The last of the Americans quarantined after exposure to hantavirus on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius are finally heading home. University of Nebraska Medical Center confirmed the final six passengers left the facility Monday morning after completing a 42-day monitoring period that ended Sunday. None of the 18 Americans who were quarantined developed the […]
Dan Sullivan was removed from the ballot in Alaska’s Senate race last week after state election officials called it a deliberate attempt to “confuse or mislead” voters who might think he is a different Dan Sullivan, the two-term Republican incumbent. Now, the new Dan Sullivan is suing to keep his name on the ballot alongside […]
Meta has paused an internal program that tracked employees’ clicks and keystrokes to train artificial intelligence. The pause comes after sensitive data gathered by the program, known as the Model Capability Initiative (MCI), was inadvertently exposed within the company. An internal security notice sent to U.S.-based employees on Monday, as reported by Wired, revealed that […]
A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration effort to limit what some SNAP recipients can buy with their food assistance benefits, dealing a setback to one of the Make America Healthy Again movement’s signature policy goals. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, ruled Monday that the Department of Agriculture lacked the […]
Ukrainian resistance cells in Russian-occupied territory have adopted a new tactic to gather battlefield information for drone strikes: catfishing Russian soldiers. A story in The Atlantic details a system that uses handlers, local agents and online deception to gather information from inside occupied areas. In one case, The Atlantic reported that a Chechen commander, identified […]
A bronze cherub, a necklace of gold nuggets and a heart-shaped pendant — these are among the items from the Titanic that the U.S government doesn’t want sold. RMS Titanic Inc., the company that owns the rights to salvage the famous wreck in the North Atlantic, has plans to auction more than 100 artifacts from […]
Summer is here and with it comes sun, sweat and intense heat. Europe is no stranger to the annual tradition, but this year the heat wave came early and hard, with temperatures hitting highs not seen in decades. France has faced the brunt of the heat wave, with at least 45 deaths related to the […]
Australian police say they found 2.7 metric tons of cocaine in underground bunkers on the outskirts of Sydney — the largest-ever seizure in a country with a high rate of cocaine use. The drugs were buried in plastic tubs beneath shipping containers at a semi-rural property in Londonderry, west of Sydney, The Associated Press reported. […]
STOUGHTON, Wisc. — America’s 250th birthday is just around the corner, and families, businesses and big box stores are busy preparing for what will likely be a large celebration this Fourth of July. President Donald Trump has been promoting this year’s Fourth of July celebrations for months, pushing patriotism and pride. Small businesses are decorating […]
A federal judge has thrown out an attempt by the Trump administration to subpoena Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, saying the move was retaliatory in nature. In his order, U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz said the main purpose of the subpoenas was to “coerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil immigration […]
