Hidden GPS devices to track suspects raise legal concerns
By MICHAEL BALSAMO For months, police trying to solve a Long Island robbery spree had little more to go on than grainy surveillance footage of a man in a hoodie…
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Questions, answers about effort to hack Clinton’s emails
By BRADLEY KLAPPER, JACK GILLUM and STEPHEN BRAUN Russia-linked hackers tried at least five times in August 2011 to trick Hillary Rodham Clinton into infecting her computer systems while she…
Google’s driverless car drivers ride a career less traveled
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Fresh out of college, Brian Torcellini dreamed about getting a job writing about surfing. Instead, he wound up in a dusty, dimly lit garage near Google’s Silicon…
Bill Clinton says GOP, media at fault for wife’s email woes
By HOPE YEN Former President Bill Clinton blamed Republicans and the media for the controversy surrounding his wife’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, arguing that…
Investment treaty between China and US key business goal
By GENE JOHNSON and PHUONG LE When Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a meeting of some of the top names in Chinese and American business Wednesday, they may be most…
VW CEO: ‘I am endlessly sorry’ brand is tarnished
By GEIR MOULSON and PAN PYLAS Volkswagen AG’s smog-test scandal escalated Tuesday as the company issued a profit warning, set aside billions to cover the fallout and lost billions more…
China shows off rising power in marking WWII defeat of Japan
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and IAN MADER With fighter jets roaring overhead, China’s leader presided Thursday over a massive parade of tanks, missiles and troops that displayed growing military might, but…
Less-lethal weapons get new interest amid police shootings
By DENISE LAVOIE Police in more than 20 North American cities are testing the latest in less-lethal alternatives to bullets — “blunt impact projectiles” that cause suspects excruciating pain but…