Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA), based in Beijing and Shanghai, continues to conduct high-risk artificial intelligence research despite reassurances from Microsoft leadership that sensitive projects are off-limits. According to watchdogs, the Beijing lab has published facial recognition and synthetic media research in collaboration with prominent, sanctioned Chinese universities—some known for close ties to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
South Korea’s data privacy watchdog has accused Chinese AI app DeepSeek of unlawfully exporting user data to companies in China and the U.S. without consent. The platform, briefly a global sensation in early 2025, is now at the center of a major international privacy scandal with implications for national security and digital sovereignty.
Newly declassified documents related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination reveal that the CIA was monitoring Lee Harvey Oswald in the weeks leading up to JFK’s death. The files confirm that the agency wiretapped Cuban and Soviet diplomatic facilities in Mexico City, where Oswald traveled multiple times before the assassination.
Four Venezuelan migrants are facing multiple charges after allegedly stealing nearly $5,000 worth of sunglasses from the Sunglass Hut in Oak Brook Mall on the afternoon of January 20.
A historic church in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood has suffered another setback, as the cherished Baby Jesus statue from its nativity scene was stolen. This theft comes just a year after vandals caused $40,000 worth of damage to the church’s stained-glass windows.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of the Interior (DOI) created the "One Health Framework" to prepare for future diseases.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) and 11 Republican senators are calling for accountability after a Department of Defense (DoD) inspector general (IG) report revealed that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin failed to notify the White House and Congress of multiple hospitalizations. The report concluded Austin violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (FVRA) and left critical defense responsibilities unaddressed during his incapacitation.
Texas State Senator Tan Parker, R-Flower Mound, has introduced Senate Bill 780 to establish a dedicated Homeland Security division within the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). The division aims to enhance Texas’ ability to address homeland security threats through a coordinated, multi-agency approach.
A 66-year-old Savannah man, George “Dirk” Hardison, was violently attacked in his home after answering the door to two men posing as Amazon delivery workers.
