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Supreme Court to hear major cellphone privacy case amid end-of-year blockbusters

The Supreme Court is preparing to close out 2017 with a slew of blockbuster cases starting with a major cellphone privacy case Wednesday. The justices will hear arguments Wednesday in Carpenter v. United States, a case about the constitutionality of law enforcement searching and seizing — without a warrant — a cellphone user’s records to reveal that person’s locations […]

Have AT&T cell service? It may have just gotten faster in Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the first U.S. city to reap the benefits of a new technology being deployed by AT&T, according to Michael Huber, president and CEO of Indy Chamber, bringing the city closer to 5G cellular data service. Parts of Downtown Indianapolis are now covered by AT&T’s LTE-LAA, a cellular technology that is capable of reaching data […]

Officials: Recovered drone was bringing drugs, cell phones to Lewis Prison

In a first for Arizona prisons, guards at Lewis Prison in Buckeye recovered a crashed drone that was trying to deliver drugs and cell phones to inmates. Similar incidents have been happening around the country, and now, it has happened in the Valley. Keeping contraband out of prisons is a top priority for the state’s Department of Corrections, […]

Wireless carriers on mute as Supreme Court hears big privacy case

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider a major cellphone privacy case later this month, but leading players in the wireless industry that is at the center of the closely watched dispute are keeping their distance. The case, to be heard by the justices on Nov. 29, involves whether a warrant is required for […]

Sentencing Friday for woman convicted of murdering daughter, husband

A woman who shot her 14-year-old daughter and husband in their San Carlos condominium, then stayed with the bodies for three days before reporting the deaths, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday at the downtown courthouse. Regina Johnson, 60, was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder in the May 30, 2012, deaths of Aaliyah […]