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Boston police are clashing with the city's incoming mayor over a proposal to arm some officers with AR-15 rifles.

A new federal report highlights “trauma-informed” approaches adopted by more than three-dozen federal agencies to address violence and abuse against women, according to TheCrimeReport.org.

The Homeland Security Department ranked last in overall satisfaction amongst 19 large federal agencies for the third year in a row, according to the National Journal. The agency’s 46.8 percent rating in overall satisfaction marks a more than 6-point drop from 2012. The rankings, in “The Best Places to Work” 2013 report, are largely based on data collected by the Office of Personnel Management through its Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.

Removal of security roadblocks, freezes on duty-free alcohol and food, and investigations into the pay of Indian staff at U.S. embassies are affecting U.S. diplomats abroad as Indian officials retaliate after an Indian diplomat was detained and searched in New York. 

The FBI's advanced surveillance methods can even activate a computer's webcam to spy on computer users — without switching on the device's green light.

Overall, a wireless mesh network is a communications network made up of radio nodes organized in a mesh topology. Wireless mesh networks often consist of mesh clients, mesh routers and gateways.

Thousands of tax delinquents, including one who owes the IRS $2 million, have sensitive security clearances, posing a risk that has gone undetected by federal agencies, congressional investigators will report this Thursday.

The Federal Aviation Administration released a “road map” for letting drones share the skies with civilian aircraft by 2014.

No one better defines the adage “Find what you love to do and then figure out how to make a living at it” better than Bijan. While he held a successful career in financial services, he also volunteered as a member of the Marin (California) County search and rescue team. Following the events of 9/11, more government funding became available to help local jurisdictions prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters.