http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national RSS Feed for KBAK - News - National & World en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:06:50 GMT http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/3-accused-of-holding-woman-as-slave-212143271.html A woman told authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes and pit bulls. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/FBI-ends-hunt-for-ex-Teamster-boss-Hoffas-remains-212160111.html he excavation of a rural field in suburban Detroit has failed to turn up the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, the FBI announced Wednesday, adding another unsuccessful chapter to a nearly 40-year-old mystery. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/Senator-IRS-set-to-pay-70-million-in-employee-bonuses-212141771.html The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/Obama-renews-calls-for-nuclear-reductions-212143881.html Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time." http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/Social-issues-still-fire-up-GOP-despite-2012-loss-212141571.html Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/Obama-Lives-have-been-saved-by-NSA-programs-212134641.html Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/Tornado-spotted-near-Denver-airport-terminal-212098171.html A tornado warning for Denver International Airport is over and no damage has been reported. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/-Chimp-attack-victim-not-allowed-to-sue-state-for-150M-212075181.html A woman disfigured by a friend's pet chimpanzee in 2009 plans to appeal a decision denying her permission to sue the state for $150 million on her claim that officials knew the chimp was dangerous but didn't do anything about it, her attorney told The Associated Press on Tuesday. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/Brazil-lawmakers-approve-legislation-to-treat-homosexuality-as-a-disorder-212081061.html A Brazilian congressional human rights committee on Thursday approved legislation that would allow psychologists to treat homosexuality as a disorder or pathology. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/Biden-vows-to-beat-the-gun-lobby-and-pass-laws-212028591.html A scrappy Vice President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to "beat the gun lobby" by ultimately passing stronger firearm laws and said some lawmakers who voted against background checks have privately told him they want another chance.