By Rachel Stoltzfoos The British spy found dead in a padlocked duffel bag five years ago had angered his MI6 boss by hacking into a Bill Clinton file, a new report on the still unsolved case reveals. Gareth Williams had “illegally hacked into secret Clinton data,” and had given a “friend” the guest list of an event both the…
By Guy Bentley Women earn more than men until they hit their 30s when they fall behind, but the change is almost entirely explainable through parenthood and personal choices rather than sexism, according to experts. Using data from the U.K.’s office of National Statistics, the Press Association found from 2006 to 2013 women aged between 22…
By Casey Harper A judge has ruled against an atheist group fighting to get a statue of Jesus removed from the top of a Montana mountain. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that providing a permit for the “Big Mountain Jesus” memorial did not constitute an establishment of religion, defeating efforts by anti-religion activists to have…
By Blake Neff A professor at North Carolina State University is warning students in her gender studies class to refrain from using any “sexist language” in their writing, or else face penalties to their grades. The sexism that professor Nancy Bishop hopes to squelch includes words such as “mankind” and the word “he” when used…
By Jonah Bennett Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said that international rivals should be aware that he’s fully willing to use military force as a future commander-in-chief, if circumstances call for such a decision. Not only should the United States be willing to use military force if necessary, but in order to present an effective front,…
By Ivan Plis Russian President Vladimir Putin and his loyal Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev recently did a lot of macho activities suspiciously close to a camera. The two leaders were visiting the southwestern Russia city of Sochi over the weekend, ostensibly toattend a martial arts tournament on Saturday. But on Sunday, they spent the morning…
By Casey Harper Some of America’s greatest rivals are working together in tandem in the hopes to outmatch the U.S. in cyber warfare. China and Russia are comparing hacked U.S. databases to help each other identify U.S. intelligence operatives to blackmail and recruit, based on information the two countries have gained through cyber hacks, The Los Angeles Times…
By Guy Bentley A new super-giant natural gas field could prove to be the largest ever discovered on earth and also end up satisfying energy demand in parts of the Middle East and the Mediterranean for decades to come. Italian energy firm Eni made the find off the northern Egyptian coast. According to the company,…
By Mark Tapscott White House emails to the IRS about individual tax returns cannot be exempted by the embattled agency under the Freedom of Information Act, a federal judge ruled late Friday. United States District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled Section 6103 of the tax code does not justify the IRS from withholding from…
By Connor D. Wolf Florida took a huge step toward passing a $15 minimum wage Friday, with one House Democrat filing a bill to bring the issue up during the 2016 legislative session. The bill was introduced by Democratic state Rep. Victor Torres. As the local affiliate of CBS reports, the measure is identical to one introduced in the…