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A federal judge handed civil liberties groups a landmark victory Monday, issuing an injunction against the National Security Agency’s phone surveillance program in a scathing ruling that labeled the agency’s actions “almost-Orwellian” and unconstitutional. Under the program, the NSA collects ...

Demonstrating that the US Government believes the electric grid is truly vulnerable, government officials will take part in a drill Wednesday and Thursday to simulate what would happen if the power grid is down for several months – a scenario ...

An initiative that would have made Washington state the first to require the labeling of genetically modified (GMO) food appears headed for defeat, a stunning turnaround for a proposal that led in polls by double digits just a month ago. ...

President Obama knew millions of Americans would lose their health insurance policies under his signature health care law but continued saying they would not throughout the law’s rollout, including during the 2012 presidential campaign. That’s according to an investigation by ...

Just when it seemed Missouri and the US federal government were going to have a showdown over gun laws, the state senate backed down. By the slimmest of margins, the Missouri Senate Wednesday failed to override the governor’s veto of ...

The usage of solar power is growing around the world, and that includes the remote jungles of Burma. The leader of a humanitarian worker in Burma tells Off the Grid News that without solar power, his work would be much ...

In a study that is sure to boost the claims of GMO critics, rootworms apparently have grown resistant to genetically modified corn in Illinois fields. “It’s very alarming,” said Joe Spencer, an insect behaviorist with the Illinois Natural History Survey. ...

The California wildfire that has burned 134,000 acres also has threatened San Francisco’s power and water supply, demonstrating once again the vulnerability of the nation’s power grid. The wildfire is about 150 miles to the east of San Francisco – ...

President Obama says the federal government is not spying on Americans, but one of his former aides disagrees. Obama appeared on NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” Tuesday and defended the National Security Agency’s surveillance program. “There is no ...

As the outbreak of cyclospora tops 450 in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has linked the illness in two of the states to a salad mix processed in Mexico, although it is still unsure of the ...