Facebook bans over 200 new Russian accounts Facebook said on Tuesday that it removed over 200 accounts and pages linked to Russian trolls that had attempted to influence U.S. politics around the time of the 2016 election. The company’s Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos said in a post that the […]
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In Texas, Ted Cruz Is Facing an Unusual Challenge: A Formidably Financed Democrat Senator Ted Cruz of Texas kicked off his re-election campaign this week with a new Texas-themed slogan and a new video, but something else that was entirely new went largely unspoken — a formidable and well-funded Democratic […]
Hunger And Homelessness Are Widespread Among College Students, Study Finds As college students grapple with the rising costs of classes and books, mortgaging their futures with student loans in exchange for a diploma that they’re gambling will someday pay off, it turns out many of them are in great financial […]
They demanded change, but Parkland students say these school safety rules go too far Student activist Cameron Kasky went to school on Tuesday with a see-through backpack filled with tampons, an act of protest against the school’s new clear-bag policy. For him and dozens of his classmates at Marjory Stoneman […]
Homeland Security finds suspected phone surveillance devices in Washington The U.S. government has acknowledged the existence in Washington D.C. of what appear to be devices that could be used by foreign spies and criminals to track individual cellphones and intercept calls and messages, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. In a […]
Trump appointee at Defense Department resigns after CNN reveals birther postings A political appointee at the Department of Defense has resigned after a CNN KFile inquiry about controversial postings he made on Facebook. Todd Johnson is a former Trump campaign state director in New Mexico who joined the Department of […]
Democrat wins a bitter, costly race for Wisconsin Supreme Court Wisconsin Democrats declared victory on Tuesday night after Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet won a bitter race for a seat on the state’s Supreme Court. Dallet’s win over Judge Michael Screnock shrunk the conservative majority on the court to one vote, […]
US adds 2 Lashkar-e-Taiba fronts, 7 leaders to terrorism list The US Department of State amended its Foreign Terrorist Organization designation of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to include Milli Muslim League (MML) and Tehreek-e- Azadi-e Kashmir (TAJK), which were identified as LeT fronts. Additionally, the Treasury Department added seven members of MML’s […]
Kim Jong Un applauds South Korean pop stars in newest sign of diplomat In the past, South Korea’s popular music, known as K-pop, didn’t find a great deal of love in Pyongyang. When the government in Seoul decided to blast some of its top hits across the border with massive […]
A monkey snatched and killed a newborn, family claims A newborn was sleeping under a mosquito net at his home in eastern India when, his mother claims, a monkey scooped him up and carried him away. The mother told authorities she watched helplessly as the animal invaded their home over […]
