China’s leaders and official media are pushing for greater control of the internet and technology products as tensions surrounding a far-reaching Chinese cybersecurity law loom over a gathering this week of the world’s leading tech firms and Chinese officials. The Communist Party’s mouthpiece People’s Daily warned in an editorial on… Read More

The “Duck Dynasty” family says its A&E series will end after this season. Their announcement was paired with Wednesday’s debut episode of the show’s 11th season. “Duck Dynasty,” one of reality TV’s biggest hits, starred a successful Louisiana duck call-making family, the Robertsons. They told viewers it was a family… Read More

A California judge has agreed to give the state attorney general’s office more time to persuade him that the operators of what she called “the world’s top online brothel” should face charges of pimping after he tentatively rejected them in a ruling. California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who referred to… Read More

Boom — with an explosion heard several miles away and felt for several city blocks, an Air Force explosives team detonated a World War II-era bomb unearthed at a construction site Wednesday near the Florida State University campus. The blast went off about 9:30 p.m. in a trendy neighborhood with… Read More

A bystander who shot and killed a man who was attacking a deputy near a southwest Florida highway has been given a new gun to replace the one he used in the shooting. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office tells the News-Press the bystander had a concealed weapons permit and ordered… Read More

Prosecutors say that when Philando Castile was pulled over in July, he calmly told the officer he had a gun and was licensed to carry it. Moments later, the officer fired shots, and a bleeding Castile’s last words were: “I wasn’t reaching for it.” On Wednesday, that officer was charged… Read More

Billions of fitness trackers, medical implants, surveillance cameras, home appliances, thermostats, baby monitors and computers in automobiles now are connected as part of a rapidly expanding “internet of things.” But many such devices were developed without security considerations. As a result, they are prime targets for hackers. Here are tips… Read More

Starting campfires, lighting fireworks and smoking cigarettes are among the outdoor activities being banned across the South as fires burn in forests stressed by drought. Even parking a car off-road is prohibited for fear that a hot tailpipe could ignite dry leaves below. U.S. Forest Service spokesman Adam Rondeau has… Read More

A pizza shop customer armed with a gun shot and killed one robber and injured another as they tried to hold up the Pennsylvania restaurant, according to police. The shooting happened late Tuesday night at Porfirio’s Pizza and Pasta, located in a shopping plaza in Levittown, about 25 miles northeast… Read More

Carrie Fisher has revealed that Princess Leia’s romance with Han Solo in “Star Wars” extended off-screen, as well. Fisher tells People magazine that she enjoyed an “intense” affair with co-star Harrison Ford during the filming of the 1977 blockbuster. Fisher was 19 and Ford was 33 and married at the… Read More