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Maui’s top emergency official is out after failing to sound sirens as fires approached
Maui’s top emergency management official resigned Thursday, one day after he defended his decision not to sound warning sirens as wildfires swept across the island. The resignation of Herman Andaya, administrator of the county’s emergency management agency, was effective immediately, a county spokesperson said. A wildfire devastated the historic West Maui town of Lahaina on… Continue reading Maui’s top emergency official is out after failing to sound sirens as fires approached
Top marks for graduates of CIISec vocational cyber course
Amid the annual tradition of A-level results day, the first students to sit a new Extended Project Qualification for young people aged 14 and up looking to start a career in cyber security have also been receiving their grades, with promising results. The first intake to the course comprised a total of 132 students… Continue reading Top marks for graduates of CIISec vocational cyber course
Hawaii’s top power utility accused of years of mismanagement before the deadly wildfires
Hawaii’s biggest power utility faces growing scrutiny for the role it might have played in the deadliest wildfire in modern American history, including detailed allegations in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that it was negligent and knowingly failed to take proper action to prevent catastrophe. The lawsuit, first obtained by NBC News, alleges that Hawaiian Electric… Continue reading Hawaii’s top power utility accused of years of mismanagement before the deadly wildfires
Former top FBI agent pleads guilty to working for Russian oligarch
The FBI’s former top spy catcher in New York pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions by taking money from Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in exchange for information on a rival. Charles McGonigal, former assistant special agent in charge of counterintelligence at the FBI’s New York office, told the court he received… Continue reading Former top FBI agent pleads guilty to working for Russian oligarch
Top U.S. cyber official warns of infrastructure attack risk if China tensions rise
LAS VEGAS — China’s hackers have been positioning themselves to conduct destructive cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, a top U.S. cyber official warned Saturday. Speaking at a panel at the Def Con hacker conference in Las Vegas, Jen Easterly, the director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, said, “I hope that people are taking seriously… Continue reading Top U.S. cyber official warns of infrastructure attack risk if China tensions rise
Viet Dinh, Fox’s top lawyerm is exiting company months after $787.5M Dominion settlement
Fox Corporation’s top lawyer is leaving the company, the media giant announced in a news release Friday, nearly four months after it reached a $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. Viet Dinh, Fox’s chief legal and policy officer, plans to step down from his role at the end of the year and become a… Continue reading Viet Dinh, Fox’s top lawyerm is exiting company months after $787.5M Dominion settlement
Sunak’s ‘intransigence’ on pay will lead to more NHS strikes, warns top doctor | NHS
Rishi Sunak’s “increasingly intransigent” and “belligerent” stance on medics’ pay is blocking the path to ending the industrial action in the NHS, leaving no option but to strike until the next general election, one of Britain’s top doctors has warned. Speaking to the Guardian on Friday after junior doctors launched a fifth round of industrial… Continue reading Sunak’s ‘intransigence’ on pay will lead to more NHS strikes, warns top doctor | NHS
Bodycam video shows 2021 arrest of top Trump adviser accused of groping two women
Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn was arrested in 2021 over allegations that he groped two women at an Arizona bar, newly released police bodycam video shows. Three sexual misconduct charges were later dropped, and Epshteyn pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge two months after the incident in Scottsdale. The conviction was set aside after Epshteyn… Continue reading Bodycam video shows 2021 arrest of top Trump adviser accused of groping two women
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un fires top general, orders military to step up war plans
HONG KONG — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed his country’s top general and ordered the military to step up war preparations “in an offensive way,” state media reported Thursday. Kim held a meeting of the central military commission in the country’s capital, Pyongyang, on Wednesday and discussed plans against its enemy, the Korean… Continue reading North Korea’s Kim Jong Un fires top general, orders military to step up war plans