A United States Chamber of Commerce representative made the official announcement today that the Copyright Alert System, also known as the “six-strike” system, is now fully in place across Internet Service Providers. We first caught wind of this…
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The United States on Thursday denied it used its overseas aid agency to mount a covert operation on social media to incite unrest against Cuba’s communist leaders. But the US Agency for International Development (USAID) did say it had created a Twitter…
Israel’s chief negotiator with the Palestinians has told them that a planned release of 26 prisoners cannot proceed, a source close to the embattled peace talks told AFP Thursday. A frustrated US Secretary of State John Kerry earlier demanded that recalcitrant…
Family, friends and fans of Marvin Gaye came together Wednesday to pay joyful hommage to the late Motown legend and native Washingtonian on what would have been his 75th birthday. Gaye was shot and killed by his father on the eve of his 45th birthday…
MADISON — Madison police are warning residents to be wary of several popular telephone and Internet scams being used to trick people out of money. “We are asking any residents who experience any requests for money to not give into panic and…
One person was killed and 14 wounded Wednesday in a shooting at the Fort Hood US military base, scene of a deadly 2009 rampage, officials said. The Texas base said a gunman was initially reported killed, but it could not confirm media reports that the…
The S&P 500 Wednesday rose to a new high, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell just short of a record on another good day for stocks. Positive sentiment lifted the S&P 500 by 5.38 (0.29 percent) to 1,890.90, the second record close in a row. The…
Ukrainian oligarch Dmytry Firtash, arrested in March in Austria, was the mastermind behind an $18.5 million scheme to bribe Indian officials for a titanium mining contract, US justice authorities said Wednesday. The US Justice Department unveiled an…
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday removed the overall limit on contributions a donor can make to political candidates, a move that could open the floodgates to campaign funding by rich individuals. The move was immediately hailed by Republicans, who…
More than 40 activist organizations and companies called Tuesday for an overhaul of US government surveillance authority that goes beyond President Barack Obama’s proposal. The coalition said Obama’s proposal to end bulk collection of telephone data…