February 23, 2017 3:53 pm Published by admin New York State has finalized regulations that will require banks and insurers to meet minimum cyber-security standards. The standards include reporting breaches to regulators – part of a concentrated drive to beat back increased cyber crime and keep damage to Read More
February 23, 2017 3:46 pm Published by admin After a 12-year battle with debilitating abdominal conditions that forced her to stop working, marijuana has helped Lynn Sabulski feel well enough to look for a job. Sabulski is among nearly 14,000 patients in New York state who are certified Read More
February 16, 2017 11:27 am Published by admin A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered Pennsylvania prisons to abandon a policy that automatically kept former death-row inmates in solitary confinement, in some cases for years after their capital sentences had been vacated. Continue reading.
February 16, 2017 11:26 am Published by admin Gov. Chris Christie has signed into law a measure that will license and regulate the popular ride-sharing industry, bringing to a close a tumultuous, three-year effort marked by threats from Uber executives they would pull out of New Jersey. N.J. Read More
February 16, 2017 11:25 am Published by admin In 2012, the U.S. added over 39 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. That’s equivalent to a pile of 33-foot-diameter one-metric-ton spheres stacked 2.3 miles high and 4.6 miles across. Continue reading.
February 16, 2017 11:23 am Published by admin The targeting of election systems in Arizona and Illinois by Russian hackers last summer received a lot of media attention. But those were far from the only or even the most serious recent attacks on government computer networks, which are Read More
February 16, 2017 11:21 am Published by admin On any given day at the Salud Clinic, Lucrecia Maas might see 22 patients. They come to the community health center tucked away in an office park here needing cavities filled, prescriptions renewed and babies vaccinated. When they start to Read More
February 16, 2017 11:19 am Published by admin The Justice Department just got a new boss: Jeff Sessions. He is raising alarms in the civil rights community. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is concerned about his record of hostility toward the Voting Rights Act and Read More
February 7, 2017 3:43 pm Published by admin When she was 12, Logan began having suicidal thoughts. She started cutting herself and withdrew from her friends. She went from being a straight-A student to a failing one, and had to give up a coveted spot at her magnet Read More
February 7, 2017 3:41 pm Published by admin After President Trump signed executive orders last week to ramp up immigration enforcement, Democratic members of the state Senate on Tuesday made good on their promise to speed up legislation meant to strengthen protections for immigrants and religious minorities in Read More