23andMe will pay $30 million and provide three years of security monitoring to settle a lawsuit accusing the genetics testing company of failing to protect the privacy of 6.9 million customers whose personal information was exposed in a data breach last year. The accord also resolves accusations that 23andMe did not tell customers with Chinese…
Lawyers for Colin Gray, the father of suspected Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, have asked for special jail protections amid an “incalculable number of threats” from other inmates. Colin, 54, was last week charged with suspicion of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to children. He was arrested one day after his 14-year-old son was…
Aircraft assembly workers walked off the job early Friday at Boeing factories near Seattle and elsewhere after union members voted overwhelmingly to go on strike and reject a tentative contract that would have increased wages by 25% over four years. The strike started at 12:01 a.m. PDT, less than three hours after the local branch…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is “ramping up” relations with American governors and senators ahead of the U.S. presidential election and crucial renegotiations of the North American free trade deal. Speaking at the Toronto Region Board of Trade on Thursday, Ford indicated that his government is trying to get ahead of the potential disruption by forging…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Republican Donald Trump said on Thursday he would not participate in another presidential debate against his Democratic rival Kamala Harris ahead of the Nov. 5 election, as several polls showed that she beat him. “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!” the former president wrote on social media site…
A far-right activist who has publicly pushed the conspiracy theory that 9/11 was an “inside job” attended 9/11 memorial events with former president Donald Trump on the anniversary of the attacks. Laura Loomer posted videos of the current Republican nominee attending events in New York and Pennsylvania on Wednesday, meeting with firefighters and family members…
A 17-year-old was shot in the face while looking for a place to take homecoming photos, according to police in Colorado. The incident took place Tuesday, when deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) responded to a trespassing report and found a teen boy bleeding heavily from his face. The sheriff’s office said the…
Boeing’s U.S. West Coast factory workers started voting on Thursday on a much-criticized new contract and a possible strike, piling pressure on the planemaker as it wrestles with chronic production delays and mounting debt. A potential strike could start on Friday, which would be a big early blow to new CEO Kelly Ortberg, brought on last month to restore faith…
New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban said he would resign Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation that touched several members of Mayor Eric Adams’ inner circle. Caban said he made the decision to resign after the “news around recent developments” had “created a distraction for our department,”…