A team of researchers from China’s Keen Security Lab were able toremotely hack into a Tesla Model S by exploiting the vehicle’s in-car web browser. While the Keen group worked closely with Tesla’s own security team to fix the vulnerability before it could be put to any nefarious use, the hackers showed it was possible to

“If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you. Would you take a handful? That’s our Syrian refugee problem” — Donald Trump Jr.

  Former President George H.W. Bush said Monday that he will vote for Hillary Clinton in November, according to sources close to the 41st President — an extraordinary rebuke of his own party’s nominee. The sources said this was not the first time Bush had disclosed his intention to vote for Clinton. The comments came

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories in Pullman is now the 15th largest fully employee owned company in the country.  The annual list from the National Center for Employee Ownership ranks companies that are at least majority owned by its workers.  SEL is 29th on the overall list up from 37th last year.  The Pullman based company has over 43 hundred

This just keeps getting better. The social posts lend support to claims he violated government data retention rules. When you’re involved with a highly sensitive (and possibly illegal) IT operation, it’s generally a bad idea to post on social networks about it… and one man is learning that the hard way. Reddit users on a

Have you noticed how the mantra “Religion of Peace”™ hasn’t been used much by the media in recent months? LINDEN, N.J. – A New Jersey police officer responding to a call about a hoodied vagrant curled up asleep in a bar doorway roused him and quickly recognized the bearded face of perhaps the most wanted

Reading Incomprehension and Bad Math scores on the SAT for the last 43 years.  Throwing much more money at gov’t education has actually lowered the results.  What’s that old definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. 

Professional stuntman Eddie Braun successfully jumped over the Snake River Canyon Friday afternoon in an ode to his boyhood idol, Evel Knievel. Braun soared over the southern Idaho canyon in a custom-built rocket dubbed “Evel Spirit.” It launched off a steep ramp on the edge of the canyon rim just before 4 p.m. as hundreds

The Pullman Police Department has arrested 2 Washington State University football players for their alleged involvement in a July brawl.  22 year old Robert Barber and 19 year old Toso Fehoko were arrested and released for felony 2nd degree assault.  The announcement was made during a joint press conference Friday Chief Gary Jenkins and Cougar

Via the Spokesman Review:  PULLMAN – On Thursday, Washington State University football star Robert Barber was expelled from school. A day later, the embattled athlete was arrested by Pullman police on felony assault charges. And at a key moment in Saturday’s game against Idaho, Barber blocked a field-goal attempt that resulted in a 72-yard touchdown

Via the Spokesman Review:  Teenagers from all around the northwest have been gathering by the hundreds in North Idaho for parties that feature drugs, alcohol and “sanctioned fights,” according to a joint statement from Coeur d’Alene Public Schools and the Coeur d’Alene Police Department. The parties are organized on social media and the location of

Iceland’s capital city has announced a daring new plan to become carbon neutral by 2040, but to do it, it’ll embrace ideas from the big playbook of sci-fi dystopias. Mayor Dagur B Eggertsson has put forward a plan that’ll impose a restriction on building outside the city limits in order to reduce urban sprawl. Rather

How about the government confiscates $50/month from those who want to avert climate change, and the government leave the rest of us alone?  It’s going to take a lot of money (among many other things) to help combat climate change, and one of the challenges there has been getting citizens to pay for it. But

  A Hollywood stuntman is hoping to do what famous daredevil Evel Knievel never could: jump the Snake River Canyon. Eddie Braun is planning to strap into a steam-powered rocket and travel 430 mph to soar to the other side of the canyon this weekend. The launch had been slated for Saturday, but the crew

But if you have nothing to hide, why take precautions? </sarcasm> The head of the FBI on Wednesday defended putting a piece of tape over his personal laptop’s webcam, claiming the security step was a common sense one that most should take. “There’s some sensible things you should be doing, and that’s one of them,” Director James