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Blockchain Hype Will Not Help The Government Curb Identity Theft

Blockchain Hype Will Not Help The Government Curb Identity Theft

by Cailin Crowe | May 18, 2018 | Featured, Living, Topics

WASHINGTON – To keep up with the record-breaking pace of cyber crime against Americans, Social Security numbers need to be replaced as the de facto required identification, but not by switching to complicated technologies like blockchain, cybersecurity experts say....
Fate of prison reform bill uncertain before midterms

Fate of prison reform bill uncertain before midterms

by Em Steck | May 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump promised Friday at a prison reform summit at the White House that a bill to reform the U.S. incarceration system is “going to be strong, it’s going to be good, it’s going to be what everyone wants.” Members of Congress from both...
Trump says China influenced North Korea’s cold feet for June meeting

Trump says China influenced North Korea’s cold feet for June meeting

by Hannah Wiley | May 17, 2018 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States is moving forward with North Korean summit plans despite his belief that China has influenced Kim Jong-un to scale back enthusiasm for the meeting. Trump said at a White House press briefing with...
Bolten, Dimon call for more investment as latest ‘Infrastructure Week’ sees little action

Bolten, Dimon call for more investment as latest ‘Infrastructure Week’ sees little action

by Caroline Tanner | May 17, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – America’s “antiquated” roads, bridges, aviation system, and rail lines suffer from funding and legislative “inertia,” business leaders and members of Congress declared during an Infrastructure Week event. At a moderated discussion Thursday at the Business...

Inter-Korean Summit fails to recognize human rights oppression in North Korea

by Anna Kook | May 17, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Plans for peace talks between the leaders of North and South Korea fail to solve all conflicts there, some experts say, as they work toward a settlement that ignores one of the most critical problems plaguing the reunification of the Korean...

Why one-third of American working-age men could be displaced by robots

by Elizabeth Beyer | May 14, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON — One third of able-bodied American men between 25 and 54 could be out of job by 2050, contends the author of “The Future of Work: Robots, AI and Automation.” “We’re already at 12% of prime-aged men without jobs,” said Darrell West, vice president of...
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