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Wednesday, October 09, 2024

The largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States announced Monday that it was the victim of a cyberattack, prompting the firm to pause billing to customers. read more


Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Former President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have apparently communicated several times since Trump left office in 2021, according to Bob Woodward. read more


The Democratic presidential nominee, Vice-President Kamala Harris, announced a plan to provide long-term, at-home care services through Medicare, the public health insurance program for Americans older than 65. read more


Donald Trump-supporting tech billionaire Elon Musk has faced backlash after joking about the assassination of Vice President Kamala Harris for the second time since she became a presidential candidate. read more


Vice President Kamala Harris faced tough questions about how she'd pay for her economic plans, whether Democrats were too slow to enact border security measures, how she'd confront Russia over its war in Ukraine and more in a wide-ranging "60 Minutes" interview that aired Monday. read more


Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from Vice President Kamala Harris about storm recovery just over a week after Hurricane Helene hammered parts of his state. A source familiar with the situation said he was dodging the Democratic presidential nominee's calls because they "seemed political," according to a DeSantis aide. "Kamala was trying to reach out, and we didn't answer," the DeSantis aide told NBC News. read more


The first debate in New Jersey's high-stakes U.S. Senate race included a scary moment Sunday night as one of the candidates froze mid-sentence and tipped forward, prompting organizers to briefly pause the event. read more


The New York Jets have returned from London and fired Robert Saleh as head coach. Saleh went 20-36 overall and 2-3 this season. Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich becomes the interim coach. Saleh's teams had strong defense and constant change at quarterback, with six different starters. Putting the franchise in the hands of second overall pick Zach Wilson for 33 games didn't work out and Aaron Rodgers got hurt four plays into his 2023 debut.


The number of migrants crossing into the U.S. illegally at the southern border reached the lowest point of President Biden's administration in September. U.S. Border Patrol agents recorded nearly 54,000 apprehensions of migrants who crossed into the country between legal entry points along the border with Mexico, a smaller figure than the previous Biden-era low in July, when Border Patrol processed roughly 56,000 migrants who crossed the border without authorization. read more


As the coronavirus tore through the world in 2020, and the United States and other countries confronted a shortage of tests designed to detect the illness, then-President Donald Trump secretly sent coveted tests to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his personal use," the Washington Post reports. read more


In the aftermath of a propane explosion in 2021, Marcella Townsend spent more than six weeks in an induced coma in a burn trauma unit. She had second- and third-degree burns over most of her body, and her face had become unrecognizable. Searching for a way to help her, surgeons turned to a rarely utilized tool: human placenta. They carefully applied a thin layer of the donated organ to her face. She still has scars from grafts elsewhere on her body, but the 47-year-old's face, she said, "looks exactly like it did before." read more


Ron DeSantis's administration has appeared to threaten a local TV station with legal action for airing an abortion rights campaign ad. read more


Steve Benen - Vice President Kamala Harris criticized former President Donald Trump on Monday over false claims he has made talking about disaster relief for victims of Hurricane Helene. "It's extraordinarily irresponsible," the Democratic nominee said, adding in reference to Trump, "It's about him; it's not about you." read more


Monday, October 07, 2024

A rural Colorado county courthouse beefed up security Friday after threats were made against staff and a judge who sentenced former county clerk Tina Peters to nearly nine years behind bars and admonished her for her role in a data breach scheme catalyzed by the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. read more


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