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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is hoping to extend its powers by accessing data which tells them when and where people have traveled, utilising the license-plate tracking system.  Engadget.com reports: According to The Washington […]

A mentally ill man in the U.S. died in police custody in New York after being tasered. The unarmed man, Donald “Dontay” Ivy, suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and also had heart problems. He was approached […]

The ex Guantanamo Bay chief, Geoffrey Miller, has been ordered to appear in a French court to answer claims of torture used at the detention facility over a decade ago, following a lawsuit from two […]

A massive fire has erupted at an industrial park in Louisville, Kentucky sending thick, black smoke billowing into the sky Friday morning as the flames consume an enormous building. Nearby, witnesses reported seeing huge clouds […]

The NSA has been granted access to manipulate Facebook chat messages in the event of flash mobs or spontaneous demonstrations that have been “prohibited”. Heise.de report: Facebook manipulated on behalf of the US government critical […]

In the month of March 2015 a total of 111 people were killed by police in the United States. That’s twice more than the UK have killed since 1900.  Dailykos.com report: Don’t bother adjusting for population […]

  A medical graduate scholar at Stanford University, California, was arrested and charged with poisoning her classmates. The 26 year old from Singapore is accused of putting paraformaldehyde (PFA) in her drinking water as well […]

A new U.S. executive order has made it illegal for anybody in the United States to donate money to Edward Snowden.  The order states: Sec. 2. I hereby determine that the making of donations of […]

President Barack Obama has signed an executive order that gives the U.S. government the power to sanction suspected cyber-criminals with financial and travel restrictions amid high-profile hacks. Obama has declared a state of ‘national emergency’ […]