Watch the new CBSN Originals “Playing God” on CBSN Wednesday, November 8, at 8 p.m., 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET. At MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a couple hundred academics, scientists and biohackers gathered recently for what organizers call the first global biohacker summit. Biohackers is a term for biologists […]
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Librarian’s tip led to fugitive’s arrest in Utah slaying
SALT LAKE CITY — A suspect who sparked a massive manhunt after allegedly killing a University of Utah student during a carjacking attempt late Monday was arrested with the help of an alert librarian’s tip, police said. Suspect Austin Boutain, 24, had been wanted in the slaying of Chinese computer-science […]
FBI: Person wanted for questioning in attack found
Last Updated Nov 1, 2017 7:12 PM EDT NEW YORK — Officials said Wednesday night they found a man they were seeking for questioning in connection to the New York City terror attack. Prior to a Wednesday evening press conference, the FBI released the person’s name as Mukhammadzoir Kadirov of Uzbekistan, […]
Person wanted for questioning in NYC attack found, FBI says
Last Updated Nov 1, 2017 6:14 PM EDT NEW YORK — FBI said Wednesday evening it was seeking another person wanted for questioning in the New York City bike lane truck attack. Officials announced that they have since found him. Mukhammadzoir Kadirov FBI Prior to a press conference, the FBI released […]
FBI says they’ve located 2nd person wanted for questioning
Last Updated Nov 1, 2017 7:12 PM EDT NEW YORK — Officials said Wednesday night they found a man they were seeking for questioning in connection to the New York City terror attack. Prior to a Wednesday evening press conference, the FBI released the person’s name as Mukhammadzoir Kadirov of Uzbekistan, […]
Terrorism charges filed against NYC attack suspect
Last Updated Nov 1, 2017 6:54 PM EDT NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday filed terrorism charges against bike path attack suspect Sayfullo Saipov, who is accused of killing eight people and injuring a dozen others when he drove his car along a bike path in lower Manhattan Tuesday. […]
NYC attack suspect was known to U.S. authorities
NEW YORK — The suspect in Tuesday’s deadly terror attack in New York City was known to U.S. authorities because his name was associated with the subjects of other FBI counterterrorism investigations in 2015, an intelligence source said, CBS News’ Pat Milton reports. The intelligence source said the suspect, 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevic […]
Social media sites balk at notifying users fed fake ads
Lawyers for Facebook, Twitter and Google balked Wednesday when asked by a senator if in the future their companies would consider notifying users who had seen advertising posted by fake accounts tied to foreign governments, primarily Russian operatives. The idea, posed by Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, came after nearly […]
Lawmakers release trove of Russian-linked Facebook ads, Twitter handles
Lawmakers on Wednesday released a trove of Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and whip up tensions around divisive social issues. The ads, dozens of which were disclosed for the first time, were released as representatives of leading social media companies faced criticism […]
Authorities struggle to prevent attacks with rented trucks
ATLANTA — It doesn’t take a firearm or a bomb to wreak havoc. All it takes is a driver’s license, a valid credit card, some proof of insurance — and as little as $19. The attack on a riverfront bike path in New York City was carried out with a […]