TSA Cracks Down on Mobiles
Electronic devices that don't switch on won't be allowed on the plane at certain overseas airports, following security concerns regarding direct flights into the U.S. this week
The Brief
Fewer Deportations
1,669 immigrant minors were deported or turned away at the border in 2013, down from 8,143 in 2008, a significant drop during Obama's terms
Shark Attack in California
A swimmer bit Saturday by a 7-foot-long great white says he was staring at the shark "eyeball-to-eyeball with its teeth on the side of [his] rib cage"
Ukraine's Lawless Warzones Recede
A sense of law and accountability begins to come back to some of the war-torn areas of eastern Ukraine as pro-Russian rebels flee the towns that served for months as their chaotic bastions
Star Wars: Episode VII Adds Two Cast Members
The new actors came to Lucasfilm and Disney through a massive open call that drew 37,000 people, the production company announced, ahead of a two-week production hiatus to accommodate Harrison Ford's leg injury
Israel Makes Arrests for Palestinian Murder
Six Israeli suspects were arrested for burning alive a 16-year-old Palestinian teen, a suspected "revenge" killing after three Israeli teens were found dead in the West Bank
Leaked Video Shows Pistorius Reenactment
Video commissioned by athlete's legal team shows him going through the motions of what he says happened the night that he shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steekamp
A Grass Case of Emotion: Djokovic Wins
Serb star Novak Djokovic won his second Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam Sunday, denying Roger Federer what would have been a record-setting win by outlasting the Swiss player in five sets
Video Purportedly Shows Extremist Leader in Iraq
A man purporting to be the leader of a Sunni extremist group has made what would be his first public appearance, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, according to a video posted online Saturday
NSA's Surveillance Catches Mostly Regular Folks
Nine out of 10 people ensnared by the NSA's online spying operation were average Internet users — many of whom were U.S. citizens — instead of legally targeted foreigners, a report says
22 Dead in Attacks on Kenyan Coast
Overnight attacks by gunmen in two counties on the Kenyan coast, where al-Qaida-linked militants last month claimed responsibility for killing 65 people, resulted in 22 deaths, the Red Cross said Sunday
Rain Dampens Hollywood’s Reign on July 4 Weekend Sales
Hollywood executives blame the weekend's stormy weather for why new movies earned the lowest revenue in recent memory for a July 4 weekend, normally a big weekend for film releases: this year box office sales were down 44% from last year
