A New York man accused of shooting a plainclothes police officer last month was charged with first-degree murder on Thursday, in a 12-count indictment that stiffened prior charges after the officer’s death. Demetrius Blackwell, 35, was arrested hours after he allegedly shot New York Police Department officer Brian Moore, 25, in the head after Moore attempted to question him in a middle-class section of the borough of Queens on May
The rural New York prison, that two inmates escaped from over the weekend, has long been nicknamed “Little Siberia” by officials who viewed its location in the state’s far north as an ideal place to tuck hardened offenders. With more than 450 state, federal and local law enforcement officers now in their sixth day of a manhunt for Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, following their escape from the
The rural New York prison, that two inmates escaped from over the weekend, has long been nicknamed “Little Siberia” by officials who viewed its location in the state’s far north as an ideal place to tuck hardened offenders. With more than 450 state, federal and local law enforcement officers now in their sixth day of a manhunt for Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, following their escape from the
A Virginia 17-year-old pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to charges of conspiring to help Islamic State militants, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Ali Amin, of Manassas, Virginia, used social media to provide instructions on how to use the virtual currency Bitcoin to send funds to militants, and he helped another Virginia resident travel to Syria to join the group, the department said. “Around the nation, we are seeing
A Virginia 17-year-old pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to charges of conspiring to help Islamic State militants, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Ali Amin, of Manassas, Virginia, used social media to provide instructions on how to use the virtual currency Bitcoin to send funds to militants, and he helped another Virginia resident travel to Syria to join the group, the department said. “Around the nation, we are seeing
Authorities are questioning Joyce Mitchell, a female prison employee, about the inmates who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility last weekend.
Authorities are questioning Joyce Mitchell, a female prison employee, about the inmates who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility last weekend.
Just by receiving an e-mail, iOS users — even very savvy ones — could fall victim to a convincing, but fake login screen that would steal the username and password for their Apple accounts. Sou?ek’s tool wraps email messages in 20 lines of deceptive Web formatting that, when viewed on an iOS device, brings up a fake Apple ID login screen that looks perfectly real. Sou?ek rooted out the vulnerability
EU regulators’ investigations into the low tax arrangements of Apple , Starbucks and Amazon in some member states are at an advanced stage and decisions could be announced in the coming months, a senior European Commission official said on Thursday. The investigations centre on Luxembourg’s tax rulings for online retailer Amazon and carmaker Fiat Chrysler , as well as coffee chain Starbucks’ deal with the Netherlands and iPhone maker Apple’s
Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and IndieGogo have grown rapidly over the last five years, taking in more than $1 billion in pledges for project creators. Sometimes it was the fault of honest errors, other times backers alleged creators had abused their funds. Today the FTC announced it has taken its first action against a fraudulent Kickstarter project, The Doom That Came to Atlantic City, a board game that raised $122,000 from 1,246 backers,
