Dr. Milos Manic, Director of the VCU Cybersecurity Center, offers tips for increasing your security measures online.
The Biden administration does not see it likely or possible that Israel will achieve "total victory" in defeating Hamas in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said on Monday. While U.S. officials have urged Israel to help devise a clear plan for the governance post-war Gaza, Campbell's comments are the clearest to date from a top U.S. official effectively admitting that Israel's current military strategy won't bring the result that it is aiming for.
Global markets were in cautious mode Monday with Wall Street marking time while major European stock markets put the brake on following a record run last week as investors wait on key US inflation data.World markets rallied last week on optimism that the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England will soon cut borrowing costs after raising them in efforts to contain soaring prices.
Recreational marijuana could be available for sale in Ohio by mid-June, after new licensing rules for dispensaries cleared a key legislative hurdle Monday. Ohioans over 21 were immediately able to legally grow and possess cannabis at home, but they had nowhere to legally buy it — prompting concern by Gov. Mike DeWine and some fellow Republicans in the Legislature that openings would be created for a black market. On Monday, the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review allowed rules to proceed without objection that clear the way for a dual licensing program that will allow existing medical marijuana dispensaries to also sell non-medical pot products.
TODAY co-anchor Hoda Kotb is one proud mama this Mother's Day, and she shared new pics of her daughters Haley and Hope.
Donald Trump's one-time fixer and the star prosecution witness at his criminal trial testified Monday how, under Trump's directions, he paid a porn actress to hush up "catastrophic" revelations of a tryst.Trump is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse Cohen for a $130,000 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election, when her claims of a sexual encounter with Trump could have doomed his campaign.
The amendment would guarantee some of the nation's broadest protections of abortion and LGBTQ+ rights if it is approved by both chambers this session and then by voters in two years. Dozens of green-clad ERA supporters holding signs saying “I AM AN EQUALITY VOTER” and “You Belong Here” with a rainbow flag design sang in a chorus outside the House chamber ahead of a floor session that was expected to last into the night. It does not include the word “abortion,” but that's meant to be protected by prohibiting the state from discriminating against a person “making and effectuating decisions about all matters relating to one’s own pregnancy or decision whether to become or remain pregnant.”
Republicans said Monday that the state Senate would be voting to override the governor's veto of three dozen bills on everything from fighting PFAS pollution to doing away with work permit requirements for teenagers — moves that Democrats derided as desperate election year stunts. Both moves come six months before the election and are just the latest bit of political jousting between Evers and the Legislature. Both are trying to use the stalemate over PFAS funding and other issues to their advantage in the November election as Democrats hope to pick up seats in the Legislature under the state's new legislative boundary maps.
A bad actor intercepted a wire transfer of $220,000 for Rockville Volunteer Fire's new ambulances, slightly changing the bank routing number.
San Francisco is poised to become the first city in the U.S. to ban firefighter clothing made with PFAS, also known as forever chemicals.
The measure would force the U.S. to send bombs that have been delayed over Israel's conduct in Gaza.
At the apartment door where a Florida deputy shot and killed Senior Airman Roger Fortson, a small shrine is growing with the tributes from the Air Force unit grappling with his loss. There is a long wooden plank, anchored by two sets of aviator wings, and a black marker for mourners to leave prayers and remembrances for the 23-year-old. Shells from 105mm and 30mm rounds like those that Fortson handled as a gunner on the unit's AC-130J special operations aircraft stand on each side of the door — the empty 105mm shell is filled with flowers.
President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base. The order forces the divestment of property operated as a crypto mining facility near the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base. It also forces the removal of certain equipment owned by MineOne Partners Ltd., a firm that is partly owned by the Chinese state.
Officials see an uptick in use of advanced technology, including artificial intelligence, to mask threats and enhance disruptions.
Three men charged in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger have reached plea deals with prosecutors, according to court papers filed Monday. The plea deals were disclosed nearly six years after the 89-year-old gangster, who spent almost two decades on the lam, was beaten to death in his cell at a troubled West Virginia prison. Fotios “Freddy” Geas and Paul J. DeCologero were accused of repeatedly striking Bulger in the head while Sean McKinnon served as a lookout.
France has received combined investment commitments from foreign companies of more than 15 billion euros ($16.2 billion), President Emmanuel Macron's office said on Monday.Macron's office said that the 15-billion-euro investment total -- spread over a "record" 56 projects -- would potentially lead to 10,000 jobs being created.
The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumes Monday in Manhattan, where his former lawyer and fixer is expected to take the stand.
Advocates for victims of abuse at Missouri boarding schools on Monday urged the state's attorney general to launch an investigation, work with local prosecutors and take other steps aimed at stemming the tide of abuse. Three Christian boarding schools in southern Missouri have shut down since 2020 amid wide-ranging abuse allegations levied by current and former students. Several people affiliated with those schools are facing criminal charges.
An area of Jerusalem's national military cemetery, where soldiers killed in Gaza are buried, was on Monday filled with mourners and emotion as Israel marked a painful Memorial Day.- 'No hostages, no independence' - Later Monday Mount Herzl cemetery saw another ceremony, marking the transition from mourning to celebration as Israel's Memorial Day gave way to Independence Day.
GameStop stock surged as much as 110% after 'Roaring Kitty,' who was credited with starting the 2021 meme stock frenzy, posted on X for the first time in three years.
Sen. Bob Menendez (D) faces trial on bribery, fraud, and obstruction charges, shaking the political landscape with international implications.
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