You already know how this story ends: Amazon gets U.S. Patent No. 8,676,045 on taking a photograph of an object in front of a white background. The headline “Amazon Patents White-Background ...

Alternative to pat-downs: More background checks 'The question is, which kind of privacy do you want to have?' said one former official. By Josh Gerstein 11/24/2010 04:32 AM EST.

Obviously, no one want wants child predators in the classroom, and all 50 states currently have teacher background check laws on the books. Forty-three states require background checks for ...

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is seeking to revive his defeated proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers even as he holds firmly to the idea that bans on military style weapons and restrictions ...

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is no stranger to making generally awful (and excessive) patenting decisions, but that doesn’t make its latest grant any less absurd. Amazon has ...

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Lehigh Valley, is taking another run at the nation’s gun laws. This time, he has put his name on a bill that would attempt to close what he sees as a loophole that allows ...

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey spoke Tuesday about the recent mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, and made a renewed push for bipartisan legislation on gun background checks that the ...

School teachers would be required to undergo thorough criminal background checks under legislation introduced by Sen. Pat Toomey. The bill is designed to prevent child trafficking and sexual violence.

Pat Riley, right, the president of the Miami Heat, talking with two Hall of Famers he once coached: the Knicks’ Patrick Ewing, left, and the Heat’s Alonzo Mourning.