US officer Goodson acquitted in Freddie Gray case A judge has acquitted a police van driver of all charges including “depraved-heart” murder in the death of 25-year-old arrestee Freddie Gray, whose broken neck on the way to the station set off Baltimore’s worst riots in decades. Six officers were charged in Gray’s death, but only Officer Caesar Goodson was accused of murder. Gray was…

Heidi Stevens: Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill? Let’s get on with it I’d like to think the defeat of Rep. Steve King’s proposed bill to keep Harriet Tubman off the $20 bill would be the end of that debate, but I doubt it will be. Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has called the move to put Tubman on the $20 bill “pure political correctness” and suggested she be put…

Immoral, lazy, closed-minded: How Democrats and Republicans feel about each other WASHINGTON — Nearly half of Republicans regard Democrats as more “immoral,” “lazy” and “dishonest” than other Americans; seven in 10 Democrats view Republicans as “more closed-minded.” And altogether, about half of respondents in a new poll said the other side makes them “angry” or “afraid.” While Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton suffer from unfavorable images that…

FBI could soon legally hack any computer in the US – and possibly beyond Computers hidden by Tor technology will also be vulnerable. The Supreme Court approved new rules on Thursday that would potentially give the FBI the authority to hack any computer in the United States, and potentially computers located overseas as well. Those hidden by Tor technology will also be vulnerable. Now the Congress have until December 1…

Supreme Court Allows FBI to Hack Computers Anywhere Thanks to a Supreme Court decision on Thursday, law enforcement agencies including the FBI may end up with broad powers to hack any computer, regardless of its physical location—but the expansion of power hinges upon congressional approval. With a new rule change in the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedures, which covers search and seizure protocols, federal…

Blue-collar Americans say trade is killing them SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Maurice King worked for Joerns Healthcare, a medical-furniture manufacturer, for nearly 43 years. Until suddenly one day, he didn’t. Joerns closed its plant in Stevens Point, Wis., in 2012 after years of gradually outsourcing work to China. It let go 175 workers. Now the 62-year-old former local steelworkers union president works a…