As predicted, via the Trump White House — the Pentagon is relaxing its policy on the use of landmines by U.S, forces, so that landmines can be used on the… Read the rest of the article: Trump administration ends Obama-era landmine restriction
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Xeni Jardin • CDC issues federal quarantine orders for 195 Americans evacuated from China, who are being housed at March Air Reserve Base • First CDC quarantine in 50 years. Last federal… Read the rest of the article: U.S. quarantines 195 Wuhan coronavirus evacuees at California military base
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Xeni Jardin Friday, Jan. 31, 1:40PM Eastern: FBI spokesman James Marshall tells reporters FBI is aware of an incident at Mar-A-Lago and have agents responding to the scene. A car chase near… Read the rest of the article: Shots fired near Trump's Mar-a-Lago, SUV breaches security, 2 female suspects in custody
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Xeni Jardin The Trump administration is planning to make landmines great again.
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Xeni Jardin Around the world, people are buying up face masks in hopes of avoiding the Wuhan coronavirus. But do they work? The answer is complicated. Read on for details from health… Read the rest of the article: Coronavirus Q: 'Will a face mask help protect me?' A: It's complicated.
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Xeni Jardin Trump asked national security adviser last spring in front of other senior advisers to arrange meeting between Rudolph Giuliani and Ukraine's new leader Zelensky Well, who bet that more John… Read the rest of the article: New Bolton book bombshell: Earlier allegation of Trump in Ukraine pressure campaign
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Xeni Jardin As we've been blogging here at Boing Boing, the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread, and airlines have begun suspending flights to and from China, where most confirmed cases are located.… Read the rest of the article: UPDATED: Airlines canceling China flights over Wuhan coronavirus outbreak
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Xeni Jardin Airlines around the world have already begun suspending flights to and from mainland China, where most cases of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak are located.
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Xeni Jardin The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has declared a global emergency as the so-called Wuhan Coronavirus continues to spread.
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Xeni Jardin Automated phone spam is a growing plague for anyone with a telephone, landline or cell. The U.S. Department of Justice today announced that they're trying to get court approval to… Read the rest of the article: Robocalls: Finally, DOJ seeks court enforcement action against telecoms for phone spam
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Xeni Jardin "If there are no consequences for the [UN] agencies for failures like these … there will be more breaches."
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Xeni Jardin Order says data collected 'could be valuable to foreign entities' The United States Interior Department today introduced a no-fly rule that covers pretty much all Chinese drones, and all unmanned… Read the rest of the article: US Interior bans Chinese drones and UAVs with made-in-China parts over espionage concerns — with few exceptions
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Xeni Jardin As the death toll from the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV outbreak escalates, the White House is discussing a possible China travel ban, reports NBC News and other organizations on Tuesday morning.
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Xeni Jardin Congress is urging Google to take long-overdue action to stamp out 'dangerous climate misinformation' on YouTube.
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Xeni Jardin The UK will allow China's Huawei to build what are described as 'non-core' elements of a British 5G network, but the Chinese company is not allowed to operate at what… Read the rest of the article: UK says OK to Huawei
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Xeni Jardin "I design Unnecessary Inventions for fun," says IMGURian @rightcoastguy, who was challenged by fellow users to make this truly silly and wacky invention. "Meet the SockNoMore."
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Xeni Jardin Oh, this gets me right in the feels.
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Xeni Jardin The game 'Stardew Valley' inspired these cute cupcakes, made with serious cake icing portrait talent.
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Xeni Jardin IMGURian @Sgraceoh shared these phenomenal images of their "Lord of the Rings themed wedding," and it looks like a good time was had by all.
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Xeni Jardin Three separate China government agencies on Sunday ordered a temporary ban on the trade in wild animals. China's government is struggling to contain the deadly outbreak of a virus that… Read the rest of the article: China bans sale of wild animals as novel Wuhan coronavirus deaths increase