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Health care facility hacked by ex-employee using 2-year-old credentials: Justice Department

The former systems administrator of a Pennsylvania health care facility was charged with criminal hacking Monday after prosecutors said he wreaked havoc using administrative credentials that went unchanged more than two years after he resigned.

March 22, 2017

Chicago to lose $17M in revenue through revised red-light camera policy: City

Chicago stands to lose $17 million in revenue in 2017 by effectively delaying the shutters on its massive system of red-light cameras by two-tenths of a second, transportation officials said Tuesday following publication of a city-funded study.

March 22, 2017

James Comey, FBI director, unpopular among voters by 2-to-1 margin: Poll

Fewer than one-in-five registered voters held a positive opinion of FBI Director James Comey prior to his appearance before the House Intelligence Committee this week, pollsters said Wednesday, suggesting what one expert called a crisis of confidence.

March 22, 2017

Arkansas separates Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. holidays

The governor of Arkansas signed legislation Tuesday allocating separate holidays for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., officially ending the state's decades-long practice of commemorating both men on the same day.

March 21, 2017

Woody Harrelson, actor and marijuana advocate, says pot-smoking days are in his past

Woody Harrelson, one of Hollywood's most well-known marijuana defenders, says he's retired from weed after "30 solid years."

March 21, 2017

CIA evidence leaves Democratic lawmaker demanding special inquiry into Russia’s election meddling

The ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee called for a special prosecutor and an independent commission to investigate Russia's role in President Trump's election Monday following a visit to CIA headquarters.

March 21, 2017

Leaked GOP emails rekindle questions after Comey’s latest Russian hacking claim

Russian hackers didn't release any documents obtained by breaching the Republican Party ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, FBI Director James Comey said Monday, raising questions about the publication last year of emails associated with prominent GOP lawmakers including John McCain and Lindsey Graham.

March 21, 2017

Henry Sanchez, Jose Montano in jail until hearings on rape of classmate

Two ninth-grade students accused of raping a 14-year-old classmate inside a high school bathroom last week will remain behind bars pending court proceedings, a Montgomery County judge ruled Friday.

March 19, 2017

Chuck Berry, rock pioneer, dead at 90: Police

Legendary guitarist and rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry has passed away at the age of 90, police said Saturday.

March 18, 2017

WikiLeaks probe started under Obama widened to include latest CIA leaks: Report

A grand jury investigation convened following WikiLeaks' publication of classified U.S. government material in 2010 has been broadened to encompass its recent receipt of CIA hacking documents, Reuters reported Friday.

March 18, 2017

Col. William R. Jones, former Shaw Air Force Base vice commander, sentenced for child porn

A colonel with more than 30 years' military experience was booted from the U.S. Air Force and sentenced to a year in the brig Friday after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.

March 18, 2017

John Rayne Rivello, alleged cyberstalker, charged for inducing reporter’s epilepsy via Twitter

A Maryland man weaponized his Twitter account by purposely sending a seizure-inducing tweet late last year to a journalist with epilepsy, the Justice Department said Friday.

March 18, 2017

Secret Service took 16 minutes to apprehend White House intruder, agency admits

A California man arrested on the White House grounds last week was on the property for a quarter-hour before being caught, the Secret Service acknowledged Friday.

March 18, 2017

Henry Sanchez and Jose Montano, Rockville High students, charged with raping 14-year-old classmate

Two ninth grade students accused of raping a 14-year-old classmate inside a high school bathroom this week will remain behind bars pending future court proceedings, a Maryland judge ruled Friday.

March 18, 2017

Lawmakers seek bipartisan cyberwar policy defining acts of aggression

The federal government should adopt a policy clearly defining what constitutes an act of cyberwar, lawmakers in the House said Thursday.

March 17, 2017

Andrew O’Keefe sentenced to time served for Obama death threat

A Massachusetts man who told the FBI he intended to kill President Barack Obama in 2015 was sentenced in federal court Thursday to time served.

March 17, 2017

Beau James Dearborne, human trafficker, sentenced to 233 years in prison

Beau James Dearborne, convicted human trafficker, sentenced to 233 years in prison

March 17, 2017

Monopoly ditches thimble, boot and wheelbarrow for three new game tokens

Monopoly's iconic thimble, boot and wheelbarrow tokens will be replaced by a dinosaur, rubber ducky and penguin in the game's next edition, Hasbro said Friday.

March 17, 2017

Trump budget would eliminate ‘critical’ counterterrorism programs: NYPD commissioner

President Trump's newly proposed budget cuts would strip New York City of critical funding and cripple its counterterrorism efforts, the city's top police officer said Thursday.

March 17, 2017

Arrest of Canadian man implicated in Yahoo breach ‘politically motivated’: Attorney

The Justice Department's prosecution of Karim Baratov, an Ontario resident charged this week in connection with a massive Yahoo data breach, may be "politically motivated," one of his lawyers said Thursday.

March 16, 2017