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What we know about the mysterious drones reported over the East Coast
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1 week, 2 days ago

What we know about the mysterious drones reported over the East Coast

CNN  

CNN — Mysterious flying objects overhead. Kathy Hochul on Saturday, adding last month she “directed the New York State Intelligence Center to actively investigate drone sightings and coordinate with federal law enforcement to address this issue.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he’s asking DHS to deploy special detection systems that use 360-degree technology to detect drones. New York State …

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As drone sightings spread across East Coast, federal officials still don't know much
1 week, 2 days ago

As drone sightings spread across East Coast, federal officials still don't know much

NPR  

As drone sightings spread across East Coast, federal officials still don't know much toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Getty Images As the mystery grows around the drones flying over New Jersey, so do the calls from puzzled residents to authorities about the flying machines. Sponsor Message Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told ABC News' This Week on Sunday that the federal government …

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Federal officials say South Carolina mental illness group homes leave little hope of independence
1 week, 6 days ago

Federal officials say South Carolina mental illness group homes leave little hope of independence

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The federal government has sued South Carolina, saying the state has not done enough to make sure people with serious mental illnesses are taken out of group homes and helped to get back into the community where they can work and lead independent lives. The lawsuit filed Monday said the state violates the Americans with Disabilities Act …

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Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat

LA Times  

President Trump once celebrated the COVID-19 vaccines released at the end of his first term as “one of the greatest achievements of mankind,” echoing the sentiments of mainstream medical officials who praised their rapid development as pivotal in combating the then-raging pandemic. There’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who …

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Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson arrested on federal fraud charges after shock investigation
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson arrested on federal fraud charges after shock investigation

Daily Mail  

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has been arrested and charged for allegedly orchestrating 'a complicated kickback scheme' to steal city funds through a staff member who is related to her. Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has been arrested and charged for allegedly orchestrating 'a complicated kickback scheme' to steal city funds through a staff member who is related …

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Texas pivots from feuding with Biden over the border to providing the blueprint for Trump
4 weeks ago

Texas pivots from feuding with Biden over the border to providing the blueprint for Trump

CNN  

CNN — Texas is quickly becoming the blueprint for how incoming Trump officials expect to work with states on border security – a stark pivot from recent years when it was the epicenter of a bitter feud between state and federal officials. “We’ve had to do it at a much greater level over last few years.” In a sign of …

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Trump team barred from agencies amid legal standoff
1 month ago

Trump team barred from agencies amid legal standoff

Politico  

Both the Trump transition and the White House confirmed to POLITICO that negotiations on the agreements are still underway. | Rebecca Noble/Getty Images Members of Congress in both parties are also alarmed, with three Senate Democrats suggesting to POLITICO that the lack of FBI background checks could prevent Trump’s nominees from securing confirmation — pointing to revelations this week about …

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Syracuse officials insist drinking water is clean as residents call for a state of emergency
1 month, 1 week ago

Syracuse officials insist drinking water is clean as residents call for a state of emergency

CNN  

CNN — Darlene Medley says she can’t trust the water coming from the faucets at her Syracuse, New York, home if she wants to keep her children safe – even as the city says it’s safe. City officials said in their notice that “the source of lead in the sampled drinking water is the lead service lines feeding these homes …

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Fake videos from Russian propagandists aim to raise tensions ahead of Election Day
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Fake videos from Russian propagandists aim to raise tensions ahead of Election Day

NPR  

Fake videos from Russian propagandists aim to raise tensions ahead of Election Day toggle caption Megan Varner/Getty Images In a video posted to X on Thursday, a man claiming to be a Haitian immigrant says he's already voted for Vice President Harris in Gwinnett County, Ga., and is headed to vote again in nearby Fulton County. On Friday, federal officials …

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Judges and Border Police Targeted by Anti-Government Extremists, Doxed as ‘Traitors’
2 months ago

Judges and Border Police Targeted by Anti-Government Extremists, Doxed as ‘Traitors’

Wired  

Anti-immigrant rhetoric in the United States is fueling a surge in violent threats against federal judges and other government officials, intelligence officials say, imperiling security operations at the US border and putting law enforcement lives at risk. “Individuals self-identifying as militia members have posted names and photos of officers on social media, calling them ‘traitors’ in reaction to perceptions of …

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Column: Nobody loves Biden’s Western Solar Plan. But it’s what we’ve got
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: Nobody loves Biden’s Western Solar Plan. But it’s what we’ve got

LA Times  

The Gemini solar farm on public lands in southern Nevada, seen during construction in 2023. An estimated 1.3 million — spanning 11 states, from California to Wyoming — could eventually be developed under the Biden administration’s soon-to-be-finalized Western Solar Plan. The solar industry’s main trade group described the road map as a “step in the right direction” to help renewable …

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Federal officials have increased staff in recent months at NY jail where Sean 'Diddy' Combs is held
3 months ago

Federal officials have increased staff in recent months at NY jail where Sean 'Diddy' Combs is held

The Independent  

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L.A. will pay nearly $40 million for allegedly misusing federal housing grants
3 months, 4 weeks ago

L.A. will pay nearly $40 million for allegedly misusing federal housing grants

LA Times  

Whistleblower Mei Ling speaks, with her attorney Scott Moore behind her, outside the federal courthouse in Los Angeles in 2017. The city of Los Angeles will pay nearly $40 million for misusing federal housing grants when it created affordable housing that was not accessible to people with disabilities, according to an announcement Monday from the U.S. Department of Housing and …

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US Govt Lawyers Say TikTok Collected User Data Around Specific Subjects: All Details
4 months, 3 weeks ago

US Govt Lawyers Say TikTok Collected User Data Around Specific Subjects: All Details

News 18  

WASHINGTON: In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department is accusing TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. TikTok employees used Lark to send sensitive data about U.S. users, information that has wound up being …

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TikTok collected user views on abortion and gun control, U.S. Justice Department says
4 months, 3 weeks ago

TikTok collected user views on abortion and gun control, U.S. Justice Department says

The Hindu  

In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department is accusing TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. TikTok employees used Lark to send sensitive data about U.S. users, information that has wound up being stored …

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TikTok collected views of US users on abortion, gun control: Justice Department
4 months, 3 weeks ago

TikTok collected views of US users on abortion, gun control: Justice Department

India Today  

In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department is accusing TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. TikTok employees used Lark to send sensitive data about US users, information that has wound up being stored …

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Justice Department says TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Justice Department says TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department is accusing TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. TikTok employees used Lark to send sensitive data about U.S. users, information that has wound up …

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Justice Department says TikTok collected U.S. user views on issues like abortion and gun control
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Justice Department says TikTok collected U.S. user views on issues like abortion and gun control

LA Times  

The Justice Department has made new accusations against TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based parent company ByteDance. In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department has accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on their views about divisive social issues such as gun control, abortion and …

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Why America should reform its electoral and judicial systems before virtue signalling Global South
5 months, 1 week ago

Why America should reform its electoral and judicial systems before virtue signalling Global South

Firstpost  

The US has 51 states, and for historic reasons, they follow no harmonised set of rules and procedures on anything concerning politics and public administration Two judgements of the US Supreme Court, one after the other, and the entire American judicial system stand exposed. What is even more surprising is that the American media, which honestly and honourably finds fault …

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The president ordered a board to probe a massive Russian cyberattack. It never did.
5 months, 2 weeks ago

The president ordered a board to probe a massive Russian cyberattack. It never did.

Raw Story  

This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. The intruders used malicious code and a flaw in a Microsoft product to steal intelligence from the National Nuclear Security Administration, National Institutes of Health and the Treasury Department in what Microsoft President Brad Smith called “the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen.” The …

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Supreme Court wipes out anticorruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court wipes out anticorruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors

LA Times  

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that state and local officials may take gifts and payments for steering contracts to grateful patrons. The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down part of a federal anticorruption law that makes it a crime for state and local officials to take gifts valued at more than $5,000 from a donor who had previously been …

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Five arrested over ‘sham hospices’ alleged to bilk Medicare for over $15 million
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Five arrested over ‘sham hospices’ alleged to bilk Medicare for over $15 million

LA Times  

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the arrest of five people who allegedly schemed to bilk Medicare for more than $15 million. Federal officials announced that five people were arrested this week in Los Angeles over an alleged scheme to bilk the Medicare program of more than $15 million. The U.S. Department of Justice said three of the San …

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Third U.S. dairy worker comes down with avian flu; officials monitoring farm
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Third U.S. dairy worker comes down with avian flu; officials monitoring farm

LA Times  

Officials announced Thursday that a third U.S. dairy worker has been infected by avian flu, or H5N1. Federal officials said that unlike the first two U.S. cases — whose symptoms were limited to conjunctivitis, or pink eye — this person presented with more typical flu-like respiratory symptoms. They’ve also issued roughly 17,000 PCR tests for cattle — although, that does …

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US says Boeing can be prosecuted for 737 MAX crashes
7 months, 1 week ago

US says Boeing can be prosecuted for 737 MAX crashes

Live Mint  

The US Justice Department on Tuesday said Boeing can be prosecuted for two subsequent 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people approximately five years ago. In March of 2019, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed southeast of Addis Ababa, killing the 157 people on board. - Multiple inquiries, audits - The US Federal Aviation Administration was …

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