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Before Being Hacked, Border Surveillance Firm Lobbied to Downplay Security and Privacy Concerns About Its Technology
The Intercept 15 Jul 2019
Few people had ever heard of Perceptics, a Tennessee-based subcontractor that sells license plate readers to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, before last month, when news emerged that the company had been hacked and that sensitive data — including images of license plates and drivers — had been released on the dark web ... Big Brother 2. Voyeur 3 ... ....
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Senate Republicans Feel 'Urgency' To Do Something About Health Care, Website Observes
WorldNews.com 16 Jul 2019
... that we believe” people should have health care, which is an awful long way from “we will make sure people’s health care isn’t taken away.” – Shelley Moore CapitoIt’s all the optics of pretending like they’re doing something and none of the actual doing something, AlterNet says....
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White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway Defies Subpoena By Skipping House Hearing
WorldNews.com 15 Jul 2019
President Donald Trump told White House counselor Kellyanne Conway to ignore a congressional subpoena on Monday compelling her to appear before them about a government watchdog finding which said she broke the Hatch Act dozens of times, according to Politico ... Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), chairman of the committee, said at a session Monday ... Rep ... “Ms....
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U.S. Quietly Opens Detention Centers For Young Migrant Children
WorldNews.com 16 Jul 2019photo: AP / Evan Vucci
GOP Women Senators Say Trump Should 'Stop' And 'Delete' Racist Tweets
WorldNews.com 16 Jul 2019
After taking what one can only assume to be a long weekend, Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Monday afternoon finally responded to President Donald Trump’s racist tweets targeting minority Democratic congresswomen, including Reps ... ....
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[UPDATE] Neo-Nazi Sentenced To Life Plus 419 Years For Fatal Charlottesville Car Attack
WorldNews.com 15 Jul 2019
A U.S ... Fields, you deserve the sentence the jury gave. What you did was an act of terror." ... 12, 2017.Heather Heyer, 32, one of the counter-demonstrators, was killed in the attack, which also injured many others.Heyer's mother, Susan Bro, said in a statement read in court Monday she hoped Fields finds reclamation in prison ... ....
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European Heat Wave Creates New Glacial Lake High In The French Alps
WorldNews.com 16 Jul 2019
This summer’s European heat wave created a new lake as glaciers in the French Alps started to melt, IFL Science reported.Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps and the highest in Western Europe ... In the same week, the isotherm (freezing level) rose up above the 4,700-meter line for several days ... “Needless to say, the lake was a real surprise ... ....
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Puerto Rico Governor Refuses To Resign After Profane Text Messages Leak
WorldNews.com 16 Jul 2019
The governor’s chief financial officer, Christian Sobrino, wrote, “I’m dying to shoot her up.” Rosselló replied, “You’d be doing me a big favor.” …Arnaldo Claudio was one of the people targeted in the group chat ... This is not right at all, and it needs to be condemned ... It’s wrong.” – Arnaldo Claudio Claudio’s not alone in that assessment ... ....
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Former German Spy Chief Raises Alarms By Sharing Right-Wing Tweets
WorldNews.com 15 Jul 2019photo: AP / Hani Mohammed
UN Hosts Talks In Effort To Break Yemeni War Stalemate Over Key Port City
WorldNews.com 16 Jul 2019
State Department. Its numbers do not include victims of humanitarian deprivations caused by the war. The fighting has displaced millions and left 24 million — two thirds of Yemen's population — dependent on aid.WN.com, Jim Berrie . ....
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Google To Kill Apps In Favor Of Mobile Web
WorldNews.com 15 Jul 2019
Google is making some changes – it’s getting rid of its Adsense iOS and Android apps in favor of a common mobile website interface, Domain Name Wire reported Monday ... At the same time, the report said, it seems wasteful for companies to have to manage two apps (iOS and Android) on top of a website ... ....
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Prosecutors Say Epstein Had Large Stash Of Cash, Diamonds, Fake Foreign Passport Hidden In Safe
WorldNews.com 15 Jul 2019
Federal agents found a "pile of cash, diamonds," and a passport from a foreign country inside a safe which belonged to Jeffrey Epstein, according to prosecutors during a Monday bail hearing for the accused billionaire sex trafficker ... Attorney Alex Rossmiller told U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman ... US District Court Judge Richard M ... ....
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Earthquake in Indonesia: Strong Quake of Magnitude 5.7 Hits Bali Region
Yahoo Daily News 16 Jul 2019
Jakarta, July 16. A strong earthquake of magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesia on Tuesday ... The epicentre of the quake is yet to be ascertained. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to the property as a result of the quake. Earthquake in Indonesia ... Also Read . Earthquake in Indonesia ... Also Read ... ....
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UPDATE: Half A Million People Join Facebook Event To Storm Area 51 And Free The Aliens
WorldNews.com 15 Jul 2019
The United States Air Force issued a sternly worded warning after a Facebook event attracted more than half a million people who planned to storm the top-secret Area 51 military base in the desert on Monday, according to Global News ... The organizers wrote ... "Hello US government, this is a joke, and I do not actually intend to go ahead with this plan ... ....
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Facebook Needs 'Very High Standard' For Libra Coin: US Treasury
NDTV 16 Jul 2019
Facebook must meet "a very high standard" before it moves ahead with its planned digital currency Libra, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday ... ....
