Tag: Government and politics
How Big Tech created a data ‘treasure trove’ for police
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — When U.S. law enforcement officials need to cast a wide net for information, they’re increasingly turning to the vast digital ponds...
Veteran lawmaker to lead N. Ireland’s DUP after turmoil
LONDON — Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party on Tuesday named veteran lawmaker Jeffrey Donaldson as its new leader, weeks after he narrowly lost the...
Turkish businessman arrested in scheme with Utah polygamists
SALT LAKE CITY — A Turkish businessman has been arrested by the U.S. Justice Department in connection with what authorities say was a biodiesel...
Amid clamor to increase prescribed burns, obstacles await
SALEM, Ore. — In the 1950s, when University of California forestry professor Harold Biswell experimented with prescribed burns in the state's pine forests, many...
Background checks blocked a record high 300,000 gun sales
SALT LAKE CITY — The number of people stopped from buying guns through the U.S. background check system hit an all-time high of more...
Migrant youth describe desperation to leave large shelters
A 13-year-old Honduran girl who spent two months at the government's largest emergency shelter for migrant children said she was put on suicide watch...
Garland: More “depth” needed to protect against cyberattacks
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday that private industry needs better safeguards to avoid calamitous consequences in the event of cyberattacks like...
Spain’s Cabinet aims for a fresh start by pardoning Catalans
MADRID — The Spanish Cabinet is meeting Tuesday to issue pardons for nine imprisoned Catalans who spearheaded the 2017 effort to establish an independent...
In times of crises, Lebanon’s old must fend for themselves
BEIRUT — Tiny and bowed by age, Marie Orfali makes the trip five times a week from her Beirut apartment to the local church,...
Connecticut lawmaker resigns state Senate, citing divorce
Connecticut state Sen. Alex Kasser, the first Democrat elected by her Fairfield County district since 1930, announced Tuesday she is resigning from office. She...