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Data breach at software provider to local governments

2:37 pm September 24, 2020

Dallas: A major provider of software services to local governments and schools across the United States, Tyler Technologies, told customers Wednesday that an unknown intruder broke into its phone and information technology systems. It could not immediately be determined whether ransomware may have been involved. The Plano, Texas-based company, whose website was offline, said in an […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Democratic voters concentrate on candidates, not impeachment

10:19 pm October 19, 2019

AMES, Iowa: In the liberal strongholds of Des Moines’ west side and the Iowa State University campus in Ames, not once was South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg asked by voters recently about the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. It’s not that the investigation into the president’s request for foreign help in his reelection effort […]

Biden shores up fragile 'blue wall' in industrial north

Joe Biden is still the Democrat to beat, but rivals see weakness

3:12 am August 11, 2019

Iowa: In a barn down a gravel road in Iowa, Joe Biden tore into President Donald Trump’s moral character, declaring in one of the fiercest speeches of his campaign that the words of the American president matter. The next day, Biden’s own words tripped him up. He told an audience in Des Moines that poor […]