Supreme Court takes up FCC fund dispute over subsidies for rural telecom services

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund, agreeing to review a lower court decision that upended the mechanism for funding programs that provide communications services to rural areas, low-income communities and schools, libraries and hospitals. The dispute is the latest in

Former cyber czar urges vigilance — “it’s not the attackers… it’s us”

Just a week before Thanksgiving, shoppers at Stop & Shop stores across Massachusetts were forced to leave empty-handed after a cyberattack against the supermarket chain’s parent company led to inventory shortages.  Parent company Ahold Delhaize said in a statement earlier this month, that it had alerted law enforcement about the cyber breach and had taken

Can Matt Gaetz return to Congress? He says he won’t.

Gaetz not returning to Congress Gaetz on not returning to Congress after dropping out of Trump attorney general consideration 02:05 Former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida says he doesn’t intend to return to Congress in January, after resigning from his seat and withdrawing from consideration as U.S. attorney general.  Gaetz announced his withdrawal Thursday, citing the distraction

Supreme Court tosses Facebook appeal in shareholder lawsuit

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Facebook’s appeal of a lower court order reviving a shareholder lawsuit brought against the social media giant in light of consulting firm Cambridge Analytica’s 2015 misuse of millions of Facebook users’ data. In its first opinion of the term, the high court issued a one-line unsigned decision

Texas to build new border wall section on land offered to Trump administration

Texas set to begin construction on border wall in Rio Grande Valley Texas set to begin construction on border wall in Rio Grande Valley 00:27 RIO GRANDE VALLEY – Texas is offering a parcel of rural ranchland along the U.S.-Mexico border to use as a staging area for potential mass deportations under President-elect Donald Trump.