Pumpjacks operating in Kern County, which has a long history of oil production, in California’s 22nd Congressional District on October 16, 2026 near Bakersfield, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Oil prices rose on Thursday on concerns about a possible escalation in the Middle East conflict, as the United States reportedly plans to resume attacks … Read more
A federal judge ruled Wednesday night that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s practice of knocking on doors and asking people about their immigration status (and whether they have voted in recent elections) likely violates the Voting Rights Act. The ruling targeted an operation that was documented by a CBS News investigation earlier Wednesday. Homeland … Read more
US orders some diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks intensify BBCUS pulls staff out of Saudi Arabia as kingdom falls under Houthi fire Fox NewsU.S. pulls diplomats from Saudi Arabia as it reportedly prepares attacks on Iran after midterm elections CNBC Some US diplomats told to leave Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks The … Read more
The Internet’s mad scramble on Wednesday to fix a pair of critical vulnerabilities in PHP, a widely used web scripting language, was already too late to stop each attack, newly released details reveal. Wednesday’s release of fixes for two critical vulnerabilities in PHP sent administrators and security personnel scrambling to identify and patch vulnerable websites … Read more
Touch ID on the iPhone Duo may be frustrating for some users, according to media reviews published today. Several reviewers found that Touch ID was slow to unlock, which can be jarring coming from Face ID. According to Marques Brownlee, Apple added an intentional delay to “every” Touch ID unlock. After tapping a finger on … Read more
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It’s your second chance to see a meteor shower in October. The second annual October meteor shower, the Orionids, is a fairly reliable meteor shower. The radiant of the Orionids is the constellation of Orion, specifically its bright star Betelgeuse. The Orionid meteors come from the remains of Halley’s Comet, which passes by Earth approximately … Read more
The airborne bacteria that causes deadly Legionnaires’ disease was discovered at the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office, with an employee later testing positive for the disease.The bacteria, legionella, was detected in a cooling system at the office near downtown LA, according to NBC 4.The identity of the worker who tested positive the person’s condition … Read more
The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and family members to leave their missions in Saudi Arabia and is planning to transfer family members from other US missions in the Gulf, US officials told Reuters. State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a post on Washington had returned some diplomatic staff to the region … Read more
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to halt certain investigative actions in its search for noncitizen voters, writing that the department’s efforts are based on erroneous data that includes U.S. citizens legally allowed to vote. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín wrote in the order that DHS data alleging hundreds of thousands of potential … Read more