A much-anticipated court hearing on the federal government’s effort to force Apple Inc. to unlock the iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terror attack was abruptly vacated Monday after the FBI revealed it may have a way to access data without the company’s help. Federal… Read More
Spineless Obama “would not disagree” with Castro’s criticism of US
Laying bare a half-century of tensions, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro prodded each other Monday over human rights and the longstanding U.S. economic embargo during an unprecedented joint news conference that stunned Cubans unaccustomed to their leaders being aggressively questioned. During the exchange, Obama angered riavals at… Read More
Three charged for violating Iran sanctions
Three people have been charged with conspiring to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran, and one has been arrested after they processed hundreds of millions of dollars of transactions on behalf of Iranian businesses or Iran’s government, authorities announced Monday as they unsealed an indictment in New York. Reza Zarrab, a… Read More
Former Intel CEO dies
Andy Grove, the former Intel Corp. chief executive whose youth under Nazi occupation and escape from the Iron Curtain inspired an “only the paranoid survive” management philosophy that saved the chip maker from financial ruin in the 1980s, has died. He was 79. Intel said Grove died on Monday. It… Read More
MLB player “doing well” after he’s hit in the face with fastball (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ2n5X7vJPg Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Rymer Liriano was released from the hospital and visited his teammates in the clubhouse Monday, a day after he was hit in the face by a pitch. The 24-year-old Liriano sustained multiple facial and nasal fractures. He will start the season on the disabled list, manager… Read More
Man sentenced to 100 years for providing niece with gun to kill 14-year-old girl
The uncle of a Chicago teen accused of providing the gun used in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in a Facebook feud over a boy has been sentenced to 100 years in prison. Judge Thaddeus Wilson sentenced 27-year-old Donnell Flora on Monday after he was found guilty of… Read More
Easter Bunny throws down in mall brawl
The Easter bunny has scuffled in a mall brawl. A mall Easter bunny and a father got into a tussle Sunday after the man’s child slipped from a chair while getting her photo taken, Jersey City police said Monday. A video posted on Twitter on Sunday evening shows a chaotic… Read More
NFL games to be held in China!?
The NFL could be headed to China in a couple of years. For a regular-season game, no less. The league is looking into playing a game in China as early as the 2018 season. A detailed analysis of how much interest there would be in such a game in the… Read More
Trump’s campaign filings made public – mostly self-funded
Donald Trump’s campaign paid out more than $9 million in February, spending big on political advertising, direct mail and airfare booked mostly through his own airline, according to an Associated Press review of the New York businessman’s latest federal election filings. Trump’s campaign has so far expended more than $33… Read More
Supreme Court cases thrown into turmoil by Scalia’s death
Challengers in two politically tinged cases before the Supreme Court this week face the seemingly insurmountable problem of being unable to count to five — as in five votes. The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has deprived conservatives of a reliable vote on a range of issues, including the design… Read More