Robert Gates, the former defense secretary under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, warned at a conference in Washington that the seductive power and precision of armed drones had led many in the White House and Congress to view war as a “bloodless, painless and odorless” affair.
Bill Clinton, the former president, said after being honored with a Centennial Medal during the Harvard School of Public Health’s 100th-year celebration that the way to tackle global health challenges is through “networks of cooperation” that rely on the resources and talents of a wide range of groups and individuals.
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, a nine-term lawmaker and the chairman of the House Rules Committee, denied reports that he told President Barack Obama, “I cannot stand to even look at you,” at a private White House meeting with Republican lawmakers during the 16-day partial government shutdown.
Vitali Klitschko, 42, a heavyweight boxing champion and top Ukrainian opposition leader, says he will run for the ex-Soviet state’s presidency in 2015.
David Herman, 77, a retired New York radio personality, was charged in a sting operation on accusations of trying to transport a 7-year-old girl to the U.S. Virgin Islands for sex and was arrested at the St.Croix airport, where federal prosecutors say he expected to meet the girl and her mother.
Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., who worked as an emergency-room physician, relied on his medical background to aid a woman who suffered a medical emergency during a flight to Dallas.
Farryn Johnson, 25, who is black, alleges she was fired from the Baltimore Inner Harbor Hooters’ restaurant for having an “unnatural” hair color, a reference to her blond highlights, according to a complaint filed with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights.
Marco Roldan, a Missouri judge, said he is waiting to see whether the Legislature will change the rules for nursing mothers before deciding whether he should hold Laura Trickle in contempt of court for refusing to leave her 7-month-old son at home while she was on jury duty.
Dipak Desai, 63, a former Las Vegas endoscopy clinic owner, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 18 years, after his criminal convictions in a 2007 hepatitis-C outbreak that was traced to his clinics and is believed to be one of the largest in the U.S.
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