Strict voter ID laws require residents to possess a valid, state-approved identification in order to vote.
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2019
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There's a storm brewing in the world of U.S. weather forecasting, and - much like the hurricanes that meteorologists are trained to predict - there's not much anyone can do about it.
Space Exploration
Dec 17, 2013
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Federal investigators found significant cybersecurity weaknesses in the health insurance websites of California, Kentucky and Vermont that could enable hackers to get their hands on sensitive personal information about hundreds ...
Security
Apr 7, 2016
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A government watchdog agency says the only underground nuclear waste repository in the United States doesn't have enough space for radioactive debris left over from decades of bomb-making and research, much less tons of surplus ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 7, 2017
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Passwords written down on desks. Outdated anti-virus software. "Perceived ineptitude" in information technology departments.
Security
Jun 23, 2015
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A government watchdog says the FBI has access to about 640 million photographs—including from driver's licenses, passports and mugshots—that can be searched using facial recognition technology.
Security
Jun 4, 2019
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Between 2000 and 2007, the telemarketing firm Suntasia charged hundreds of thousands of customers an average of $239 each for essentially worthless subscriptions. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Indiana University ...
Economics & Business
Dec 13, 2017
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A new government report challenges a pillar of planning for disasters at American nuclear power plants. It finds that people living beyond the official 10-mile evacuation zone might be so frightened by the prospect of spreading ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 10, 2013
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The federal government has for years failed to take basic steps to protect its data from hackers and thieves, putting at risk everything from nuclear secrets to the private tax information of hundreds of millions of Americans, ...
Security
Jun 24, 2015
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Large numbers of migrating Yellowstone National Park bison are likely to face slaughter for at least the next couple of winters as officials weigh changes to a 15-year-old agreement that drives the practice, the park's superintendent ...
Ecology
Jan 12, 2016
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