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Nov 28 2022
Fact Check
No, CNN Didn't Say Musk Could Threaten Free Speech by Letting People Speak Freely
On Nov. 28, 2022, billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, at that time just one month into his new role as Twitter's CEO, tweeted what appeared to be a screen capture of a CNN news segment with chyron text that read, "Elon Musk could threaten free speech on Twitter by literally allowing people to speak freely":
However, as CNN's PR department quickly pointed out in a reply to Musk's
SnopesMar 17 2024
Headline Roundup
Putin Wins Fifth Term
Russian President Vladimir Putin won a fifth term over the weekend in a largely unsurprising result.
The Details: The three-day vote happened amid Ukrainian bombardments, drone strikes, sabotage, reported cyberattacks, and protests on Russian territory or at polling locations.
Electoral Crime: Arrests were made at several polling stations where protestors have poured dye into
The Guardian Newsweek The Telegraph - UKDec 09 2022
Opinion
Joe Biden made a bad, deadly deal to free Brittney Griner
WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner broke a minor law in Russia. She did not deserve to rot in a penal colony for such a trivial offense.
That said, it is an embarrassment to the United States and a testimony to President Joe Biden's incompetence that he just released a major international weapons smuggler — "the Merchant of Death" is the man's nickname — in exchange for Griner's
Washington ExaminerJul 29 2022
News
Shelling kills 53 Ukrainian POWs, separatist group claims
At least 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war were reportedly killed by artillery blasts on Friday that Russian-backed separatists blamed on Ukrainian forces.
The shelling reportedly hit a penal colony in the eastern Ukrainian town of Olenivka, where more than 900 Ukrainian POWs captured during the battle for Mariupol were being held after they surrendered from the Azovstal steel plant. A
Washington ExaminerDec 22 2015
News
Power Grid Vulnerable, Threat of Attack Real
The U.S. power grid has been hacked repeatedly by enemies of the United States with one of the most devastating hacks tied to Iran, according to a new Associated Press investigation.
CBNFeb 17 2021
News
North Korean hackers charged in cyberattack conspiracies
Federal investigators levied new charges Wednesday against three North Korean computer programmers accused of wide-ranging cyberattacks, including the 2014 Sony Pictures hack and schemes to extort more than $1.3 billion of money and cryptocurrency.
The big picture: The charges expand on the FBI's 2018 case on the cyberattacks targeting Sony Pictures and the WannaCry 2.0 ransomware
AxiosJun 11 2021
News
South Dakotans 'pissed off' and 'angry' over Keystone XL cancellation
It felt like a gut punch.
That's how South Dakota small business owner Laurie Cox described how she felt when news broke that Canadian developer TC Energy officially pulled the plug on the Keystone XL pipeline. The monumental decision to walk away from the $8 billion project was confirmed Wednesday and came at a devastating cost to communities that pinned their hopes and investments on
Washington ExaminerOct 11 2022
News
NATO members tighten security as G7 leaders discuss Russia's assault on Ukraine
U.S.-led NATO said on Tuesday its member states were boosting security around key installations as Russia escalated its attacks on Ukraine and stepped up threats against the West.
Russian missiles pounded Ukraine for a second day, after dozens of air raids across the country on Monday that killed 19 people, wounded more than 100 and knocked out power supplies.
Moscow has annexed
ReutersMar 17 2022
Opinion
What Is Our Moral Obligation in Ukraine?
In 1994, I was a young journalist in the information graphics department at The Detroit News, just two years out of college.
In April of that year, the Rwandan genocide — a war of ethnic tensions — erupted, resulting in 100 days of unspeakable carnage.
The United States, still stinging from its failed peacekeeping mission in Somalia the year before, refused to fully intervene. I
Charles BlowMay 25 2021
Opinion
Restricting Reliable Energy Sources Is Expensive and Dangerous
Government officials fail to serve citizens when their policies deliberately limit access to affordable, reliable energy sources like gasoline, natural gas, nuclear, or propane. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's campaign to close the Line 5 pipeline is one of the more pressing examples of this failure.
Unfortunately, this reality is hindering a growing number of American lives, as no
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