By BREE FOWLER Associated Press (NEW YORK, AP) — This year’s $1 million A.M. Turing Award goes to a pair of cryptographers whose ideas helped make Internet commerce possible, and who now… Read more »
Category: National News
NY court refuses to throw out Trump U suit
(WASHINGTON, AP) — The Latest on campaign 2016 on Super Tuesday (all times local): 2:35 p.m. A midlevel New York court has refused to throw out a fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump… Read more »
FBI: Phone encryption a ‘vicious guard dog’ in crime probes
By ERIC TUCKER and TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — FBI Director James Comey likened impenetrable digital encryption to a “vicious guard dog” Tuesday, as a high-stakes fight between privacy and… Read more »
Vets of ’05 Senate truce don’t see accord over court pick
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — With ideological control of the Supreme Court at stake and senators trading insults, lawmakers who helped the Senate avert a meltdown over judges a… Read more »
Supreme Court rejects NJ employees’ appeal over pension fund
(WASHINGTON, AP) — The Supreme Court refused on Monday to disturb a ruling from New Jersey’s top court that sided with Gov. Chris Christie in a legal fight with public worker unions… Read more »
Justice Thomas asks questions in court, 1st time in 10 years
By SAM HANANEL Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Justice Clarence Thomas has asked questions during a Supreme Court argument for the first time in 10 years. Thomas’ questions came Monday in case… Read more »
Apple: FBI seeks ‘dangerous power’ in fight over phone
by TAMI ABDOLLAH and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — In its first salvo in a court fight that pits digital privacy rights against national security, Apple Inc. asked… Read more »
UN science report warns of fewer bees, other pollinators
by SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Many species of wild bees, butterflies and other critters that pollinate plants are shrinking toward extinction, and the world needs to do… Read more »
NIH taking first steps on huge precision medicine project
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama held out the promise of medical breakthroughs Thursday as his administration moved ahead with a major project to learn how to… Read more »
Ap-GfK Poll: Doubts on Sanders ‘Medicare for all’ plan
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — At first, many Americans like the idea of “Medicare for all,” a cradle-to-grave government-run health system that’s a rallying cry for… Read more »