US Hospitals On High Alert Amid Wave Of Ransomware Attacks
Eastern European criminals are targeting dozens of US hospitals with ransomware, and federal officials have urged healthcare facilities to beef up preparations
California Crews Begin To Tame Two Orange County Wildfires As Winds Ebb
Weakening winds on Wednesday (Oct 28) enabled firefighters in Southern California to begin to corral two raging wildfires that critically injured two frontline
Biden's Call For 'national Mask Mandate' Gains Traction In Public Health Circles
As the nation heads into what public health experts are calling a "dark winter" of coronavirus illness and death, public health experts are coalescing
Building Wave Of Ransomware Attacks Strike US Hospitals
Eastern European criminals are targeting dozens of US hospitals with ransomware, and federal officials on Wednesday (Oct 28) urged healthcare facilities to beef
Southern California's Latest Wildfires Rage With Little Progress Reported
Firefighters in Southern California reported little headway on Tuesday (Oct 27) against two explosive, wind-whipped wildfires that forced the evacuations of ten
Thousands Flee Homes Near Los Angeles As Wildfire Rages
LOS ANGELESSome 60,000 people fled their homes near Los Angeles on Monday (Oct 26) as a wildfire raged across more than 800 ha with high winds grounding firefig
Winds Send California Fire Risk Soaring, Forcing Blackouts
Violent winds are rattling Northern California, sending the risk of wildfires soaring and prompting the state's largest utility to cut power to prevent live wir
Californians Face Blackouts Amid Fire Risks
Californians are facing the largest mass blackout so far this year as the state's biggest utility, PG&E, prepares power shut-offs to prevent live wires from
Californians Face Year's Biggest Power Shutoffs On Fire Risk
CALIFORNIA (BLOOMBERG)Californians are facing the largest mass blackout so far this year as the state's biggest utility, PG&E Corp, prepares power shutoffs
Facebook Seeks To Block Political Ad Targeting Research
SAN FRANCISCOFacebook has demanded that New York University (NYU) pull the plug on a research project into the platform's targeting practices for political ads,
US Faces Half A Million Covid-19 Deaths By End-February, Study Finds
More than a half million people in the United States could die from Covid-19 by the end of February next year, but around 130,000 of those lives could be saved
Google Antitrust Case To Hinge On How Search Engine Grew Dominant: Experts
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA/The US government's antitrust case against Alphabet Inc's Google appears strong, but could face an uphill battle from a business-friendly ju
US Supreme Court To Hear Trump Appeal Of Ruling Against Border Wall Funds
The US Supreme Court on Monday (Oct 19) agreed to hear an appeal by President Donald Trump's administration of a ruling that he overstepped his constitutional p
Win The Vote But Still Lose? Behold The US Electoral College
WASHINGTON"Beautiful" is how US political outsider Donald Trump described his shock presidential win against rival Hillary Clinton on the night of Nov
Trump Blasts Michigan Governor Whitmer; Crowd Chants ‘Lock Her Up’
MUSKEGON/WILMINGTON (REUTERS) - President Donald Trump, who played down the coronavirus pandemic from its onset, criticised Michigan's Democratic Governor Gretc
Facing Prospect Of Losing The Election, US Federal Agencies Rushing To Secure Trump's Legacy
Facing the prospect that US President Donald Trump could lose his re-election bid, his Cabinet is scrambling to enact regulatory changes affecting millions of A
Californians Fear More Wildfires As Winds Pick Up
Thousands of households across Northern California braced for power blackouts on Wednesday (Oct 14) as dry weather threatened to touch off a new round of the wi
The Robot Dolphin That Could Replace Captive Animals At Theme Parks One Day
HAYWARD, Darting around the pool as a group of swimmers stands in the shallow end, the dolphin looks much like those that jump through hoops and perform acrobat
Wildfire Threat Intensifying Across California, Officials Say
Hot, dry conditions and intense winds across California are threatening to reinvigorate what has already been the worst fire season in state history, officials
Over 10m Americans Have Cast Early Votes In US Election: Study
US voters have cast more than 10 million votes for the Nov 3 presidential election, significantly outpacing the early vote in 2016 and suggesting a large turnou