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US Intelligence Surveillance of Americans Drops Sharply

Listen WASHINGTON —  U.S. intelligence agencies pushing lawmakers to reauthorize a controversial set of surveillance tools are hoping to get a boost from a new report showing fewer U.S. citizens and residents are getting swept up in the agencies’ collection efforts. The just-released report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence found that […]

Judge Rules against Google and Allows Antitrust Case to Proceed

Listen   ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge on Friday rejected a motion from Google to toss out the government’s antitrust case against it. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled the lawsuit alleging Google wields monopolistic power in the world of online advertising can proceed in its entirety. Her ruling is the second setback for […]

US should supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine now to end the stalemate with Russia and win the war, former US Air Force colonel says

Two US Air Force F-16 Fighting FalconsUS Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Lotz F-16s are “critical” to rapidly defeat Russia, retired Air Force Col. Jeff Fischer told the Kviv Post.  It would only take two to six months to train  Ukrainian pilots to use the jets, Fischer argued. The Biden administration previously said […]

After a Texas family asked a neighbor to stop shooting a gun in his yard because their baby was trying to sleep, he came over and killed 5 people with an AR-15 style rifle, police say.

A mass shooting in Texas left five people dead, police say.Getty Images Police say a man shot and killed five people after they asked him to stop shooting from his porch. The victims had asked the suspected gunman to quiet down as they had a baby trying to sleep. The youngest victim is an 8-year-old […]

Judge Rules against Google and Allows Antitrust Case to Proceed

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge on Friday rejected a motion from Google to toss out the government’s antitrust case against it. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled the lawsuit alleging Google wields monopolistic power in the world of online advertising can proceed in its entirety. Her ruling is the second setback for Google at […]

Wrongfully convicted Kansas man to get $7.5 million payment

OSKALOOSA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man who spent 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he didn’t commit will receive $7.5 million from the county where he was arrested and convicted of the crime.Jefferson County commissioners approved the settlement last week with Floyd Bledsoe, who was released from prison in 2015 after […]