August, 2018

Not leaving it to divine chance, the state Catholic Conference has turned in recent years to some of Albany's most well-connected and influential lobby firms to help block a bill that would make it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek justice.

Time for some big names to take the perp walk.

You are watching a movie. The next scene is being set for the awakening of the silent executioner.

According to NASA, an asteroid traveling at around 20,000 miles per hour and estimated at between 230 and 525 feet in diameter, will make a “close approach” to Earth next week.

“There was no real investigation and no real search,” said Michael Biasello, a 27-year veteran of the FBI. "It was all just show — eyewash — to make it look like there was an investigation before the election.”

Far from investigating and clearing Abedin and Weiner, the FBI did not interview them, according to other FBI sources who say Comey closed the case prematurely. The machine was not authorized for classified material, and Weiner did not have classified security clearance to receive such information, which he did on at least two occasions through his Yahoo! email account – which he also used to email snapshots of his penis.

The Global Freedom Movement, an alternative media site, reported that the social platform purged over 80 accounts and that “no reason was provided. No responses to inquiries have been forthcoming.” ... This includes rather large accounts focused on health, natural remedies, and organic living...

During just its third day in action, a facial recognition system used by Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) caught its first imposter.

On Monday, 14 airports in the U.S. launched a pilot program to test the effectiveness of a biometric scanning system during the security and boarding processes. Passengers simply stand in front of a camera that takes their photo. The system then compares that photo to the one on the person’s passport to confirm their identity.

The 26-year-old man, who was traveling from Sao Paulo, Brazil, presented a French passport to a CBP official, but the system determined that the man’s face didn't match the photo on the passport. Officials later discovered that the man was concealing his authentic Republic of Congo identification card in his shoe.

The fire department has an unlimited government plan with Verizon, but the company slowed, or throttled, data speed once the agency reached a certain threshold, Bowden wrote in an Aug. 20 court filing.

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"The Internet has become an essential tool in providing fire and emergency response, particularly for events like large fires which require the rapid deployment and organization of thousands of personnel and hundreds of fuel engines, aircraft, and buIldozers," Bowden said.

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"Verizon's throttling has everything to do with net neutrality -- it shows that the ISPs will act in their economic interests, even at the expense of public safety," he said. "That is exactly what the Trump administration's repeal of Net Neutrality allows and encourages."

It emerged that Google can still record the websites you browse while in Incognito Mode on the Chrome browser and link them to your identity.

The tunnel was only 8 inches in diameter but was 22 feet deep and nearly 600 feet long, connecting the fast food location to a home in Mexico. Authorities say the tunnel was used to smuggle illegal drugs across the border.