Some Iraqis wounded in the September 2007 shootout by guards for the former Blackwater Worldwide security firm are angry the company will continue work in Iraq longer than previously thought.

Armed guards from the security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide are still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, even though the company has no license to operate there and has been told by the State Department its contracts will not be renewed two yea

FBI scientists were unable to match bullets from a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting to guns carried by Blackwater Worldwide security guards, according to laboratory reports that leave open the possibility that insurgents also fired in the crowded intersection

The Blackwater name is gone. So is the focus on the security business that made it famous. Now the founder who built the private company into one of the world’s most respected _ and reviled _ defense contractors is stepping aside as its chief executive.

Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater who used an auto parts inheritance to build the security firm into one of the world’s most respected _ and reviled _ defense companies in the world, said Monday he has stepped aside as chief executive.

Blackwater founder Erik Prince is stepping down as the company’s chief executive officer.

Authorities say one person is dead and a second seriously injured following a helicopter crash on the North Carolina campus of the private security contractor Xe (zee).

Authorities say one person is dead and a second seriously injured following a helicopter crash on the North Carolina campus of the private security contractor Xe (zee).

Federal authorities say one person is seriously injured following a helicopter crash on the North Carolina campus of the private security contractor Xe (zee).

Authorities in northeastern North Carolina say a helicopter has crashed on the campus of private security contractor Xe (zee).