Microsoft is still struggling to keep out the Russian cyberspies that gained high-level access to the company late last year, the company announced Friday. Those hackers have in recent weeks gained access to some key company secrets, including digital vaults where the company keeps source code for some of its …
Read More »Some attendees of frigid Chiefs game forced into amputations following severe frostbite, Kansas City hospital says
At least “some” football fans, who attended January’s bitterly cold Kansas City Chiefs playoff game, suffered extreme frostbite and eventually needed amputations, a hospital official said Thursday. The back-to-back champion Chiefs launched their 2023-24 postseason run with a 26-7 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Jan. 13 in a game …
Read More »Steve Lawrence, singer and half of stage duo Steve & Eydie, dies at 88
Although Lawrence and Gormé were best known as a team, both also had huge solo hits just months apart in the early 1960s. Dionne Warwick, a longtime friend, said in a statement that Lawrence was “resting with comfort in the arms of the Heavenly Father. My heartfelt condolences go out.” …
Read More »Trump to get intelligence briefings despite classified documents criminal trial
U.S. intelligence agencies plan to provide briefings to former President Donald Trump this year if he secures the Republican presidential nomination, even though he faces federal criminal charges that he mishandled classified information after he left office. The intelligence community is likely to adhere to past practices for nominees and has no plan to …
Read More »Christian Horner calls on F1 to ‘look forward’ after Red Bull reportedly suspends accuser
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner called on Formula One to “move onward” and “look forward” on Thursday after his company reportedly suspended a female employee who brought a complaint against him. An independent investigation was launched last month into Horner, who is also CEO of Oracle Red Bull Racing. …
Read More »Bill would require SNAP EBT cards to have microchips to combat ‘skimming’
An Oregon senator plans to introduce a bill Thursday that would dramatically increase the security of the benefits cards that low-income families use to buy groceries. The bill comes amid a startling number of thefts from participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, whose electronic benefits transfer cards contain data …
Read More »U.S. ‘obsessed’ with suppressing China
BEIJING — China’s foreign minister said Thursday that the United States was “obsessed” with suppressing China, potentially jeopardizing efforts to strengthen relations between the world’s two biggest economies. Relations fell to their lowest point in decades last year amid disputes over tech, trade, human rights, the status of Taiwan, an …
Read More »Alabama lawmakers approve finalized IVF protection bill
Both chambers of the Alabama Legislature passed a finalized Republican-proposed bill intended to protect in vitro fertilization on Wednesday, following weeks of backlash prompted by a controversial state Supreme Court ruling that embryos are considered children. The bill now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, who has said she …
Read More »House Republicans set date for public testimony from Hunter Biden
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House Oversight Committee said Wednesday that Hunter Biden has been invited to testify publicly this month at a hearing focused on the GOP impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. It was not immediately clear whether the president’s son had agreed to appear at the March 20 …
Read More »Interest rates will likely start coming down this year — but not clear when, Powell says
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday reiterated that he expects interest rates to start coming down this year, but is not ready yet to say when. In prepared remarks for congressionally mandated appearances on Capitol Hill Wednesday and Thursday, Powell said policymakers remain attentive to the risks that inflation poses and …
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