Department of Homeland Security cyber defense official to step down
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief of a Department of Homeland Security cyber organization tasked with protecting Internet infrastructure is stepping down, an agency official said Thursday.
Key U.S. lawmaker suggests openness to encryption legislation after Apple order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. lawmaker expressed a new willingness to support legislation establishing ground rules for when technology firms should grant authorities access to their products, after Apple Inc said it would fight a court order to…
N.J. man who faked New York Mets signatures pleads guilty to fraud
(Reuters) – A New Jersey man who forged signatures of New York Mets baseball officials, including Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Wilpon, as part of an illegal office equipment leasing scheme pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal wire fraud charge.
U.S. prosecutors to turn over records on 9/11 conspiracy suspects
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday they would turn over more than 1,000 pages of CIA documents to attorneys for five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.
Los Angeles sues developer of torched apartment for $20 million
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The city of Los Angeles filed a $20 million lawsuit on Thursday against the real estate developer behind a downtown apartment complex destroyed while under construction in a massive arson fire that engulfed an entire city block …
Los Angeles-area methane leak declared permanently sealed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An underground natural gas pipeline rupture that caused the largest-ever methane leak in California has been permanently capped, paving the way for thousands of displaced Los Angeles residents to return home, state regulators sa…
Puerto Rico may have better chance of Supreme Court win after Scalia death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Financially troubled Puerto Rico’s push for a debt restructuring program could get a lift from the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who was viewed as likely to oppose granting such relief in an upcoming U.S. Supreme Co…
New York City has 1,100 vacant lots amid affordable housing crisis: audit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City owns more than 1,100 vacant lots and has failed to act quickly enough to develop affordable housing on those properties, the city’s comptroller said on Thursday.
Illinois police step up patrols after Chicago highway shootings surge
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois State Police launched increased patrols on highways in the Chicago area and deployed undercover officers this week to try to stop a surge in shootings on expressways that traverse the city.
Obama announces historic Cuba visit, Republicans fume
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with dissidents when he makes a historic visit to Cuba next month, the White House said on Thursday, but Republicans complained that the trip would only lend legitimacy to the island’s…
