Law Would Let Police Search Your Phone After Accidents
Imagine getting into a minor fender bender on the way to work. After checking your license and registration, the police officer on the scene starts rifling through your phone, checking your most recent text messages and your call log, all ...
Supreme Court Rules that Synthetic Genes Can Be Patented, Natural Genes Cannot
Shares of diagnostic test maker Myriad Genetics Inc. jumped Thursday after the Supreme Court issued a mixed ruling in a case involving the company’s patents on genes at the center of its proprietary tests for increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
Myriad, based ...
Red Line Crossed: U.S. Officials Confirm Syrian Chemical-Weapons Use
American officials confirmed Thursday that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against rebel groups in the country’s two-year civil war, setting the stage for U.S. military assistance to opposition fighters and potential intervention.
The development, announced Thursday by Deputy National Security Adviser ...
Defiant Gezi Park Protesters Keep Turkish P.M. Erdogan at Bay
Two weeks into nationwide anti-government protests, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan finally met with demonstrators’ representatives late on Thursday night in an apparent bid to seek compromise on a controversial plan to redevelop a center city park that sparked the ...
Jeb Bush Talks Up Immigration, “Non-Traditional” Families At Conservative Confab
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush turned a lot of heads Friday when he said immigrants in the United States are “more fertile,” but the real shockwaves are being felt in the conservative movement after Bush delivered a defense of immigration ...
23 Possible Jurors to Return in Zimmerman Case
Nearly two dozen potential jurors interviewed individually by prosecutors and George Zimmerman’s defense attorneys during the past week were told Friday to return to a Florida courthouse next week for further questioning.
Judge Debra Nelson told the 23 jury candidates on ...
The End of the Rainbow: The Intelligence-Industrial Complex
The Edward Snowden-National Security Agency leak case raises anew the balance between means and ends that has been simmering on the back burner of the nation’s consciousness for a decade or so.
The terror attacks of 9/11 generated a predictable push ...
ESPN Discovers Sports Fans Don’t Care About 3D TV After All
”ESPN’s commitment to 3D is a win for fans and our business partners,” said Bodenheimer. “ESPN 3D marries great content with new technology to enhance the fan’s viewing experience and puts ESPN at the forefront of the next big ...
Snowden Treads Fine Line as He Vows to Fight Extradition From Hong Kong
National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower Edward Snowden spoke out for the first time since disappearing from his Hong Kong hotel to hail the city’s residents and praise its legal institutions. Speaking exclusively to the South China Morning Post, the former CIA contractor, who ...
CIA Deputy Director Morell Steps Down
CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell, who managed the resignation of CIA chief David Petraeus over an extramarital affair and defended the agency’s performance over the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, retired Wednesday.
“While I have given everything I ...