An Iranian national has pleaded guilty in North Carolina federal court for his role in a ransomware and extortion operation that prosecutors say targeted computer networks for U.

Half of U.S. states now have laws banning or regulating cellphones in schools, with more likely to follow.

A 29-year-old former tire shop manager who quit his job and cashed in his retirement savings to buy a sailboat has become a social media sensation as he sails from Oregon to Hawaii with his cat, Phoenix.

Oregon’s environmental agency won’t say if a group of hackers stole data in a cyberattack that was first announced earlier this month.

Alaska authorities say a skull found in a remote part of the state’s Interior in 1997 belongs to a New York man who likely died in a bear mauling.