An American businesswoman is facing charges in China that she spied on the Chinese government about 20 years ago, including charges that she attempted to recruit U.S.-based Chinese to spy on their home country. The charges facing Phan Phan-Gillis come more than a year after she was detained while visiting China with an American trade […]
LOS ANGELES — Gene Wilder, the frizzy-haired actor who brought his deft comedic touch to such unforgettable roles as the neurotic accountant in “The Producers” and the mad scientist of “Young Frankenstein,” has died. He was 83. Wilder’s nephew said Monday that the actor and writer died late Sunday at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, from […]
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has found evidence two U.S. state election databases were breached recently by people believed to be foreign hackers, prompting the law enforcement agency to urge state election officials to enhance their computer security systems. The FBI’s Cyber Division issued a confidential advisory on August 18, but it did […]
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has released 2,500 previously classified daily foreign intelligence briefings given to Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford during the 1970s that shed new light on a crucial era of Cold War and Third World events. Included in the 28,000 pages of documents are nuggets of fascinating information about world affairs, […]