There is a 99.9 percent chance of a magnitude-5 or greater earthquake striking within three years in the greater Los Angeles area. 

California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would require licensing, background checks and better training of security officers in the state. 

Astronauts on the International Space Station inserted an effervescent tablet in a floating ball of water to test a new device that can record four times the resolution of a normal high-definition camera.

Swatch launched a new NFC-enabled payments watch for the Chinese market.

A new survey suggests that campuses nationwide might be unprepared to deal with an active shooter.

The Department of Justice announced the creation of the Domestic Terrorism Counsel, an office designed to coordinate investigations into homegrown attacks.

Corruption of government officials is currently Americans’ number one fear, according to a recent survey by researchers at Chapman University.
 

Target has become the first major credit card issuer to convert to cards that contain a PIN.
 

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that will ban the carrying of concealed guns on school and university campuses in the state.

The National Retail Federation said it agreed with a warning from the FBI that new chip-based credit cards are safer than traditional cards but still vulnerable to fraud and need to be used with a PIN to minimize risk.