Police Investigate Anti-Muslim Motive in Fire at London Somali Center

Right-wing English Nationalist Group took to streets after soldier Lee Rigby was killed

2013-06-05

By Laura Smith-Spark CNN

Lee RigbyPolice are investigating whether anti-Muslim sentiments were behind a fire early Wednesday that left a Somali community center in north London badly damaged. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Three Detained in Mexico After 12 Youths Go Missing

The 12 youths were allegedly kidnapped from a bar in Mexico City

2013-06-05

By Mariano Castillo and Arturo Ascensión CNN

Police in Mexico City have detained three people in the mysterious disappearance of 12 people from a nightclub, the city's attorney general said. Read the complete article

Obama Nominates Three to Bench, Courts Political Fight

Government sources: Move will force Republicans to try and launch risky filibuster in the Senate

2013-06-04

Bill Mears CNN Supreme Court Producer

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama nominated three Washington lawyers on Tuesday to fill seats on a high-profile appeals court, launching a political fight with Republicans over his legacy and over Senate confirmation authority. Read the complete article

Military Chiefs Oppose Removing Commanders from Sexual Assault Probes

Defense Department reporting an estimated 26,000 cases of unwanted sexual contact in 2012

2013-06-04

Eliott C. McLaughlin CNN

(CNN) -- Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force chiefs expressed opposition Tuesday to removing the chain of command from sexual assault investigations, as Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said there may be public confusion about the military's reporting process. Read the complete article

U.S. Steps Up Natural Gas Exports

There's every indication that the pace of export licenses will quicken

2013-06-04

Steve Hargreaves CNN Money

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The United States will soon start exporting more of its energy bounty. That's making oil and gas companies happy, American manufacturers nervous, and some environmentalists livid. Read the complete article

Wal-Mart's Low Wages Cost Taxpayers

Dozens of Wal-Mart workers are protesting outside the company's annual meeting

2013-06-04

Emily Jane Fox CNN Money

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Amy Stiett works as a cashier making $10 an hour at the Wal-Mart store in Placerville, Calif. Read the complete article

Bill Would Let Sandy Hook Families Withhold Crime-Scene Photos, Documents

Media representatives: Bill would limit the Freedom of Information Act

2013-06-04

Mayra Cuevas CNN

(CNN) -- Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is considering legislation that would let families of victims in the Sandy Hook school shooting block release of some crime-scene documents. Read the complete article

Egypt Sentences American NGO Workers to Jail

The workers were accused of having illegal foreign funding

2013-06-04

Josh Levs and Saad Abedine CNN

(CNN) -- An Egyptian court sentenced several dozen workers for non-governmental organizations, including Americans, to jail Tuesday in a case that has infuriated the U.S. government and democratic activists around the world. Read the complete article

US Offers Multi-Million Dollar Rewards for Capture of ‘African militants’

The highest sum is reserved for Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau: Up to $7 million

2013-06-04

CNN Staff

(CNN) -- A U.S. State Department initiative that has yielded valuable intelligence by paying out large sums of money has set its sights on terror groups in North and West Africa. Read the complete article

Floods Bring Misery to Central Europe

The floods are feared to be the worst since 2002

2013-06-04

Ivana Kottasova, Frederik Pleitgen and Laura Smith-Spark CNN

MEISSEN, Germany (CNN) -- Rising rivers menaced swaths of Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria Tuesday, as floodwaters inundated historic cities and forced mass evacuations of low-lying areas. Read the complete article