The Daily Fix: TSA’s New Phone Rules, Djokovic’s Wimbledon Win, Miami Woman’s 812 ‘Immigrant Orphans’
Mon, 07 Jul 2014 07:55:59 PDT
The Transportation Security Administration said yesterday that some passengers on foreign flights into the United States may be asked to turn on cell phones and electronic devices to show they’re not explosives.
In a short announcement, the TSA said powerless devices will not be allowed on airplanes. These security measures will focus mainly on flights from Europe and the Middle East.
One Homeland Security officer told CNN these changes are the result of new intelligence that suggests terror groups may be trying to build “new types of improvised explosives that are harder to detect.”
While the TSA increases security measures, it’s worth remembering that many people, including Secretary of State John Kerry, believe that poverty is a root cause of terrorism. Antipoverty measures may be an equally important strategy for combating terrorism.
In other news...
Arrests in Israel: Six Jewish suspects have been arrested in connection with the death of a 16-year-old Palestinian teen. The youth was thought to be killed in retaliation for the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli hitchhikers. (via Time)
Djokovic Takes the Trophy: Novak Djokovic won the Wimbledon tennis tournament yesterday, defeating Roger Federer. (via The Guardian)
Are You My Mother? Because surrogacy is illegal in many countries, a growing number of foreign couples are having children through surrogate mothers in the United States. (via The New York Times)
Boston Bomber’s Friend in Court: As a friend of the Boston bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, goes to court this week, another has been charged with obstructing justice. (via NBC News)
Screwed: Lawsuits show that some California doctors massively overcharged thousands of injured workers when implanting counterfeit screws and rods in their bodies. (via CIR)
“La Gran Madre”: A Miami woman is the legal guardian to 812 “immigration orphans”—U.S. citizens whose parents have been deported. (via The Washington Post)
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