An Northern Illinois University Police Officer Charged with Sexual Assault

Back in January, a man from South Yorkshire was arrested after jokingly tweeting a threat to blow up an airport. This summer, the man was convicted of “menace” for his tweet and fined £1,000. The court dismissed his appeal on every count.

The Department of Homeland Security has wasted up to nearly a half billion dollars in taxpayer money and time on its current plans to develop technology at the nation's borders to detect nuclear material being smuggled into the country, according to two recent GAO reports cited by a Republican senator on Thursday.

Incarceration in America is a failure by almost any measure. But what if the prisons could be turned inside out, with convicts released into society under constant electronic surveillance? Radical though it may seem, early experiments suggest that such a science-fiction scenario might cut crime, reduce costs, and even prove more just.

The proposed California law, AB1942, would promote safer driving habits and reduce accidents by permitting video recorders to be installed on the windshield.