Three Al-Jazeera English journalists were convicted in Egypt on terrorism charges in a trial that was politically motivated. They have been detained for 177 days and will now serve seven years in prison in a decision that has outraged human rights groups. WORLD -2
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is receiving bipartisan Congressional support for his proposed amendment to block email and phone call searches without warrants. The amendment would stop giving the Department of Defense money for backdoor access to Internet companies like Google. CINCINNATI +1
Anthropologists found a mass grave of migrants in a cemetery in southern Texas while attempting to identify what they thought would be 52 bodies. The bodies, which were found in trash bags, were of migrants who died while trying to cross the border. WORLD -2
The largest cave-in in Cincinnati in at least 10 years that trapped a Metro bus last week will be an eyesore and an inconvenience for a month until it is fixed. The sinkhole, which spans 15 feet near Vine and Shields streets, impacts parking for the zoo. CINCINNATI -1
After initially sentencing her to hang, the Sudan government released a Sudanese mother jailed for illegally marrying a Christian. The woman, who gave birth while in prison, supposedly “abandoned” the Muslim faith because her father was Muslim. WORLD +2
THIS WEEK
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This article appears in Jun 25 – Jul 1, 2014.