Last week, the Hernando Sun ran a story on recent changes to the Hernando County Sexual Offender and Sexual Offender Ordinance found in Chapter 21 of the Code of Ordinances. The story was largely based on a copy of the revised ordinance posted on the BOCC website for their July 11th meeting. We have learned...Read More
NIAGARA, Wis. — Last week I described my own experiences with computer hackers: the near misses, the deceptions and the inconveniences created by having to take precautions after each incident occurred. I was lucky — all three times. I lost no money. But there is no guarantee that any of you who use a computer...Read More
Forty students at Ouachita Baptist University have been named to the latest edition of Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities. The students were chosen by Ouachita’s faculty, staff and 2023 senior class based on their academic performance, leadership in extracurricular activities, community service and potential for success. The following Ouachita students are included in Who’s Who:...Read More
Illustration by Verónica Martínez Thousands of older adults are set to be released from Illinois prisons in the coming years. Advocates say many of them don’t have the resources or support they need to succeed on the outside. This story was produced in partnership with WTTW as part of FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison — a...Read More
CAIRO (AP) — About 300 infants, toddlers and older children have been rescued from an orphanage in Sudan’s capital after being trapped there while fighting raged outside, aid officials said Thursday. The evacuation came after 71 children died from hunger and illness in the facility since mid-April. The tragedy at the Al-Mayqoma orphanage made headlines...Read More
The warning of publication of personal data follows the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability, discovered this week, which impacted staff at organisations including airline British Airways (BA), broadcaster BBC, and pharmaceuticals provider Boots. The vulnerability was found to be present within the MOVEit file transfer software, provided by US-based tech company Progress and utilised by...Read More
90+ Cyber Crime Statistics 2024: Cost, Industries & Trends By Nivedita James Palatty Cybercrime statistics show that a minimum of 422 million individuals were impacted, according to the FBI’s internet crime records with 800,944 complaints registered in 2022. Nearly 33 billion accounts will be breached in 2023 with the cost of these breaches predicted...Read More
This article is part of “Death by Delay,” a series on how consumer product hazards have cost lives. Window blinds, curtains and shades can injure or kill young children if the dangling cords are accessible to tiny hands. In the last 50 years, hundreds of children in the United States have gotten the cords looped around their...Read More
Gov. Janet Mills has split her State of the State update into two parts this year to create more space to discuss the mass shooting in Lewiston and the extreme weather events that have gripped the state over the past year. “These unique times call for a unique approach,” Mills wrote in the first portion...Read More
Emily Johnson recalls her first duplex fondly — well, sort of. She rented to a friend’s sister, who ended up being “a nightmare”: The tenant smoked in the house, paid rent late and knocked on Johnson’s door at 11 p.m. with maintenance requests. Nevertheless, Johnson caught the investing bug. That experience 20 years ago inspired...Read More
