Tag Archives: police

The Robot Rodeo where bots battle bombs

07/31/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Media is ablaze with warnings against a future where robots with AI threaten a human future. But are all robots bad? Recent movies from “Terminator Genysis” to “Chappie” and “Ex Machina” all consider a future where robots take on bigger…

‘All about the money’: Motorists plagued by sky-high Calif. traffic ticket fines

06/27/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Casey Campbell served two tours in Iraq, but the fight of his life is in California. After driving without a seat belt and no front plate, he got a $25 traffic ticket that jumped to $300 with assessments and surcharges.…

Supreme Court throws out conviction for Facebook threats

06/01/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
The Supreme Court on Monday threw out the conviction of a Pennsylvania man convicted of making threats on Facebook, but dodged the free speech issues that had made the case intriguing to First Amendment advocates. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing…

Uneasy peace: Social media buzz points to more Baltimore violence as cops, troops keep the peace

04/28/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Baltimore firefighters battle a three-alarm fire Monday, April 27, 2015, at a senior living facility under construction at Federal and Chester Streets in East Baltimore. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP) The data mining firm that found between 20 and…

Justice Department reached only possible conclusion in Michael Brown case

03/05/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Three-and-a-half months after a St. Louis Grand Jury decided not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for Michael Brown’s death, President Obama’s Department of Justice has finally followed suit – admitting that there is no case to be brought…

Cable news goes wild watching llamas on the loose

02/26/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
In the ‘70s, Paul McCartney gave us “Band on the Run.” Thursday cable news networks (including CNBC) gave us “Llamas on the Loose.” It seemed all of America was watching as two llamas, a large, white one and a smaller,…

Let’s not be so quick to believe gun-control rhetoric

02/16/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
In this Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 photo, a dealer arranges handguns in a display case in advance of a show at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds in Little Rock, Ark. Arkansas gun advocates in the Legislature are supporting bills that would…

After Two NYPD Officers Are Assassinated, Reconciliation And Bipartisanship Is The Only Solution To Divisiveness

12/31/2014 Published on Forbes.com
There’s plenty of blame to go around here. Mayor de Blasio’s initial comments that were perceived, and rightly so, to be sympathetic to protestors certainly precipitated the disproportionate reaction from the police when they turned their backs on the mayor…

China’s trade in torture, repression devices is flourishing, report finds

09/30/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Metal spiked batons are some of the tools of torture manufactured by more than 130 Chinese firms, human rights advocates say. (Courtesy: Amnesty International) Electric shock batons, above, are inherently cruel and should be immediately banned by Chinese authorities, advocates…

Amid gangland shootings, Chicago leaders call for federal resources

07/10/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Jasmine Curry, a mother of five and five months pregnant, lay dead along Chicago’s Dan Ryan expressway Wednesday morning, the latest victim in Chicago’s epidemic of gunfire with a bullet to the head. It was uncommon that she was shot…