The U.S. government is reportedly secretly issuing warrants for Google to provide user data on anyone typing in certain search terms, raising fears that innocent online users could get caught up in serious crime investigations at a greater frequency than previously thought. In an attempt to track down criminals, federal
The Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday authorities searched the Paris apartment of child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the offices of the modeling agency belonging to Epstein’s longtime friend Jean-Luc Brunel. The French raid on Epstein’s luxury Paris apartment comes after the jet-setting financier was found dead in his Manhattan
Federal agents searched the home of the president of the United Auto Workers union Wednesday as part of an ongoing probe of alleged corruption involving the union and at least one of the nation’s unionized automakers. The years-long probe has already led to charges against nine people with ties to
A small plane that went missing earlier on Monday during what was supposed to be a 15-minute flight has been found after it crashed in Rowan County, North Carolina, near the airport where it took off. The plane was recovered Monday evening and the pilot has been pronounced dead. The
The Chinese telecommunications giant’s chief financial officer, detained in Canada at US’ request, has taken legal action against the country’s border agents and police, accusing them of an unlawful search and interrogation. In a lawsuit filed in Canada’s British Colombia’s Supreme Court on Friday, Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s CFO and daughter
The Department of Justice has confirmed that a US court committee approved proposed rules that would allow judges to grant warrants to search computers “remotely” in multiple jurisdictions, even when investigators do not know exactly where a device is. According to the current rules judges can grant warrants for “remote
The four pings at the center of the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 were not from the jet’s black boxes, a senior US Navy official said on Wednesday. The sounds were likely from another man-made source unrelated to the missing plane. Michael Dean, the Navy’s deputy director
Pennsylvania police officers no longer need a warrant to search a citizen’s vehicle, according to a recent state Supreme Court opinion. The high court’s opinion, released Tuesday, is being called a drastic change in citizens’ rights and police powers. Previously, citizens could refuse an officer’s request to search a vehicle.
Pale, blonde and blue-eyed, the 4-year-old girl looks shyly into the camera. This is no ordinary photo, though. The little girl pictured is at the center of a mystery. Police in Greece say they found her Thursday with a Roma couple posing as her parents but have no idea who
Despite the ability to monitor the Internet and cell phone activities of millions, the National Security Agency says it lacks the technology necessary to sift through its own employees’ personal email accounts, according to a new report. The claim came in response from a Freedom of Information Act request sent
