Gas Deal
Russia to Veto U.N. Measure Referring Syrian Conflict to ICC
Obama Vows to Address Delays, Cover-ups at VA Clinics
Supreme Court Stays Missouri Execution, Signals Potential Shift
U.S. Ordered to Provide Video, Records of Guantánamo Force-Feed
Over 100 Arrested Protesting McDonald’s for Higher Wages, Unionization
Same-Sex Marriages Begin in PA After Court Ruling; Montana Couples Challenge State Ban