Washington - U.S. Government Seeks Facebook Help To Wiretap Messenger
Yesterday 06:15 PM
Washington - The U.S. government is trying to force Facebook Inc <FB.O> to break the encryption in its popular Messenger app so law enforcement may listen to a suspect's voice conversations in a criminal probe, three people briefed on the case said, resurrecting the issue of whether...
Washington - Trump Says 'Blunder' Will End Cuomo's Career
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Washington - Republican President Donald Trump says New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's political career is over following the Democrat's comment earlier this week that America "was never that great."
Trump tweeted his latest criticism of Cuomo's remarks Friday, calling it a bigger "blunder" than...
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Florida - Gunman Who Killed Five At Fort Lauderdale Airport Sentenced To LifeYesterday 05:00 PMFort Lauderdale, FL - A U.S. veteran of the war in Iraq who killed five people during a shooting spree in the arrivals area of a Florida airport last...Read More » |
Yemen - Al-Qaida Bomb Master Killed In US Strike, Officials SayYesterday 04:15 PMYemen - Al-Qaida's chief bomb maker, Ibrahim al-Asiri, who was behind the 2009 Christmas Day plot to down an airliner over Detroit and other foiled...Read More » | |||
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Amsterdam - Unopened Letter Sent To Anne Frank’s Father In 1942 To Be SoldYesterday 03:35 PMAmsterdam - An auctioning house is selling an unopened letter that was mailed to the home of Anne Frank while she and her family were hiding elsewhere from the Nazis. Bidding on the envelope, which came from an insurance company in 1942, will begin at $570 during...Read More » |
New York - Cuomo On His 'inartful' Remark: 'Of Course America Is Great'Yesterday 03:00 PMNew York - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he was "inartful" when he said this week that America "was never that great." The Democrat told...Read More » | |||
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Washington - No More Qtrly Reports: Trump Asks SEC To Consider Switch To Half-year Corporate FilingsYesterday 02:30 PMWashington - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said meetings with corporate executives had prompted him to ask the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to study letting public companies file financial reports every six months instead of every...Read More » |
Gaza City - Palestinians Say 2 Killed By Israel Fire At Gaza BorderYesterday 02:14 PMGaza City - Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire and another 60 injured at a protest along the Gaza border amid ongoing Egyptian efforts to...Read More » | |||
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New York - Chinese Internet Stock Sell-off May Shake Faith In FANGsYesterday 02:00 PMNew York - A steep downturn in heavyweight Chinese internet stocks and recent weakness in half of the so-called FANG group have some investors...Read More » |
New York - Tesla Shares Sink After Musk Tells Newspaper He's Cracking Under Stress Of JobYesterday 01:30 PMNew York - Tesla Inc's <TSLA.O> shares slumped as much as 9 percent on Friday after Chief Executive Elon Musk told the New York Times that his...Read More » | |||
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Haifa, Israel - US Consulate In Haifa To Close DownYesterday 01:00 PMHaifa, Israel - The U.S. Department of State will close its consular office in Haifa, whose work is to be divided between the embassy branches in...Read More » |
Washington - AP Interview: Top Republican Opens Up About Russia ProbeYesterday 12:34 PMWashington - For much of the last two years, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr has been the Russia investigator who is seen but...Read More » | |||
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Temple, Texas - Trump Help For Cruz Could Spell New Twist For Odd CoupleYesterday 12:00 PMTemple, Texas - Gary Malcik wore a Trump T-shirt as he waited in a long, post-rally line to pose for pictures with Ted Cruz. It was a far cry from...Read More » |
Jerusalem - Attempted Stabbing Attack In Jerusalem's Old City, Stabber Reported DeadYesterday 11:35 AMJerusalem - An attempted stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City took place Friday afternoon, the police spokesperson said, adding that police forces...Read More » | |||
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Washington - Trump Expects To Revoke Justice Department Official Security ClearanceYesterday 11:22 AMWashington - President Donald Trump says he expects to "quickly" revoke the security clearance for the Justice Department official whose wife worked...Read More » |
Washington - Pentagon Says China Military 'likely Training For Strikes' On U.S. TargetsYesterday 10:37 AMWashington - China's military has expanded its bomber operations in recent years while "likely training for strikes" against the United States and...Read More » | |||
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Romania - Romanian Police Nab Suspect In Anti-Semitic Vandalism Of Elie Wiesel’s HomeYesterday 09:59 AMRomania - Romanian police arrested a 37-year-old man whom they suspect wrote anti-Semitic slogans on the childhood home of Elie Wiesel. The man...Read More » |
Hayden, AL - 12 Injured, 3 Seriously, In Large Alabama Tent CollapseYesterday 09:25 AMHayden, AL - Authorities say 12 people have been hospitalized, including three who were seriously injured, after a tent collapsed at a bank's...Read More » | |||
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Brooklyn, NY - 1 Killed, Several Injured In Fire At Crown Heights BuildingYesterday 08:46 AMBrooklyn, NY - Officials say one person has died and three others are hospitalized with serious injuries after a fire broke out at a New York City...Read More » |
New York - NY University Offers Free Tuition For All Medical StudentsYesterday 08:37 AMNew York - New York University is offering free tuition for all of its medical students. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday the move is a...Read More » | |||
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Manila, Philippines - Plane Skids Off Rainy Manila Runway, Rips Off Engine, WheelYesterday 08:12 AMManila, Philippines - Passengers of a plane from China that veered off a runway at Manila's airport and lost an engine and a wheel after landing hard...Read More » |
Jerusalem - Israeli Police Again Question PM On Corruption AllegationsYesterday 07:51 AMJerusalem - Israeli police are again questioning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of their investigations into corruption...Read More » | |||
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Last updated: Yesterday 08:33 AM Washington - President Trump Says He Has Cancelled Military Parade Over Price TagYesterday 07:34 AMWashington - President Donald Trump said Friday he had canceled plans for a Veteran's Day military parade in November, citing the "ridiculously high"...Read More » |
Jerusalem - Israel Sees A Dwindling Number Of StartupsAugust 16, 2018 11:59 PMJerusalem - Israel is known as the “Startup Nation,” but the number of companies launched there has dwindled in the past few years. The Globes...Read More » | |||
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Salt Lake City - Mom Donates Toys Secretly Ordered By 6-year-old Girl On AmazonAugust 16, 2018 11:31 PMSalt Lake City - A Utah mother decided to donate nearly $400 worth of toys that her 6-year-old daughter secretly ordered from Amazon to a Salt Lake...Read More » |
Albany, NY - Lucky Survivor: As Camper Flooded, Woman Called 911, KinAugust 16, 2018 11:00 PMAlbany, NY - When her camper began filling with water from the pre-dawn flash flooding inundating a Finger Lakes campground where she was staying...Read More » | |||
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Washington - US Approves New Generic Competitor To EpiPenAugust 16, 2018 10:37 PMWashington - U.S. health officials on Thursday approved a new generic version of EpiPen, the emergency allergy medication that triggered a public...Read More » |
New York - Can Twitter Change Its 'Core' And Remain Twitter?August 16, 2018 10:05 PMNew York - After long resisting change, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey wants to revamp the "core" of the service to fight rampant abuse and misinformation...Read More » | |||
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Jerusalem - ‘No Reason To Evacuate Settlements,” U.s. Ambassador Tells Israeli GroupAugust 16, 2018 09:05 PMJerusalem - West Bank settlements do not need to be uprooted, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told visitors to his Jerusalem office – on the...Read More » |
California - Governor Candidate Compares Wait Lines At DMV To The HolocaustAugust 16, 2018 09:00 PMCalifornia - A Republican candidate for governor in California said he’d stop comparing wait times at the Department of Motor Vehicles to the...Read More » | |||
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New York - As Our Media Environment Blurs, Confusion Often ReignsAugust 16, 2018 08:31 PMNew York - A generation ago, the likes of Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings and Diane Sawyer were the heroes of television news. Now the biggest stars...Read More » |
Sioux Falls, SD - Woman Sues Surgeon Who Wrongly Removed Her KidneyAugust 16, 2018 08:00 PMSioux Falls, SD - An Iowa woman is suing a South Dakota surgeon and his practice for wrongly removing one of her kidneys. The lawsuit filed by Dena Knapp alleges that Dr. Scott Baker erroneously removed her healthy right kidney instead of removing an adrenal gland...Read More » | |||
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San Francisco - Google Clarifies It Tracks Users Who Pause Location HistoryAugust 16, 2018 07:30 PMSan Francisco - Google has revised a help page that erroneously described how its "Location History" setting works, clarifying for users that it...Read More » |
Nashville - Mike Huckabee's Air Travel Jokes Crash And Burn On TwitterAugust 16, 2018 07:05 PMNashville - It was one of those annoying snafus that air travelers encounter, and when it happened to former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on...Read More » | |||
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