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Articles by Katrina Manson and Jake Bleiberg

White House to Push Cybersecurity Standards on Hospitals

The Biden administration intends to require hospitals to meet minimum cybersecurity standards after a single hack exposed the data of 100 million Americans. “We look to putting in place minimum cybersecurity standards for hospitals in the near term,” Anne Neuberger, …

Tiny Texas City Repels Russia-Tied Hackers Eyeing Water System

When Mike Cypert got the call that utilities in remote Texas communities were being hacked, he raced across his office to unplug the computer that ran his city’s water system. Hale Center is a dusty, cotton-growing burg of 2,000 about …

Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Seeking Reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage. Judge Caroline Wall on Friday dismissed with …

Record-Breaking Heat Wave to Expand to Other States, Posing Health Risks to Millions

DALLAS (AP) – Scorching temperatures brought on by a “heat dome” have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand to other parts of the U.S. during the …

‘Heat Dome’ Scorching Temperatures Headed to Other States

Scorching temperatures brought on by a “heat dome” have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand to other parts of the U.S. during the coming week, putting …

Families of Uvalde Victims Dig In for New Test of Gun Industry Protections

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – After Mayah Zamora was shot and wounded at Robb Elementary School, her family did what many mass shooting survivors do: They sued. They sued the store off Main Street in Uvalde, Texas, that sold the teenage …

Families of Gun Violence Victims Dig In for New Test of Gun Industry Protections

After Mayah Zamora was shot and wounded at Robb Elementary School, her family did what many mass shooting survivors do: They sued. They sued the store off Main Street in Uvalde, Texas, that sold the teenage gunman his AR-style rifle. …

Suit Over Texas Woman’s Jail Death Settles for $7M

DALLAS (AP) – A private company that ran a Texas jail where a woman allegedly went blind following days of medical neglect before her 2019 death has agreed to a $7 million lawsuit settlement along with other defendants, her family’s …

Extreme Cold, Travel Chaos to Continue Into This Week

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The deep freeze from a deadly winter storm that walloped much of the United States will continue into the week as people in western New York deal with massive snow drifts that snarled emergency vehicles and …

Families Shattered by Tornadoes in Gulf

A storm system that spawned dozens of reported tornadoes from Texas to the Florida Panhandle was all but done with the South last Thursday after killing at least three people and uprooting families across Louisiana, where some homes were blown …