Monthly Archives: June 2020

New York City Announces Crackdown on Illegal Fireworks

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that New York was launching an offensive against the illegal use and distribution of fireworks, after complaints about a nighttime cacophony flooded the city’s help and emergency phone lines. The effort will focus on using law enforcement agencies to disrupt the supply of fireworks …

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Top Pentagon tech officials resign

The Pentagon high-tech official and his deputy will resign next month, a Defense Department official confirmed Tuesday. Mike Griffin, the Pentagon’s first undersecretary for research and engineering, and his deputy, Lisa Porter, will leave on July 10, the official said. The resignations were first reported by Inner defense Griffin, who …

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