Washington — The U.S. government will restrict its use of commercial spyware tools that have been used to surveil human rights activists, journalists and dissidents around the world, under an executive order issued Monday by President Biden. The order responds to growing U.S. and global concerns about programs that can …
Read More »Two inmates caught at IHOP after allegedly using toothbrush to escape from Virginia jail
Two inmates who allegedly used a toothbrush to escape from a Newport News, Virginia, jail are back in custody after they were caught at an IHOP, authorities said. John M. Garza, 37, and Arley V. Nemo, 43, were discovered missing from their cell around 7:15 p.m. Monday, the Newport News …
Read More »How to improve gut health, according to experts
As our understanding of the importance of gut health grows, experts stress the importance of having a happy, balanced gut microbiome. But how can we improve our gut health? Experts point to a healthy, balanced diet as a vital component in supporting gut health — and offer a few specific …
Read More »A farmer found the body of a newborn girl in the trash in 1992. DNA has led to the arrest of the baby’s parents.
The parents of a baby killed in 1992 are in custody after newly developed DNA evidence led investigators to them, state troopers said. A farmer in Picayune, Mississippi, looking to feed his animals, found the infant’s body on April 15, 1992. The body was found in a trash bin inside …
Read More »Visa, Mastercard put tracking of gun shop purchases on hold
Visa and Mastercard paused their decision to start categorizing purchases at gun shops, a significant win for conservative groups and Second Amendment advocates who felt tracking gun shop purchases would inadvertently discriminate against legal firearms purchases. The move is a setback for gun control groups. They say categorizing credit and …
Read More »Online sports betting goes live in Massachusetts just as March Madness kicks off
Massachusetts sports fans raced to their cellphones Friday to begin placing bets as the state allowed online sports wagering just days ahead of next week’s start of the NCAA college basketball tournament. The start of online sports gambling came a little over a month after the state began allowing people to …
Read More »Amazon pauses construction on HQ2 in Northern Virginia
Amazon is holding off on the second stage of it HQ2 megaproject in Northern Virginia, the company announced Friday. HQ2 is predicted to eventually bring 25,000 new Amazon employees to Arlington, Virginia, in an area near the Pentagon. The first phase of the project, dubbed Met Park, is scheduled to …
Read More »Maurice Hastings, wrongly imprisoned for 38 years, declared innocent
A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder he didn’t commit was declared innocent by a judge in Los Angeles Wednesday. Maurice Hastings was released from prison last year after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different suspect. The judge in October vacated Hastings’ …
Read More »Will you receive Social Security checks when you qualify?
Olivia Mitchell, a professor of business economics and public policy at Wharton, has warned her millennial children, now in their 30s, to lower their expectations about the Social Security checks they’ll receive when they retire. “They’re going to have to work longer,” Mitchell said. “They’re going to have to save …
Read More »Billionaire financier Thomas H. Lee dies at age 78
Billionaire financier Thomas H. Lee, a pioneer of private equity investing, died on Thursday at age 78, his family said in a statement. Lee died by suicide, New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner said Friday in an email to CBS MoneyWatch. Lee, whose fortune was pegged at $2 …
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