LAS VEGAS, Nevada (PNN) - December 21, 2017 - A federal judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of a Nevada rancher accused of leading an armed standoff against the government in 2014, blaming prosecutors for withholding key evidence from defense lawyers, including records about the conduct of FBI and Bureau of Land Management agents.

It worked.

DALLAS, Texas (PNN) - December 20, 2017 - Feeding and clothing the homeless in the land of the free has now become a revolutionary act. Luckily, however, there are still good people willing to carry out that act.

In December 2014, the Dallas city council enacted Ordinance No. 29595, which makes it illegal to serve food to the homeless without jumping through a statist myriad of bureaucratic hoops, including a fee, training classes, and written notices.

One should not need to file multiple forms and pay a fee to obtain a permit to give food to those in need who are willingly ready to accept it. The folks at Don’t Comply know this.

WASHINGTON (PNN) - December 20, 2017 - Former FBI Assistant Director James Kallstrom has said that patriots within the FBI are about to go public with huge new revelations that could sink the credibility of the Russian collusion investigation.

SHANGHAI, China (PNN) - December 12, 2017 - Yitu Technology has made an AI algorithm that can connect to millions of surveillance cameras and instantly recognize people.

The company - based in Shanghai, China - developed Dragonfly Eye to scan through millions of photographs that have been logged in the country’s national database.

This means it has a collection of 1.8 billion photos on file, including visitors to the country and those taken at ports and airports.

VIENNA, Austria (PNN) - December 9, 2017 - Asgardia, the little space nation that could, placed a tiny satellite into low Earth orbit on Thursday. This makes it the first independent “nation” to have 100% of its territory in outer space.

The Space Kingdom of Asgardia isn’t technically a nation yet - it’s a non-profit non-governmental organization based out of Vienna, Austria, and bankrolled by Russian billionaire Igor Ashurbeyli. But if you’re trying to start a whole space nation from scratch, you have to start somewhere.

NEW YORK (PNN) - December 3, 2017 - If you’re seeking the real-life equivalent of the critically acclaimed TV series Mr. Robot, in which a group of hackers attempt to take down corporate Amerika, look no further than The New Radical, a documentary featuring two of the scariest libertarian/anarchist activists you’ve ever seen - Arkansas native Cody Wilson, who wants to destroy the whole concept of gun control by making printable 3D gun blueprints available online, and Amir Taaki, a Brit whose involvement with Bitcoin and Dark Wallet, an application that could easily be used for money laundering, is an attempt to subvert the world financial order.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (PNN) - December 2, 2017 - The Honduran government imposed a curfew on Friday and ordered security forces to move against protesters blocking roads and bridges, escalating a political crisis over the disputed count of votes from the presidential election last weekend.

HOUSTON, Texas (PNN) - November 28, 2017 - A north Harris County, Texas homeowner and former Marine was confronted by four males while standing in his driveway with his garage door open Friday night, and soon found a gun to his head.

MOSCOW, Russia (PNN) - November 28, 2017 - The Russian government will build an “independent Internet” for use by itself, Brazil, India, China, and South Africa - the BRICS nations - “in the event of global Internet malfunctions,” the Russian news site RT reported on Tuesday. More precisely, Moscow intends to create an alternative to the global Domain Name System, or DNS, the directory that helps the browser on your computer or smart phone connect to the website server or other computer that you’re trying to reach. The Russians cited national security concerns as their reason for taking this step.

Two-factor authentication can make your online accounts practically impossible to hack.

November 24, 2017 - Having a strong, unique password might not be enough if hackers trick you into giving it away or steal it from your email provider or bank.

That’s why for your most sensitive accounts - think your email or banking accounts - you should set up two-factor authentication (2FA). This simply means adding a second step to log into your accounts. First, the password. Second: either a code sent to your cell phone via text message, or created by a special app on your phone. Even better, the second step can be inserting a physical token such as a security key.