Exclusive: FBI probes FDIC hack linked to China’s military – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI is investigating how hackers infiltrated computers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for several years beginning in 2010 in a breach senior FDIC officials believe was sponsored by China’s military, people with …
CIA chief warns against in-kind retaliation for Russian hacking: NPR
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan has warned the U.S. government against a tit-for-tat response to Russian hacking during the presidential election.
Suspect arrested road-rage shooting of toddler in Arkansas
(Reuters) – Police have arrested a 33-year-old Arkansas man suspected of fatally shooting a three-year-old boy on Saturday in what is believed to have been an act of road rage, officials said on Friday.
Exclusive: Chinese education giant helps its students game the SAT
LONDON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – When the new SAT was given for the first time in March, the owner of the test took unprecedented steps to stop “bad actors” from collecting and circulating material from the all-important college entrance exam.
Mistrial declared in corruption case against ex-Los Angeles sheriff
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A federal judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the obstruction of justice case against former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, ruling that jurors were hopelessly deadlocked, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office sai…
Passenger removed from flight after confrontation with Ivanka Trump
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A JetBlue airline passenger, who media outlets and a witness described as making angry remarks at the sight of Ivanka Trump on his flight, was removed from the plane on Thursday by the airline.
Blacks arrested in Colorado at three times the population rate
DENVER (Reuters) – African-American men and women in Colorado were disproportionately arrested or issued citations last year, and were more likely to be sentenced to prison than other racial groups, according to a state-commissioned study released on T…
New Jersey man groped woman on flight, then wrote apology note: prosecutors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey man groped a woman during a transcontinental flight and then apologized in a pair of notes in which he acknowledged his actions were “stupid,” U.S. authorities said on Thursday.
Uber takes self-driving cars to Arizona after California demands permit
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday removed its self-driving test cars from California and put them on trucks bound for Arizona, shuttering the autonomous vehicle project in its home state after a week-long battle with regulator…
Florida court ruling may spare scores on death row from execution
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The Florida Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for scores of death row inmates to receive new sentencing hearings, while denying such relief in older cases, in a set of rulings likely to fuel the U.S. debate about fairnes…
