Microsoft has notified a Democratic consulting firm contracted by the presidential campaign of Joseph R. Biden that it has been targeted by suspected Russian hackers, Reuters reported Thursday. Citing three people briefed on the matter, Reuters reported that Microsoft recently notified the firm, SKDKnickerbocker, that it was being targeted by “hackers tied to the Russian…
(CNN)As schools begin their fall semester, universities and colleges are struggling to contain coronavirus outbreaks with cases reported at campuses in all 50 states. There have been more than 40,0…
Beijing on Thursday hit back at a U.S. decision to revoke visas for more than a 1,000 Chinese students and researchers who the American government deemed posed a security risk or had ties to China's military.Prejudice was behind the visa decision, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said.The move was "outright political persecution and racial…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…