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FBI Raids Home Of Mayor, City Hall And Marijuana Dispensary – California, United States
Federal agents raided the home of a California mayor and his city’s town hall as a part of large-scale investigation into possible corruption, according to multiple reports. The FBI executed search warrants on Adelanto City Hall and the home of Mayor Rich Kerr on Tuesday as a part of a federal probe into the city’s role in the growing marijuana industry, the San Bernardino Sun reported. As a part of the targeted raids, agents also served a search warrant to a local marijuana dispensary, the Jet Room. While some local outlets reported that Kerr was removed from his home in handcuffs following the raid, officials told the Los Angeles Times that the mayor had not been arrested. Since Kerr has taken office in 2015, the city has worked to improve the local economy by drawing in the marijuana industry, but federal investigators have also been drawn in after charges were filed last year against the pro tem mayor who was accused of accepting bribes to expedite certain steps for businesses, the Times reported.
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Officials: Hacker Accessed Alaska Elections Server In 2016 – Alaska, United States
Alaska officials said Wednesday a hacker gained access to a server that hosts the state elections website on the morning of the 2016 general election but did not manipulate any information. Division of Elections Director Josie Bahnke said election functions were not compromised and the situation was quickly addressed. The incident was first disclosed earlier this week by the Anchorage Daily News, based on a public records request. The records were obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. Election officials have downplayed the incident, which was reported at the time to the FBI. The hacker could read content on the server that elections officials use to provide public information, they said, but no confidential information was on the server and the intruder did not have the ability to alter data. The FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security determined the IP address was linked to a location in India. Phillip Malander, an election system administrator, said the FBI is contacted “anytime we have knowledge of what would materially be a crime and we have knowledge enough of the individual who is committing it.” In this case, the hacker seemed to be trying to undermine voter confidence, he said.
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New Technology That Detects Explosives, Weapons Is Tested At Union Station – Washington, United States
New security technology that can help detect if a would-be terrorist is wearing an explosive suicide vest was tested Wednesday morning as commuters teemed through Union Station. In a crowded corridor, passengers and shoppers walked by new portable screening equipment, which was being tested by Amtrak police, working with the Transportation Security Administration. “The technology we’re testing today would be able to tell if anything is hidden under your clothing, from a remote distance,” said Jim Bamberger, branch chief of operations in the Homeland Security Department’s risk analysis division. “Last fall, we had a suicide bomber attempt at Penn Station in New York,” said Bamberger. “This technology we’re testing today would be able to detect that.” In December 2017, a would-be suicide bomber set off the device during New York’s rush hour, but it was not powerful enough to turn the pipe into deadly shrapnel.
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