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Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson left open the possibility that the Transportation Safety Administration could ban carry-on luggage on airplanes.

The U.S. Justice Department is creating a unit within the criminal division to advise on electronic surveillance in cyber investigations and work with the private sector to prevent online crime.

Security researchers say they have uncovered a cyber espionage ring focused on stealing corporate secrets for the purpose of gaming the stock market.

The White House has asked for $263 million in funding for police body cameras and training in the wake of the shooting death of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Federal and state enterprises that had been working with G4S Government Services will soon be working with American group Centerra, soon to be the largest American-owned provider of protective services to the Federal Government.

A new proposal in New Jersey makes it the latest state moving to require college campuses to define when "yes means yes" in an effort to stem the tide of sexual assaults.

The Transportation Security Administration would like to remind holiday travelers to leave their toy chainsaws, grenades, sparklers and nunchucks at home this year.

 The number of lives lost to terrorist attacks increased by 61% in a single year, according to the second edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI). 

 TSA head John Pistole thinks passengers who have been vetted by the agency's PreCheck Program should be allowed to take their bottled water through airport security checkpoints. 

MasterCard is working with Visa to create a new authentication standard for online payments that will gradually replace the 3D Secure protocol with “invisible authentication”.