From US POLITICS & POLICY May 7, 2013

Sexual assaults on the rise in US military

Almost one-third more cases reported than two years ago

Demonstrators seeking change in immigration policy march on May Day in Los Angeles, California ©Getty From US POLITICS & POLICY May 6, 2013

Immigrants would cost $6.3tn, says report

Heritage warns against granting citizenship to illegal residents

From COMPANIES May 6, 2013

Protests mount on use of BP Gulf spill funds

Anger as cash to restore coast is put towards convention centre

From US POLITICS & POLICY May 5, 2013

Gay workers gloomy over immigration bill

Same-sex spouses caught in ‘green’ card trap

A young New York resident tries a bicycle as part of a demonstration of a new bicycle sharing system, which will start next year, in New York on September 29, 2011. Alta Bicycle Share announced that it had won a contract from New York City to deploy some 10,000 bikes over 600 bike stations in Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, starting summer 2012. The bikes will be stationed every few blocks and will be financed from sponsorship and low-cost annual membership fees. ©AFP May 2, 2013

Objections blight New York bikeshare plan

Parking space creates tension as cars jostle for position

Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ©EPA May 1, 2013

Three more charged in Boston bombing case

Suspects accused of obstructing justice and lying to investigators

.President Barack Obama answering questions ©AP Global Insight May 1, 2013

Going on road is one avenue Obama has

President needs to circumvent Congress to get his agenda moving

Chicago Bulls' Kirk Hinrich (L) grabs a rebound from Washington Wizards' Jason Collins (R) as Bulls' Joakim Noah looks on during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Chicago, Illinois, April 17, 2013 ©Reuters Simon Kuper from COMMENT Apr 30, 2013

Professional sport enters 21st century

The announcement by a US basketball player that he is gay is a landmark that authorities must act on

©Matt Kenyon Edward Luce Edward Luce from COMMENT Apr 28, 2013

Obama’s manoeuvres lead to an impasse

The president’s achievable goals remain a matter of conjecture

Protesters hold placards during an anti-war rally near the US military base in Seoul, South Korea on Wednesday, April 17 2013. North Korea said it was open to talks, but not as long as the United States is "brandishing a nuclear stick," while Washington insisted that the burden for renewed negotiations now rests with Pyongyang ©AP From ASIA-PACIFIC Apr 27, 2013

US citizen faces trial in North Korea

State media says Kenneth Bae admits crimes against the state

Christopher Caldwell from COMMENT Apr 26, 2013

The consequences of immigration reform

Render citizenship shaky and we will find we are nearer old rules of belonging than we think

From UK Apr 26, 2013

Bill to introduce US-style plea bargains receives royal assent

Legislation for so-called deferred prosecution agreements approved

From EUROPE Apr 26, 2013

Mystery of Boston suspect’s Dagestan trip

Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s radicalisation is largely unexplained

From COMMENT Apr 25, 2013

US immigration: They have a dream

Obama is pushing to overhaul the system, giving some of the 11m illegal residents rights – and the country a boost

Gary Silverman Gary Silverman from COMMENT Apr 25, 2013

Fear not, Boston, this feeling will pass

It can take a moment of malice to awaken people to their own strengths

Apr 25, 2013

Boston suspects’ father to travel to US

Plan to bury elder son and ‘find out the truth’

Apr 25, 2013

More US cities join ‘no fossil fuel’ push

‘New apartheid’ disinvestment campaign gathers pace

Apr 21, 2013

Boston archbishop calls for tolerance

Cardinal O’Malley praises city’s community spirit in wake of marathon bombing

Apr 21, 2013

Brothers’ links to Chechnya were remote

Boston suspects born in Kyrgyzstan and never lived in Chechnya

From US POLITICS & POLICY Apr 21, 2013

Debate rages on Boston suspect’s trial

FBI under pressure over 2011 terror concerns

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