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world&nation WORLD Kenya arrests politician over gun attacks
Court protects cellphone privacy By Lawrence Hurley Reuters
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that police officers usually need a warrant before they can search the cellphone of an arrested suspect, a major decision in favor of privacy rights at a time of increasing concern over government encroachment in digital communications. In an opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court said there are some emergency situations in which a warrantless search would be permitted. But the unanimous 9-0 ruling goes against law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, which wanted more latitude to search without having to obtain a warrant. Iraq insurgents “We cannot deny that our seize oilfields, decision today will have an impact on the ability of hit air base law enforcement to combat BAGHDAD — Militants crime,” Roberts wrote, addattacked one of Iraq’s largest ing that the right to privacy air bases and seized control “comes at a cost.” of several small oilfields on Roberts acknowledged Wednesday as U.S. special the unique nature of cellforces troops and intelphones in contemporary life, ligence analysts arrived to noting that “the proverbial help Iraqi security forces visitor from Mars might counter a mounting Sunni conclude they were an insurgency. important feature of human Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri anatomy.” al-Maliki, who is fighting “The fact that technology for his job and is under now allows an individual to international pressure to carry such information in his create a more inclusive gov- hand does not make the inernment, said he supported formation any less worthy of starting the process of forming a new cabinet within a week. In northern Iraq the Sunni militants extended a twoweek advance that has been ACLU: Police led by the hardline Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant ‘dangerously’ militarized but also includes an amalgam of other Sunni groups Police SWAT teams angered by Maliki’s rule. are forcing their way into They blame Maliki for homes, often using explosive marginalizing their sect devices, simply to serve drug during eight years in power. possession search warrants The fighting threatens to in tactics that a leading rupture the country two and civil rights groups said on a half years after the end of Tuesday treated civilians as U.S. occupation. wartime enemies. U.S. Secretary of State The American Civil John Kerry pressed Iraqi of- Liberties Union said federal ficials to form an “inclusive” government programs that government during a visit armed police “with the this week and urged leaders weapons and tactics of war” of the autonomous Kurdish had led forces across the region to stand with BaghUnited States to become undad against the onslaught. necessarily and dangerously militarized. “The use of hyper-aggresAt least 21 killed sive tools and tactics results in rush-hour blast in tragedy for civilians and in Nigerian capital police officers, escalates the risk of needless violence, ABUJA — At least 21 destroys property and underpeople were killed when mines individual liberties,” a suspected bomb tore the ACLU said in a report. through a crowded shopIt said police forces set ping district in the Nigerian up special weapons and capital Abuja during rush tactics units initially to face hour on Wednesday, police emergencies such as hostage said, adding to the toll of situations and active-shooter thousands killed in attacks scenarios. this year. It was not immediately U.S. courts back clear who was responsible gay marriage in for the blast and no one claimed responsibility. How- Utah, Indiana ever, militant Islamist group Boko Haram has increasDENVER — A U.S. apingly targeted civilians in its peals court ruled on Wednesbloody five-year insurgency. day that conservative Utah The suspected bomb may not ban gay couples would be Abuja’s third in from marrying, a decision three months and comes as that capped a day of victories the Nigerian government for same-sex nuptials and and military face rising pub- nudges the issue closer to the lic anger over their inability U.S. Supreme Court. to protect citizens from daily The ruling by a panel of gun and bomb attacks across the U.S. Court of Appeals for Africa’s most populous the Denver-based 10th Circountry. cuit marked the first time that — From wire reports a regional appeals court has MOMBASA, Kenya — Kenyan police on Wednesday arrested an opposition politician who is a county governor in connection with gun attacks in his area that killed about 65 people, the government and police said. “Lamu (County) Governor Issa Timamy arrested over recent violence and deaths in the Mpeketoni area to appear in court tomorrow, Thursday,” the presidential State House said on Twitter. “It’s true. We have him with us,” Mombasa County police chief Robert Kitur told Reuters. Lamu County is north of Mombasa County, home to the country’s main port.
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PEOPLE Eli Wallach, prolific character actor, dies at 98
WASHINGTON — Eli Wallach, an early practitioner of “method acting” who made a lasting impression as the scuzzy bandit Tuco in the film “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” died on Tuesday at the age of 98. Wallach appeared on the big screen well into his 90s in such films as Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer,” and Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street” sequel, as well as on the stage in more than two dozen Broadway shows. “It’s what I wanted to do Numerous news crews await outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday. all my life,” Wallach said The court ruled that police officers usually need a warrant before they can search the of his work in an interview cellphone of an arrested suspect. (Reuters) in 2010. Theater marquees on the protection for which the “This stops that practice.” Justice Department Broadway will be dimmed (country’s) Founders fought. The implications may spokeswoman Ellen Canale on Friday for one minute in Our answer to the quesbe limited by the fact that said the government would memory of Wallach, whose tion of what police must do police can benefit from ensure federal law enforce- first love was the stage. before searching a cellphone new technology: it is now ment agents complied with seized incident to an arrest is possible to obtain a warrant the ruling. Chris Brown accordingly simple — get a more quickly using mobile The court was considerrejects plea deal warrant,” Roberts wrote. devices to send the request. ing two separate cases pitThe ruling could have The ruling could hamper ting evolving expectations of in assault case a major impact in some law enforcement when there privacy against the interests WASHINGTON — jurisdictions because law en- is a need to gather inforof the law enforcement comforcement agencies have in- mation from a cellphone munity as the justices for the Grammy-winning R&B creasingly made cellphones immediately because of an first time weighed the ubiq- singer Chris Brown rejected a no-jail plea deal searches a top priority when ongoing criminal enterprise, uitous role of cellphones in on Wednesday in his misa suspect is arrested, said said Robert Mintz, a former modern life. demeanor assault case and Bronson James, a criminal federal prosecutor. “There A Reuters/Ipsos opinion will go to trial on Sept. 8. defense attorney in Portland, could be circumstances poll found 60.7 percent of Brown, 25, had failed Ore. when news of an arrest can people surveyed said police to agree to the no-jail plea “Police wanted the data travel quickly and time should not be allowed to on the cellphones because it could be of the essence,” he search cellphones without a accord by a noon deadline, attorneys at a District of was so expansive,” he said. said. warrant. Columbia Superior Court hearing said. The deal since May 15, about 15,000 would have sentenced him to time already served. more than the 285,000 proThe “Turn Up the Mujected visitors, officials said, sic” singer was charged citing a 5 percent increase. The museum is the culmi- with misdemeanor assault after Parker Adams, 20, nation of eight years’ work designing exhibits, collecting claimed Brown and his bodyguard Chris Hollosy artifacts and settling disputes punched him and broke over how best to document the day in 2001 when hijacked his nose when he tried to jump into a photo outside a planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pen- Washington hotel in October 2013. tagon and an open field near Hollosy was convicted Shanksville, Penn., killing and is appealing. nearly 3,000 people. From left, plaintiffs Derek Kitchen and Moudi Sbeity and Kate Call and Karen Archer talk outside the courthouse after a federal appeals court heard oral arguments on a Utah state law forbidding same sex marriage in Denver in an April 10. A U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday that conservative Utah may not ban gay couples from marrying. (Reuters)
Economy shrinks Lucas picks in first quarter, Chicago for but growing again museum location
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy contracted at a much steeper pace in the first quarter than previously estimated, turning in one of its worst-ever non-recession performances, but growth already appears to have rebounded strongly. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday gross domestic product fell at a 2.9 percent annual rate, the sharpest decline in five years, instead of the 1.0 percent pace it had reported last month. “It’s a scary report. It Minnesota teen sounds worrisome, but keep detailed school in mind job growth is running 200,000 each of the last attack plans in four months, so we aren’t police interview just whistling in the dark MINNEAPOLIS — A More people visit in our optimism over the southern Minnesota teen acoutlook,” said Chris Rupkey, Sept. 11 museum chief financial economist at cused of planning an attack at his high school described than expected Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi to police in detail his plans to UFJ in New York. kill his family and set a fire NEW YORK — The The economy was held to distract first responders number of visitors to the Na- back by an unusually cold before detonating explosives tional September 11 Memo- winter, the expiration of at his school in Waseca. rial & Museum in New York long-term unemployment John David LaDue, 17, since it opened last month benefits and cuts to food told investigators in late has exceeded expectations as stamps, which curbed conApril he planned to attack thousands more people flock sumer spending. It was also the school sometime before to the site, museum officials weighed down by a slowthe end of the school year said on Wednesday. down in the pace of restockand believed he was menMore than 300,000 people ing by businesses. tally ill, audio recordings have visited the museum — From wire reports made such a decision in the year since the Supreme Court made the federal government extend benefits to legally married same-sex couples. The decision came as a federal district judge in Indiana joined a growing chorus of jurists who have struck down state gay marriage bans as unconstitutional in rulings that could substantially expand U.S. gay marriage rights if upheld.
of the interviews released by the Minnesota courts on Tuesday showed. LaDue told investigators he planned to set off a pressure cooker bomb in the hallway at the high school, similar to the ones used in the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, and would set off a second bomb as people fled. Then he would continue the attack, he said. “My plans were to enter and throw Molotov cocktails and pipe bombs and destroy everyone and when the SWAT comes, I would destroy myself,” LaDue said in an April 29 interview.
Chicago has been selected by “Star Wars” filmmaker George Lucas as the home of his “storytelling museum” that will feature the director’s collection of paintings, illustrations and digital art, Lucas and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Tuesday. Chicago beat out San Francisco and Los Angeles as host city for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which will present the history and evolution of the visual images. “George Lucas has revolutionized the art of storytelling over the last four decades and we are honored to be the recipient of this incredible legacy investment that will allow everyone to learn about and experience narrative arts,” Emanuel said in a statement. The museum will feature valuable artworks by the likes of Norman Rockwell, John Tenniel and Maxfield Parrish. The museum’s board will vote on Wednesday to approve Chicago as its new home. — From wire reports
Chinese millionaire holds lunch for homeless New Yorkers By Victoria Cavaliere Reuters
NEW YORK — A wealthy Chinese businessman who once tried to buy the New York Times offered a free lunch of seared tuna and filet mignon to several hundred homeless New Yorkers at a swank Central Park restaurant on Wednesday. Chen Guangbiao, who made his fortune in the recycling business, took out newspaper
claring him “the world’s greatest philanthropist.” He announced to applause and advertisements last week inviting cheers he would hand out $300 “poor and destitute Americans” to each of the guests and also to lunch in the park. introduced a self-immolation Several hundred people survivor whose medical treatshowed up for the lunch and ment he paid for. Chen entertained them by sing“If you have a river (of wealth) ing “We Are the World,” the you better know how to share it 1985 charity hit song to fund with other people,” Chen said. African famine relief, and a “We are one big happy family in ceremony in which Chen was the world.” presented with a certificate deDiners were seated around
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dozens of round tables covered with white table cloths and set with china and fine cutlery in the banquet room of the Loeb Boathouse, backdrop for such films as “When Harry Met Sally” and television shows including “Sex and the City.” Standing on the periphery were dozens of Chinese nationals in green uniforms. Chris Weber, 38, said he heard about the event at the New York City Rescue Mission — a
homeless shelter that helped organize the event and where he sometimes receive free dinners. He said he enjoyed the lunch but found it “a little propaganda-y.” “It’s a nice gesture but I’m guessing he also has a motive,” he said. Chen, 46, had tried this year to buy the New York Times but the Ochs-Sulzberger family, which has owned the newspaper for generations, said it was not for sale.