Ranger Danger: Ford Warns Owners of 2006 Ranger to Stop Driving Due to High-Risk Takata Airbags

– Owners of 2006 Ford Ranger and Mazda B-series pickups are at such high risk of their Takata airbags exploding and potentially killing them even in a minor accident that they should “immediately” stop driving them, according to the automakers. – More than 32,000 additional vehicles are being recalled to replace both the driver and passenger […]

Refugees from 11 ‘high-risk’ countries to face tougher US anti-terrorist screening

Washington announced it will limit entry of asylum seekers from 11 countries, reported to be Muslim-majority nations, in a bid to prevent “terrorists, criminals and fraudsters” from sneaking in disguised as refugees. Announcing the measure on Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said the newly-unveiled restrictions “have nothing to do with race or religion.” “These […]

The GOP’s High-Risk Move to Whack Obamacare in Its Tax Bill

Updated on November 14 at 4:10 p.m. ET Republicans are taking another run at the Affordable Care Act as part of their overhaul of the tax code. Bowing to pressure from President Trump, Senate leaders announced on Tuesday afternoon that they would add the repeal of Obamacare’s individual insurance mandate to the far-reaching tax bill […]

Cash-strapped police relax monitoring of sex offender to focus on ‘high-risk’ criminals

British police forces are to scale back on their monitoring of sex offenders, including rapists, to focus on higher-risk criminals, the National Police Chiefs’ Council has said. Under the new scheme, the risk sex offenders pose to the public will be reassessed, and thorough measures originally designed to stop them from reoffending, such as annual […]

New Shadow Brokers 0-day subscription forces high-risk gamble on whitehats

Enlarge / Gambling. (credit: Jamie Adams) The mysterious group that over the past nine months has leaked millions of dollars’ worth of advanced hacking tools developed by the National Security Agency said Tuesday it will release a new batch of tools to individuals who pay a $ 21,000 subscription fee. The plans, announced in a […]

Ohio cop overdoses on high-risk painkiller fentanyl after contact during stop

An Ohio police officer is recovering from an accidental overdose after making a drug stop where he accidentally brushed a small amount of powder off his shirt without realizing it was the highly potent opioid synthetic drug, fentanyl. East Liverpool patrolman Chris Green responded to a traffic stop Friday after two suspected drug dealers were […]