Trump questions quest for cybersecurity: 'No computer is safe'
President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned whether critical computer networks can ever be protected from intruders, alarming cybersecurity experts who say his comments could upend more than a decade of national cybersecurity policy and put both government and private data at risk. Asked late Saturday about Russian hacking allegations and his cybersecurity plans, Trump told reporters that “no computer is safe” and that, for intelligence officials, “hacking is a very hard thing to pro..>> view originalDylann Roof Himself Rejects Best Defense Against Execution
The testimony presented by prosecutors during the guilt phase of Mr. Roof’s trial detailed with gruesome precision how he had plotted and executed the massacre during a Wednesday night Bible study in the church’s fellowship hall. It was less satisfying in revealing why he had done it. With his choice to sideline his legal team and represent himself, the second phase — when the same jury of nine whites and three blacks will decide whether to sentence him to death or to life in prison — may prove..>> view originalRepublican Congress Promises to Move Quickly Toward Goals
WASHINGTON—The nation’s new, all-Republican leadership begins to take the reins of power Tuesday promising to cut taxes, roll back regulations and undo President Barack Obama’s signature health law—but with a complicated path for enacting its agenda and important policy details still undetermined. After new senators are sworn in Tuesday by Vice President Joe Biden, a symbol of the departing Democratic administration, and House members by Speaker Paul Ryan, the Republicans among them plan to mov..>> view original'Stray' bullet hits Texas legislator in the head at New Year's celebration
Story highlightsArmando Martinez: "It felt like a sledgehammer hit me over the head"The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office is investigating the shootingState Rep. Armando "Mando" Martinez, D-Weslaco, said his wife had just given him a kiss shortly after ringing in the new year with family and friends, and the next thing he knew, "it felt like a sledgehammer hit me over the head."A bullet fragment had just punctured the top of the south Texas legislator's head.Martinez said he had just stepped outsi..>> view originalDude ranch owner asked chef to make 'black people food' for tourists, lawsuit claims
RENO, Nev. – Madeleine Pickens wanted the African-American chef she recruited from the country club she owns in Southern California to cook "black people food" — not "white people food" — at her rural Nevada dude ranch and wild horse sanctuary, according to a federal lawsuit accusing her of racial discrimination. Armand Appling says the wealthy philanthropist and ex-wife of Oklahoma energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens told him fried chicken, BBQ ribs and corn bread would be perfect for the tourists..>> view originalMother of 2 dies live on Facebook
LITTLE ROCK, AR (KARK/CNN) – Many people watched on Facebook Live as a young mother collapsed and died with her son nearby.Keiana Herndon, 25, often live-streamed videos through Facebook, according to her father, Richard.But the young woman’s video from a friend’s home Wednesday turned into tragedy.The video starts with her singing. Herndon responds to viewers and shows off the youngest of her two kids.Suddenly, the mother falls, and the phone drops out of her hands with her and her son off scre..>> view originalQuake swarm near the California-Mexico border gets scientists' attention
A swarm of more than 250 small earthquakes have struck since New Year’s Eve near the California-Mexico border, causing unease among residents and attention from scientists. The strongest earthquake in the sequence was magnitude 3.9, striking directly underneath the town of Brawley, about 170 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The earthquakes struck in the southern end of the Brawley Seismic Zone, a seismically active region where tectonic plates are moving away from each other and the Earth’s cr..>> view originalDog attacks Tampa family trying to dress it in sweater, 3 hurt
dog attacks owners Posted: Monday, January 2, 2017 6:54 am Dog attacks Tampa family trying to dress it in sweater, 3 hurt Associated Press | TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida say an angry dog sent three people to the hospital after one tried to put a sweater on it. Tampa police say the pit bull mix named Scarface bit a 52-year-old woman who was trying to dress him on Friday and her husband was..>> view originalSearch for missing plane with 6 onboard continues
USA Today Network WKYC-TV, Cleveland 10:14 a.m. EST January 2, 2017Dublin Irish Festival honorary chairman John T. Fleming proposes a toast following the tapping of the first Dublin Stout Keg in Dublin, Ohio, on Aug. 1, 2008.(Photo: Uncredited, AP)CLEVELAND — Search efforts for a missing plane last seen departing an Ohio airport Thursday is scheduled to continue Monday.Six people were on board the plane when it disappeared over Lake Erie.According to the city of Cleveland, weather co..>> view originalFour dead, including two children, in apparent murder-suicide
Four people found dead in a South Carolina home Sunday evening were killed in an apparent murder-suicide, local authorities said. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher identified the victims in a statement as 26-year-old Marissa Hope Reynoso and two of her children, 4-year-old Elijah Chavez and 1-year-old Ezra Chavez. Also dead was 25-year-old Jorge Luis Chavez, who's believed to be the father of the two children. The coroner said the bodies were found at around 8 p.m. Sunday. The Lexingto..>> view original
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