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BEIRUT – Activists say militants led by al-Qaida’s branch in Syria are advancing in the northwestern province of Idlib after capturing a government stronghold. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees said Friday that the so-called Fatah Army has captured several villages near the town of …

The lights are going out on one of America’s counterterrorism programs. Intelligence officers and police may be in the dark about terrorists’ phone contacts in the U.S., even as they plot to strike us at home. The Islamic State threatened in April, “We will burn America.” Al Qaeda, its regional …

Case: Bartlett v. Strickland Date: Tuesday October 14, 2008 Issue: Whether a racial minority group that constitutes less than 50 percent of a proposed district’s population can state a vote dilution claim under Section 2 of the 1973 Voting Rights Act. Background: More than a century after the end of …