Future of U.S. solar threatened in nationwide fight over incentives
Los Angeles (Reuters) – Two sun-drenched U.S. states have lately come to very different conclusions on a controversial solar power incentive essential to the industry’s growth.
Apple lawyer, FBI director face off in Congress on iPhone encryption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI Director James Comey told a congressional panel on Tuesday that a final court ruling forcing Apple Inc to give the FBI data from an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters would be “potentially precedential” in other cases where the agency might request similar cooperation from technology companies.
U.S. women far more likely than men to be poor in retirement, research shows
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women in the United States are 80 percent more likely than men to fall into poverty once they retire because they earned less than men on the job, took time off for their families and tend to live longer, researc…
Tampa Bay Rays to play in Havana during Obama visit
HAVANA (Reuters) – The Tampa Bay Rays will become the first Major League Baseball franchise to play in Havana since 1999 when they face Cuba’s national team in an exhibition this month coinciding with a historic visit by U.S. President Barack Obama.
U.S. military invites vetted experts to ‘Hack the Pentagon’
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would invite vetted outside hackers to test the cybersecurity of some public U.S. Defense Department websites as part of a pilot project next month, in the first-ever such program offered by t…
At least four hurt when possible tornado tears through Alabama
(Reuters) – At least four people were hurt and dozens of homes damaged when a possible tornado swept through Alabama late on Tuesday, forecasters and local officials said.
San Francisco sheriff deputies charged for ‘Fight Club’ duels
(Reuters) – Three San Francisco sheriff’s deputies were charged with arranging “Fight Club” duels between jail inmates, and one of the deputies made prisoners gamble for food, clothing and bedding, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Pentagon needs data security, strong encryption: U.S. defense chief
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday underscored the U.S. military’s support for data security and strong encryption as he asked top U.S. technology sector entrepreneurs and innovators to play a larger role in national secu…
More than a third of people shot by LAPD in 2015 mentally ill: report
(Reuters) – More than a third of people hit by Los Angeles police officers’ gunfire last year had indications of mental illness, double the prior year, according to a report on the use of force released on Tuesday by the Los Angeles Police Department.
Lead still found in some Flint, Michigan, water: governor
(Reuters) – Five months after Flint, Michigan, changed its water supply due to problems with lead contamination and discolored drinking water, nearly 9 percent of the city’s sites tested for lead in the water continue to exceed federally acceptable lim…
