Judge Imposes Stricter Rules on Navy to Protect Marine Life
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A federal judge has ordered the Navy to adopt stringent new safeguards intended to improve protection of whales and dolphins during its sonar training exercises off Southern California.
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Lawyers for the city said the ruling exceeded the judgeâs authority and would harm efforts to deter terrorism.
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Conservationists on Wednesday blasted President Bush's decision to exempt the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using high-power sonar in its training off Southern California Â a practice they say harms whales and other marine mammals.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday ordered tougher oversight of private guards in Iraq, including tighter rules on the use of force, following deadly shootings involving U.S. security contractor Blackwater.
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By JESSICA VAN SACK  The tragedy of four fallen fishermen has become a rallying cry for politicians hoping to reform marine regulations they say threaten the lives of men at sea with too-restrictive limits on the number of days boats may head out.
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The U.S. military imposed tight restrictions on all personnel in Okinawa on Wednesday, limiting troops to bases, places or work or off-base housing, amid a furor over the arrest of Marine on suspicion of rape.
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Some believe that simpler rules may be more effective than computer models when it comes to protecting the environment.
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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Defense Department to stop requiring members of the armed forces to be vaccinated against anthrax without their consent.
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The U.S. Navy is adopting more aggressive tactics to counter piracy off the coast of Somalia, helping last week to make the area free of captured vessels for the first time since February, according to a senior U.S. Navy commander in the region.
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The U.S. military in Okinawa ordered its members and their families on Wednesday to restrict their movements after the arrest last week of a Marine on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl.
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The Navy can use high-power sonar during exercises off the Southern California coast, despite the technology's threat to whales and other marine mammals, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
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Congress was poised to pass a bill Saturday to revamp management of the nation's marine fisheries and strengthen protections against overfishing of dwindling stocks.
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WASHINGTON A federal judge ordered the Defense Department to stop requiring members of the armed forces to be vaccinated against anthrax without their consent.
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A federal judge struck down President Bush's authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutional and vague, according to a ruling released Tuesday.
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A judge has struck down Delaware's two-year ban on harvesting horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, saying the crustaceans' population is healthy enough to allow a limited harvest.
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In a major criminal law decision, a  closely divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that  federal judges no longer must follow the long-criticized  sentencing guidelines in effect since 1987.
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In a victory for environmentalists, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Bush administration cannot change the standards commercial fisheries must meet before the tuna they catch can carry the "dolphin-safe" label.