Monthly Archives: November 2016

WASHINGTON — Congress had six months to debate granting President-elect Donald Trump’s FBI new legal powers to hack millions of computers, and Republican leaders objected to doing so on Wednesday. That means that starting Thursday, a Department of Justice official will be able to go to a single judge, assert that a computer crime may […]

Residential Electrical Safety: The Essentials While your home symbolizes a safe environment, keeping it that way requires a bit of effort and some know-how. Among the top dangers in any home-owner faces is electricity. Residential electrical safety ensures protection not just from electrical shocks, but from house fires, as well. It also ensures your devices […]

NYU is expensive, and room and board aren’t cheap either.Image: ASSOCIATED PRESS New York University is thinking outside the average dorm to make college more affordable. SEE ALSO: World War II codebreakers site to become cyber education college With tuition and housing more than $60,000 per year in one of the most expensive cities in […]

Gatlinburg, Tennessee (CNN)Fanned by strong winds and the Southeast’s worst drought in nearly a decade, at least 14 wildfires burned in and around Gatlinburg, Tennessee, forcing evacuations from the popular tourist destination and nearby communities. “If you’re a person of prayer, we could use your prayers,” Gatlinburg Fire Chief Greg Miller said Monday evening as […]

Gatlinburg, Tennessee (CNN)Three people were killed in raging wildfires in Sevier County, Tennessee, and officials are bracing for the possibility of more blazes overnight. Gatlinburg Fire Chief Greg Miller said Tuesday that the three people were killed in separate locations in the fires that started Monday. Miller told reporters he does not know whether there […]

Fire near Gatlinburg, fed by high winds and drought conditions, has destroyed buildings, knocked out power and canceled school classes The national guard has been called in to aid with wildfires tearing through forests in Tennessee that have killed three people, according to Sevier County mayor Larry Waters, forcing thousands to evacuate and left many […]

WASHINGTON Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Monday asked the committee’s chairman, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), to look into President-elect Donald Trump’s financial entanglements and make sure he’s not breaking the law. “The scope of Mr. Trump’s conflicts of interest around the world is unprecedented,” the 17 Democrats on the Oversight and Government Reform […]

The internet echo chamber satiates our appetite for pleasant lies and reassuring falsehoods and has become the defining challenge of the 21st century The internet age made big promises to us: a new period of hope and opportunity, connection and empathy, expression and democracy. Yet the digital medium has aged badly because we allowed it […]

Anita Thompson says she has found a legal method to extract DNA from six of the gonzo journalists personal strains of marijuana Fans of gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson may one day get to smoke his own brand of marijuana, thanks to the efforts of his widow, Anita Thompson. Anita told the her Facebook page. […]

Richie Hecker is an investor and the chief executive of Traction & Scale. More posts by this contributor: To IP or not to IP, that is the question How to win in the game of odds in the next fintech frontier — insurance How to join the network Both candidates talked about creating jobs. One wants to […]