National & World Headlines

  • MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer They have clicked links in bogus phishing emails, opened malware-laden websites and been tricked by scammers into sharing information. Federal employees and contractors scattered across more than a dozen agencies,…

    November 10, 2014
  • DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — After tackling online strategy and role-playing games, the company behind “World of Warcraft” is taking aim at the shooter genre. Blizzard Entertainment Inc. announced plans…

    November 10, 2014
  • DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — After tackling online strategy and role-playing games, the company behind “World of Warcraft” is taking aim at the shooter genre. Blizzard Entertainment Inc. announced plans…

    November 10, 2014
  • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — So, what exactly is 4Chan? 4chan’s roots date back to a pre-Facebook age of the Internet, where anonymity ruled and rules were few to come by.…

    November 10, 2014
  • BERLIN (AP) — YouTube has amended a form used to resolve copyright disputes after the operators of a German web channel received death threats. The threats by alleged Islamic extremists came after Al Hayat TV,…

    November 10, 2014
  • This Veterans Day will be one of transition at the Veterans Affairs Department. New secretary Bob McDonald has taken steps to minimize delays at veterans health centers across the country and show he's holding employees accountable. Now he wants to embark on a major reorganization of the department. One of the people watching closely is Verna Jones, the new executive director of the American Legion. Jones tells Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp that she sees progress at the VA but there's still so much more to improve.

    November 10, 2014
  • BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is offering free upgraded versions of its Office software for iPhones and iPads, as the software giant further embraces the so-called “freemium” strategy favored by…

    November 10, 2014
  • Troops will be sent over the next few months in a non-combat role to expand the U.S. advise and assist mission and initiate a comprehensive training effort for Iraqi forces.

    November 10, 2014
  • The Defense Department is making some significant changes in the processes it uses to make sure commercial mobile technologies are safe enough for military networks, migrating from a process that's been largely managed by the Defense Information Systems Agency to one that relies more on private laboratories and is coordinated by the National Security Agency.

    November 10, 2014
  • In this edition of "Inside the DoD Reporter's Notebook," the Navy and Marine Corps have agreed to migrate their security infrastructure into JRSS, and all the services have agreed on the basic technical and policy questions.

    November 10, 2014
  • After sticking around as DoD comptroller for 5 1/2 years, the longest time anyone's served in that position since the 1950s, Robert Hale has taken a new job as a fellow and advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton.

    November 10, 2014
  • Navy has issued an instruction giving the Military Sealift Command the OK for its proposal to move its headquarters from the Washington Navy Yard to Norfolk, Va.

    November 10, 2014
  • PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — No sooner had authorities announced the shuttering of an alleged illegal online drug bazaar than another popped up claiming to take its place. Welcome to the “dark…

    November 08, 2014
  • NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a second trail-blazing pick for the nation’s top law enforcement officer, President Barack Obama nominated a federal prosecutor in New York to become the next attorney general…

    November 08, 2014