House panel leader seeks answers on NSA eavesdropping

House panel leader seeks answers on NSA eavesdropping

WASHINGTON (AP) – The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday his committee will look into a report the U.S. spied on the Israeli prime minister and in the process swept up communications with members of Congress.

Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California told the Associated Press that he's asked the director of National Intelligence and the head of the National Security Agency to come to Capitol Hill next week to brief lawmakers on the matter.

Bill Cosby faces criminal sex-assault charge in Pennsylvania
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Bill Cosby faces criminal sex-assault charge in Pennsylvania

Associated Press

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago — the first criminal charges brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as America's Dad.

The case sets the stage for perhaps the biggest Hollywood celebrity trial of the mobile-all-the-time era and could send the 78-year-old Cosby to prison in the twilight of his life and barrier-breaking career.

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