Shock Tactics | Part 5: The X26 | More power, more risk and a quiet exit for Taser’s best-selling product

September 22, 2017 | Featured, U.S. | 0 Comments

Part 5: The X26, Taser’s most powerful stun gun, was removed from the sales lineup in 2014. Behind the phase-out, a truth: The popular weapon …

Over 31,000 scientists say global warming is a total hoax

September 22, 2017 | Environment, Featured | 0 Comments

The scientific consensus, which includes over 9,000 scientists with Ph.D.s, supports the necessity of carbon dioxide and sheds light on the agenda of global warming, …

Distrustful U.S. allies force spy agency to back down in encryption fight

September 22, 2017 | Featured, Science & Technology, U.S. | 0 Comments

An international group of cryptography experts has forced the U.S. National Security Agency to back down over two data encryption techniques it wanted set as …

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Trump administration readies new order to replace travel ban: WSJ

Sep 22, 2017 | Politics, Top Stories

The Trump administration is preparing to replace its controversial travel ban with a new order tailored on a country-by-country basis but affecting slightly more than …

Trump questions Facebook action on ads in tweet about ‘Russia hoax’

Sep 22, 2017 | Politics, Top Stories

“The Russia hoax continues, now it’s ads on Facebook,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

A North Korea nuclear test over the Pacific? Logical, terrifying

Sep 22, 2017 | Top Stories, World

Detonating a nuclear-tipped missile over the Pacific Ocean would be a logical final step by North Korea to prove the success of its weapons program …

Hurricane Maria churns toward Turks and Caicos and leaves 32 dead

Sep 22, 2017 | Environment, Top Stories, World

Hurricane Maria churned toward the Turks and Caicos on Friday after lashing Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands with winds and rain that destroyed homes, …

White House seen easing limits on drone strikes: NY Times

Sep 22, 2017 | Top Stories

The Trump administration is preparing to relax Obama-era rules on drone strikes and commando raids, paving the way for more frequent operations against Islamic State …

Uber Banned in London After Sexual Assaults by Migrant Drivers Skyrocket

Sep 22, 2017 | Business, Top Stories, World

Uber has been banned in London partly in response to skyrocketing rapes by predominantly migrant drivers which the company did not report to police.

Defying Trump, Iran says will boost missile capabilities

Sep 22, 2017 | Top Stories, World

Iran will strengthen its missile capabilities and will not seek any country’s permission, President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday in a snub to demands from …

Silicon Valley giant Y Combinator to give people varied amounts of cash in latest basic income trial

Sep 22, 2017 | Business, Top Stories

Start-up accelerator Y Combinator plans to roll out its initial cash handout trial to thousands of people across two U.S. states.

Colorado City Abruptly Eliminates Police Chief Finalist for Supporting Immigration Enforcement

Sep 22, 2017 | Top Stories, U.S.

A highly qualified and respected veteran law enforcement official with impressive credentials was precipitously eliminated as a finalist to be police chief in a U.S. …

S&P inches up as nerves about healthcare, North Korea wane

Sep 22, 2017 | Business

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 9.64 points, or 0.04 percent, to 22,349.59, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 1.61 points, or 0.06 percent, to …

Special Report: Fighting Back — The Opioid Epidemic

Sep 22, 2017 | Health

We know there’s a problem. What can be done about it?

Rand Paul Hits Back At Trump Over Healthcare Criticism

Sep 22, 2017 | Politics

GOP Senator Rand Paul has said he will not budge his position on the latest healthcare bill being touted to replace Obamacare, despite the President …

Trump administration drops guidance on college sex-crime probes

Sep 22, 2017 | U.S.

The Trump administration on Friday reversed Obama-era guidelines on how colleges should handle sexual assault allegations that it said treated the accused unfairly.

Canada’s Trudeau sparks Star Wars/Star Trek spat with Chewbacca socks

Sep 22, 2017 | Entertainment

Justin Trudeau’s choice in socks sparked a light-hearted Twitter competition between the stars of Star Wars and Star Trek after the Canadian Prime Minister sported …

This North Carolina Family Farm is Growing Some of the Best Grits in the South

Sep 22, 2017 | Food & Wine, Home & Garden, Lifestyle

The life cycle of each bag of Jim Barkley’s extraordinary artisan grits can be measured in footsteps—from corn row to gristmill to cloth sack.

Tiger progressing but still no timetable for return

Sep 22, 2017 | Golf, Sports

Tiger Woods is not hitting full shots and has no timetable for his return to competitive golf after undergoing his fourth back surgery in April, …

North Korea may consider H-bomb test in Pacific, Kim calls Trump ‘deranged’

Sep 22, 2017 | World

North Korea said on Friday it might test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean after President Donald Trump vowed to destroy the reclusive country, …

Storm Maria pitches Puerto Rico barrio into sunken ‘Venice’

Sep 22, 2017 | Environment, U.S.

Wading through highways swamped by turbid waters that sloshed over scattered, sunken belongings, residents of this Puerto Rican barrio flooded by Hurricane Maria have begun …

Is America’s “giant debt factory” Federal Reserve setting us up for an economic nightmare?

Sep 21, 2017 | Opinion

Centralized economic planning cannot and will not ever replace genuine growth achieved via capitalism.

Distrustful U.S. allies force spy agency to back down in encryption fight

Sep 22, 2017 | Featured, Science & Technology, U.S.

An international group of cryptography experts has forced the U.S. National Security Agency to back down over two data encryption techniques it wanted set as …