civil rights

A military judge on Monday dismissed two of the most serious charges against the only officer charged with abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison after an investigator acknowledged he failed to read the defendant his rights.

WASHINGTON - Claiming that federal investigators are missing key information on terrorists because of an outdated spying law, the top U.S. intelligence official called on lawmakers on Tuesday to revamp the foreign surveillance act and make it easier to eavesdrop on non-citizens in the U.S. with suspected links to terrorism.

CHICAGO - Activists are demanding an investigation into the treatment of a severely brain-damaged girl whose growth was deliberately stunted to make it easier for her parents to care for her at home.