Ransomware gangs targeted 3 different US water treatment plants this year in previously unreported attacks, according to federal agencies

Workers look over wastewater from coal ash as it is aerated in a treatment facility outside Dominion Powers Bremo Bluff power plant in Bremo Bluff, Va., Tuesday, April 26, 2016. Steve Helber/AP Three US water treatment plants were hit with ransomware attacks this year, according to a new report. The previously unreported incidents came after...

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After a near-record run at the top of Netflix's US Top 10 list, a new show has bumped the pop culture smash 'Squid Game'

A still from "Squid Game." Netflix "Squid Game" fell to second place on Netflix on Saturday as the third season of Netflix's "You" took the top spot. The Korean drama about strangers competing in deadly children's games became Netflix's most-watched show globally. The show fell five days short of the record for longest show to stay at number...

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Ron DeSantis says he's 'offended' that a police officer 'could potentially lose their job' over COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Gov. Ron DeSantis has pledged to fight the Biden administration over federal vaccine mandates. "I am offended that a police officer could potentially lose their job," he said on Thursday. DeSantis has opposed broad vaccine requirements and mask mandates in K-12...

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Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema received the legal maximum of donations from several known GOP donors, new FEC filings show

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat of Arizona. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema received the maximum donation allowed by law from several GOP donors. Donors previously donated to pro-Trump PACs and a PAC to elect Republicans to the Senate. Sinema, a Democrat, has positioned herself as a key obstacle to...

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Giant retailers like Walmart rob American consumers of choice. Here's how antitrust regulation could help resurrect local businesses.

Big retailers like Walmart could afford to sell items below cost to drive smaller retailers out of business, before then raising prices even higher. Universal Images Group via Getty Images Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and cohost of the "Pitchfork Economics" podcast. A recent episode dove into how big retailers like Walmart and...

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A priest tried to give the last rites to the murdered British MP who was a devout Catholic, but he was denied access because it was a crime scene, police says

David Amess MP in the Prime Ministers Office at the House of Commons on October 16,2016 in London, United Kingdom Zoe Norfolk/Getty Images Conservative MP Sir David Amess died after an attack at his Essex constituency surgery. Father Jeffrey Woolnough offered to administer the last rites to Sir David, who was stabbed multiple times. Essex Police...

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A maskless United Airlines passenger was kicked off his flight after threatening to break someone's neck

A United Airlines Boeing 737 airplane. Philip Pilosian/Shutterstock A TikTok showing an unruly United Airlines passenger on a flight to Los Angeles went viral this week. The video shows a man threatening staff and other passengers after refusing to get off the phone and put on his mask. The video is one incident in a larger trend of uncontrollable...

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Hooters employees are pushing back against new revealing uniforms that include shorts so short that they're 'like underwear'

Hooters employees are pushing back against new shorts on TikTok. TikTok Hooters employees are taking to TikTok to push back against new revealing shorts. The shorts were debuted at select locations in Texas and have since expanded to other states. The shorts are the latest in a series of controversies for the restaurant chain. Some Hooters...

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Ex-health minister, who resigned after he was caught on CCTV kissing an aide, lost his new UN role after only 3 days

Tolga Akmen - WPA Pool/Getty Images Former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock was to join the UN to work on African economic recovery. But three days after the announcement, the UN has withdrawn their offer. No explanation was given as to why. Former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock's new role at the UN has been withdrawn three days after it...

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Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin rejects 'weird and wrong' pledge to a US flag 'carried' on Jan. 6 at GOP rally

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon gestures during a speech at the "Take Back Virginia" rally in Henrico County, Va., on September 13, 2021. AP Photo/Steve Helber Glenn Youngkin on Thursday criticized the use of a US flag tied to Jan. 6 during a GOP rally. The Va. GOP gubernatorial nominee said that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance...

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