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NASA harnesses space technology to find victims of natural disasters

(NASA/JPL-Caltech/DHS) While Google recently made news with a patent filing for drones that could provide emergency medical services, NASA has long been finding ways to take their innovative space-bound technology find a way to apply it to everyday life on…

High-tech Kevlar-based gloves keep firefighters safe

(Department of Homeland Security) An innovative new glove aims to protect the hands of firefighters far better than before – and is now finally commercially available. After years of intensive research and testing, firefighters can get their hands on –…

US believes China behind cybersecurity breach affecting at least 4M federal employees

Hackers based in China are believed to be behind a massive data breach that could have compromised the personal data of at least 4 million current and former federal employees, U.S. officials said late Thursday. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a…

Obama administration scrambles to contain damage from ‘massive data breach’

The Obama administration was scrambling Friday to contain the damage from a massive cyber-breach which may have put the entire federal workforce at risk, as officials began to point the finger at China-based hackers. The Department of Homeland Security issued…

Feds crack down on Chinese ‘birth tourism’

Airfare from the U.S. to China and a months-long stay in an Orange County, Calif., apartment: $80,000. A baby born a U.S. citizen: priceless. In the largest operation of its kind, early Tuesday morning federal officials in Southern California served…