| Why government leakers leak Posted: 07 Jun 2017 01:56 PM PDT ![Why government leakers leak]( "Why government leakers leak") The government contractor felt the secretly copied information was explosive. Perhaps it would be the subject of important congressional hearings. Is this about Reality Leigh Winner, the National Security Agency contractor charged this week with leaking a document on Russian hacking to The Intercept?
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| Terror in Tehran: Could attacks change Iran's stance on ISIS? Posted: 07 Jun 2017 12:40 PM PDT ![Terror in Tehran: Could attacks change Iran's stance on ISIS?]( "Terror in Tehran: Could attacks change Iran's stance on ISIS?") Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked two of the most significant symbols of the Islamic Republic of Iran Wednesday, killing 12 people in Tehran as they raided the parliament building and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran's 1979 revolution. Despite its critical role bolstering local forces to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria, Iran has been virtually immune to the insecurity and ISIS attacks that have plagued the region, from Libya to Afghanistan. Recommended: How much do you know about Islam and violence?
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| In Labour-friendly Wales, the trials of Europe's center-left made plain Posted: 07 Jun 2017 12:29 PM PDT ![In Labour-friendly Wales, the trials of Europe's center-left made plain]( "In Labour-friendly Wales, the trials of Europe's center-left made plain") Brendan Toomey easily held his local council seat for the Labour party in this former mining town in southern Wales for nearly two decades – winning four elections in a row. Ultimately he lost his seat as leader of the Merthyr Tydfil council – a blow not just for the bespectacled former official and firefighter, but for a party whose identity is wrapped up in this town. Labour's founder Keir Hardie held his seat as MP here until he died in 1915.
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| Maine's most mysterious catch Posted: 07 Jun 2017 12:01 PM PDT ![Maine's most mysterious catch]( "Maine's most mysterious catch") At 1 a.m., Julie Keene tucked her red hair under a baseball cap, pulled waders over her cammies, and invaded the Union River to see if she had caught elvers. Adam Boutin, her partner of 23 years and a fellow fisherman, loped easily over the rocks and got to the net first. Keene is a veteran elver fisher, one of only 425 Mainers, aside from native tribes, who can legally harvest the mysterious juvenile eels.
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