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| Ex-Intel Agent Accused of Espionage. |
A former US counterintelligence officer was charged with sharing classified information with the Iranian government, according to documents released yesterday. 39-year-old Monica Witt, who defected to Iran in 2013 while still a member of the Air Force, allegedly revealed details of a secret Defense Department program to Iranian officials. She was also accused of giving the personal details of intelligence assets in the region, which hackers - four of whom were also indicted - used to target them online. Witt remains out of the reach of the Justice Department, presumably still residing in Iran. The news came as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo kicked off a forum on Middle East issues in Poland (without some key players), and reports surfaced that a covert US program to thwart Iranian missile development was being restarted (paywall).
Separately, a suicide bombing carried out by the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl killed 27 members of the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard near the border with Pakistan. |
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| One Year Later. |
Today marks the one year anniversary of the mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in which 17 people were killed and 17 others injured. The massacre spurred a wave of student-led activism and calls for changes in gun laws at the state-level across the nation. In one of the more notable changes, the Florida state legislature approved a "red flag" law, allowing law enforcement to confiscate firearms from people exhibiting violent behavior without having courts adjudicate the matter. The shooter, 20-year-old Nikolas Cruz, is still awaiting trial - his defense has suggested he will plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence, though prosecutors have suggested they will seek the death penalty.
Check in with teacher Ernie Rospierski, hailed as a hero after putting himself between Cruz and fleeing students during the attack. |
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| Judge Says Manafort Lied in Probe. |
| A federal judge concluded that Paul Manafort lied to investigators in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into potential Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The false statements allegedly came after he had entered a cooperation deal with investigators, and the decision lowers the chances that the former Trump campaign chairman will receive a reduced sentence, which is expected to be handed down next month. Manafort was found guilty on multiple charges of bank and tax fraud last fall - the specific charges were unrelated to his role with the Trump campaign. Judge Amy Berman Jackson agreed with prosecutors that Manafort misled investigators about conversations with Konstantin Kilimnik, who has ties to Russian intelligence (Manafort said he simply forgot some details about the talks). |
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| Sports, Entertainment & Culture. |
| > Former NFL MVP quarterback Joe Flacco traded from Baltimore Ravens to Denver Broncos for a Broncos draft pick; Ravens solidify Lamar Jackson as their starting QB moving forward (More) |
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| > Breaking Bad movie to premiere on Netflix and also air on AMC; will be sequel to series and feature star Aaron Paul (More) |
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| > Musician Ryan Adams accused of sexual misconduct by seven women, including ex-wife Mandy Moore (More) | Adams denies allegations, threatens lawsuit against New York Times (More) |
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| Science & Technology. |
| > Security flaw in popular scooter model used by Bird, Lime, and others allows hackers to remotely control operation (More) |
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| > NASA officially ends iconic Mars rover Opportunity mission after close to 15 years roaming the Red Planet (More) |
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| > Disrupted brain signaling during poor sleep causes fatty buildup in blood vessels; may explain link between less sleep and increased cardiovascular risk (More) |
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| Business & Markets. |
| > Google to invest $13B in US offices and data centers in 2019, will have presence in 24 US states (More) | Former Apple corporate lawyer charged of insider trading by Department of Justice (More) |
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| > Johnson & Johnson to acquire Auris Health for $3.4B – maker of controller-operated robotic cameras for doctors (More) |
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| > Earnings Season: Networking equipment giant Cisco beats Wall Street expectations, shares up 4% (More) |
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| Politics & World Affairs. |
| > Maria Ressa, a prominent Philippine journalist and Time Person of the Year arrested on libel charges; Ressa is a frequent critic of President Rodrigo Duterte's administration (More) |
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| > US House passes resolution requiring withdrawal of US troops from the Saudi-led war in Yemen, setting up potential showdown with White House (More) |
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| > FEMA administrator Brock Long resigns; Long was criticized for government's response to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico (More) |
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| In Depth. |
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| The Tinder Algorithm, Explained. |
| Vox | Kaitlyn Tiffany. Tinder has a total of 57 million users worldwide, and every one of them is ranked. Your rank is determined by how many people swipe right - or "like" - you, but it's also determined by the rank of your swipe-righter. For a little help on V-Day, see the inner workings of the Tinder algorithm. (Read) |
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| Where Residents Live Alongside Polar Bears. |
| The Guardian | Kieran Mulvaney. Located on Canada's Hudson Bay, about 1,000 miles North of Winnipeg, is the small town of Churchill. Despite having only 500 year-round residents, the town reels in nearly 10,000 tourists every year for one reason - polar bears. See inside the lives of Churchill's full-time inhabitants as they coexist with the world's largest carnivores. (Read) |
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