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Microsoft on Monday announced that it has taken legal action against a North Korean-based cybercrime group that was using websites and other domains to attack individuals and companies in the U.S., South Korea and Japan.  Tom Burt, the corporate vice president of consumer security and trust at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post that a case […]

An Iraqi militia leader reportedly warned of a strong response to the U.S. after five airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed militias hit Iraq and Syria.  “The blood of the martyrs will not be in vain and our response will be very tough on the American forces in Iraq,” senior commander Jamal Jaafar Ibrahimi, also known by Abu […]

Illinois’s governor on Tuesday granted more than 11,000 pardons for people convicted of low-level marijuana convictions, ahead of the state legalizing the drug beginning Jan. 1. Gov. JB Pritzker (D) granted 11,017 pardons for misdemeanor cannabis-related convictions as part of the law, which takes effect Wednesday. The law will make Illinois the 11th state to […]

President TrumpDonald John TrumpGiuliani says he would be willing to testify in impeachment trial Trump expected to announce limited vaping ban this week Linda Ronstadt: Trump is ‘like Hitler, and the Mexicans are the new Jews’ MORE said Tuesday he will sign a phase one trade deal between the U.S. and China on Jan. 15 […]

Former national security adviser John BoltonJohn BoltonBolton says he doesn’t think Trump admin ‘really means it’ on stopping North Korea nukes Republicans attack Pelosi for impeachment stalemate Senate Democrat: Pelosi ‘doing exactly the right thing’ withholding articles of impeachment MORE said in an interview Sunday that he doubts that President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump rails against […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can’t prove that a program intended to curb opioid misuse and improper prescribing was ever effective, according to an analysis of newly uncovered documents. The analysis, published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, found that the FDA never collected the right data to determine the effectiveness of the […]

Dozens of protesters on Tuesday stormed the U.S. embassy in Baghdad after the U.S. launched airstrikes on the Iran-backed militia in the country over the weekend. The protesters smashed a main door to the embassy and set a fire in the reception area, leading to disposal of tear gas and gunfire, The Associated Press reported.  […]

A coalition of 91 groups with ties to public lands sent a letter Monday asking that acting Bureau of Land Management (BLM) head William Pendley immediately resign or face removal from his post. Pendley, a controversial figure over his past comments opposing federal land ownership, has been widely opposed by conservation, sportsman, public interest and environmental […]

Microsoft on Monday announced that it has taken legal action against a North Korean-based cybercrime group that was using websites and other domains to attack individuals and companies in the U.S., South Korea and Japan.  Tom Burt, the corporate vice president of consumer security and trust at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post that a case […]

Carlos Ghosn, the former chief executive of Nissan and Renault, has fled his upcoming trial in Japan by heading to Lebanon, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.  Ghosn, who faces trial for alleged financial wrongdoing, arrived in Lebanon on Monday, people familiar with the matter told the Journal. The former CEO had been released from […]