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Texas gunman’s iPhone could reignite FBI-Apple feud over encryption
The FBI and Apple are bracing for another potential fight over encryption, this time because of the iPhone of the dead gunman in the Texas church shooting, according to people familiar with the matter. The federal government and the company have shied away from open confrontation since a 2016 standoff when the locked and encrypted iPhone of a gunman in San Bernardino, Calif., led to a major court battle.
Arrest made in murder of Ashanti Billie Read Story Staff
A surveillance camera at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek recorded the 19-year-old's Mini Cooper leaving the base early the morning of September 18. Nearly two weeks later, people in Charlotte, North Carolina found her body near a church. The Federal Bureau of Investigation traced routes between Norfolk and Charlotte, asking people anywhere in between the two cities who had information to contact agents.
LAWYER: Did Comey Obstruct Justice Using Invented Loophole To Protect Hillary From Prosecution?
In an op-ed Wednesday, Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett lays out a scenario where by former FBI director James Comey may have obstructed justice by 'protecting Hillary Clinton from prosecution.' According to Sen. Chuck Grassley, Comey edited his original statements in which he called Clinton's handling of classified information an act of "gross negligence" to "extremely careless."
Adams County Sheriff seeking burglary suspect
The Adams County Sheriff's Office is asking for assistance from the public regarding a recent burglary to a business. If you have any information, please contact Investigator Floyd Lindsey, or contact Adams County Crime Stoppers by TEXTING the tip to CRIMES with keyword "ADAMS".
FBI can’t unlock Texas church gunman’s cellphone
Attendees pray during a vigil for the First Baptist Church shooting victims Tuesday in La Vernia, Texas. FBI say they have been unable to access data from the cell phone of the shooter.
Link seen between domestic violence and mass killings
On Sunday, 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley walked into First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas and opened fire, killing 26 people and wounding 20 others in what Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the deadliest mass shooting in his state's history. In the wake of this tragedy - as is often the case after similar attacks - many are left asking why and how could it happen.
COMMENTARY: Halifax conference delves into digital-age security
Information technology professionals from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador are gathering in Halifax for the ISACA2017 On Tuesday and Wednesday, information technology professionals from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador are gathering in Halifax for the ISACA2017, the ISACA Atlantic Canada Chapter's Information Security and Risk Conference. Speakers are coming from throughout North America to share their insights on topics such as cyber security, risk management, data analytics and IT audit.
Sex offender pleads guilty to kidnapping, sexually abusing woman in U.P.
According to WLUC-TV6 , Eric Scott Ruska, 37, admitted to kidnapping and sexually abusing the woman during a July fishing trip in the Hiawatha National Forest. He pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and three counts of aggravated sexual abuse.
Texas authorities: We won’t mention shooter’s name again
The shooter's name went unspoken a news conference on the killings at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and authorities there said they intend to keep refraining from saying it. "We do not want to glorify him and what he has done," Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Director Freeman Martin said at the Monday briefing.
The Wall Street Journal: Air Force didn’t send Texas church gunman’s conviction record to FBI
The U.S. military failed to submit the conviction record of Texas church gunman Devin Patrick Kelley to the Federal Bureau of Investigation following a 2013 court-martial conviction, a lapse that could explain why Kelley was allowed to purchase guns in more recent years. Kelley purchased one gun in 2016 and another this year at two different Academy Sports + Outdoors shops in San Antonio, according to a spokeswoman for the retailer.
Harney: FBI says Scam problem getting worse
Kenneth R. Harney of the Washington Post Writers Group is a past member of the Federal Reserve Board's Consumer Advisory Council and is currently on the board of directors of the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Reach him at KenHarney@earthlink.net.
Reuters Summit: Kaspersky acknowledges taking inactive files in pursuit of hackers
Eugene Kaspersky said his company's widely used antivirus software has copied files that did not threaten the personal computers of those customers, a sharp departure from industry practice that could increase suspicions that the Moscow-based firm aids Russian spies. Eugene Kaspersky, Chief Executive of Russia's Kaspersky Lab, looks on during an interview with Reuters in Moscow, Russia October 27, 2017.
FBI document alleges Martin Luther King Jr. may have had child out of …
A newly revealed document from the John F. Kennedy assassination records paints a very defamatory picture of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. A wide-ranging 20-page document from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, titled "Martin Luther King, Jr. A Current Analysis," discusses King's alleged ties to communist influences and possible extramarital affairs. The FBI's interest in both has already been made public , as the agency's head at the time, J. Edgar Hoover, had the agency conduct surveillance on King during the 1960s as part of a domestic counterintelligence program.
Strangers Caught Having Sex on a Plane May Face Misdemeanor or Felony Charges
Passengers on a Delta flight from Los Angeles, California to Detroit, Michigan got more than they bargained for after two strangers on the plane started having sex. Now the couple could face misdemeanor or felony charges, and their case is under FBI investigation.
2nd person sought for questioning in NY attack
The FBI is looking for information on a second man in connection with a deadly truck attack on a bike path near the World Trade Center. The bureau on Wednesday issued a poster saying it is seeking the public's help with information about 32-year-old Mukhammadzoir Kadirov.
Papadopoulos told Russians that Trump campaign gave him green light to set up meetings: report
An FBI affidavit shows that the 30-year-old adviser boasted that he got the go-ahead from his "side" when emailing with Russian operatives about potential meeting with high-level campaign officials. According to the Washington Examiner , the affidavit was left out of the court documents listing Papadopoulos' guilty plea.
Who will be charged next in FBI’s Russia probe?
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller said cyber security will be the number one future threat in the country, but for the time being, "counterterrorism and stopping terrorist attacks" is more important. Critics of Donald Trump have been calling for his impeachment since he became the US president 10 months ago.
‘Mindhunter’ is the perfect horror story for a year so…
Early in the first season of "Mindhunter," Netflix's new show from David Fincher about criminal profiling and the invention of the serial killer, FBI agent Holden Ford finds himself trying to understand why crime doesn't seem to make sense anymore. Beset by spree killers, men who commit grotesque acts of violence against women, and crimes that seem to lack any social or economic motivation at all, Ford is convinced that the meaninglessness of these crimes reflects something about a society that seems to have lost its moral center.
New fingerprint algorithm helps ID bodies found decades ago
Just after Thanksgiving Day in 1983, James Downey dropped off his older brother, John, at a Houston bus station, then quickly turned away so neither the police nor a motorcycle gang affiliated with his brother could later demand details about where the bus was headed. For 34 years, he didn't hear a word about him.