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Andrea Noble was a crime and public safety reporter for The Washington Times.

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Tawanda Jones, center, and C.D. Witherspoon, right, chant at a rally with members of the Peoples Power Assembly outside the courthouse at Calvert and Lexington streets in Baltimore during court proceedings Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in the Freddie Gray case. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun via AP)

Freddie Gray case to remain in Baltimore

The attorneys representing six Baltimore Police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray failed to convince a judge Thursday that the city's $6.4 million settlement with Gray's family, or the riots that followed his death, were reason to move the upcoming criminal trials to a new venue.

September 10, 2015
FILE - In this May 6, 2004 file photo, Larry Klayman speaks in Melbourne, Fla. Activist attorney Larry Klayman won the first round in December, when U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, a Republican appointee, ruled that the NSA’s surveillance program likely runs afoul of the Constitution’s ban on unreasonable searches. The government appealed. (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove, File)

Larry Klayman salvages NSA lawsuit Verizon Business user as plaintiff

The conservative lawyer challenging the National Security Agency's bulk phone data collection program is acting on a federal judge's suggestion to beef up his case against the government by adding another plaintiff who used the cell-phone network that the government has publicly admitted to tracking.

September 9, 2015
In this Feb. 27, 2013, photo illustration, hands type on a computer keyboard in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

OPM, email hacking, phishing scams can be avoided, intel officials warn

More than 90 percent of significant data breaches in the last few years started when someone opened a malicious link or attachment sent via email, intelligence officials stressed Wednesday as they rolled out a new campaign meant to increase awareness of attempts targeted at government workers.

September 9, 2015
The Stingray, manufactured by Harris Corp. of Melbourne, Florida, is a cellular site simulator used for surveillance. (Associated Press/File)

Use of StingRay cellphone trackers draws privacy concerns

The Justice Department's decision to require warrants before deployment of secret cellphone tracking systems has earned applause from privacy advocates as a first step in shining a light on the clandestine use of the technology by federal law enforcement.

September 6, 2015
Black Lives Matter protesters agitate at the front gate of the Minnesota State Fair during a protest Saturday. Some fear the protest movement may be promoting violence against police that contributed to a Houston deputy's slaying by a black man Friday. (Star Tribune via Associated Press)

Police wait for Obama support as rhetoric turns against blue lines

Law enforcement officials are frustrated by the Obama administration's failure to address the "anti-cop" rhetoric coming from the Black Lives Matter movement, and some fear it's promoting a climate of violence against police officers that may have contributed to Friday's fatal ambush of a Houston sheriff's deputy.

August 31, 2015
In this Thursday, June 6, 2013, file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NSA phone-snooping program approved through November

The National Security Agency's phone-snooping program received federal court approval to continue through November, the last such renewal of the program allowable under legislation approved this year by Congress.

August 28, 2015
FILE In this June 6, 2013 file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The National Security Agency has begun winding down its collection and storage of American phone records this week after the Senate failed to agree on a path forward to change or extend the once-secret program ahead of its expiration at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Appeals court backs NSA phone-snooping, overturns Klayman victory

A federal appeals court dealt a blow last week to a legal challenge of the National Security Agency's phone snooping program, ending a ban on data collection involving the plaintiffs and remanding the lawsuit to a lower court for further proceedings.

August 28, 2015
FILE In this June 6, 2013 file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The National Security Agency has begun winding down its collection and storage of American phone records this week after the Senate failed to agree on a path forward to change or extend the once-secret program ahead of its expiration at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Appeals court backs NSA phone-snooping, overturns Klayman victory

A federal appeals court backed the National Security Agency's phone-snooping program Friday ruling that Larry Klayman, the plaintiff and frequent court adversary to President Obama, never proved his calls were scooped up in the phone-records dragnet.

August 28, 2015