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☆ FBI Director Christopher Wray issues warning about number of Russian spies in the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Katie Bo Lillis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington CNN —FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Thursday that the number of Russian spies operating inside the United States is “still way too big,” despite efforts to kick them out. “The Russian traditional counterintelligence threat continues to loom large,” Wray said during public remarks at the Spy Museum in Washington. “The Russian intelligence footprint, and by that I mean intelligence officers, is still way too big in the United States and something we are constantly bumping up against and trying to block and prevent and disrupt in every way we can.”The threat of Russian spies operating on US soil is nothing new. Russia employs not only “traditional intelligence officers” but also cut-outs, Wray said on Thursday, citing a Mexican national arrested by US authorities in 2020 and accused of assisting Russian intelligence. “I will say that, over the last several years, the US has made positive significant strides in reducing the size of the Russian intelligence officer footprint in the United States, kicking them out, in effect,” Wray said.

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☆ A North Carolina gerrymandering effort could oust a Democratic lawmaker who wrote a bill to make it illegal for lawmakers to gerrymander
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

US Rep. Jeff Jackson, a Democrat, predicted he would be targeted by gerrymandering Republicans. Jackson earlier filed a bill to curtail gerrymandering when he was a North Carolina state lawmaker. First-term US Rep. Jeff Jackson, a Democrat from North Carolina, issued a warning to his constituents in a video last week, saying the redistricting process would be "brutal." In 2015, when he was a member of the state's senate, Jackson filed a bill to establish an independent redistricting commission in North Carolina to draw voting districts instead of the state's lawmakers. Reached for comment via email, the leader of the North Carolina General Assembly's Republican caucus, Rep. Jason Saine, only said that Jackson should "elaborate" on his claims.

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☆ Ibram X. Kendi, anti-racism activist, wasn't surprised when Vivek Ramaswamy compared him to a KKK grand wizard: 'He's doing his job' as a GOP candidate of color
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Vivek Ramaswamy recently compared anti-racism activist and author Ibram X. Kendi to a KKK Grand Wizard. The comments are part of a typical playbook for GOP candidates of color, Kendi told Insider. Kendi said Ramaswamy may not even believe what he says when he makes inflammatory comments. Kendi said comments like that suggest that Ramaswamy isn't a serious candidate for president, saying he is "auditioning to be Donald Trump's VP." Ramaswamy told Fox News that Trump was the "best president of the 21st century."

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☆ Major retailers say shoplifting is a huge problem. So at least one is now considering removing brand names from its shelves altogether.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Many retailers attribute rampant product losses to widespread shoplifting. Some retailers say shoplifting has gotten so bad that they are removing name brands from their shelves, instead offering store brands that have lower resale values. "I don't want to do this," Giant president Ira Kress told the Post. "But the reality is that Tide is not a profitable item in this store," Kress told the Post. One shopper previously told Insider the lock boxes have "progressed from slightly annoying to more than inconvenient."

Persons: Ira Kress, Kress, it's Organizations: Service, Washington Post, Target Locations: Wall, Silicon, Target

☆ Our human ancestors were almost wiped out about 930,000 years ago, leaving just a tiny group of reproductive individuals, new study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new study suggests human ancestors nearly went extinct some 930,000 years ago. Scientists in China used modern human genomes to estimate what past populations may have looked like. It turns out our human ancestors may have faced a near miss that could have changed everything. Scientists in China last week released the results of a study that used current human genomes to make predictions about populations in the past. They found that something — perhaps an ancient climate crisis, they suggest — caused the population of human ancestors to drop drastically.

Persons: —, Wangjie Hu, Nick Ashton Organizations: Service, Scientists, Icahn, of Medicine, New York Times, Africa —, Times Locations: China, Wall, Silicon, New, Mount, Africa, —, Europe, Asia

☆ US Open: Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys reach fourth round as Americans continue to shine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Jessica Pegula advanced to the fourth round of the US Open with a hard fought 6-4 4-6 6-2 victory over Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, continuing the impressive performances of American players at their home tournament. 3 seed will now face her compatriot Madison Keys for a place in the quarterfinals after Keys completed a 5-7 6-2 6-2 victory over Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova in her own third-round match. She really picked up her level and forced me to go after that third set.”Remarkably, Pegula has also reached the fourth round in both the doubles and mixed doubles at Flushing Meadows. Robert Prange/Getty ImagesPeyton Stearns will also join her compatriots in the fourth round after she defeated Britain’s Katie Boulter to reach this stage of a grand slam for the first time in her career. But with Pegula, Keys, Stearns and Coco Gauff all reaching the fourth round and with Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton all still in contention in the men’s draw, American tennis seems to be flourishing again.

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☆ Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear won't say if he'd follow the state's new Senate vacancy law and appoint another Republican if McConnell steps down
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Katie Balevic | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A 2021 law would require Beshear to appoint a Republican to the Senate should McConnell step down. Beshear attempted to veto that law at the time and could defy it if McConnell ever vacated his seat. AdvertisementAdvertisement"If Mitch does leave office, I think (Beshear) will appoint who he wants to appoint and let them challenge it in court. Some Kentucky Republicans, however, have said McConnell should have stepped down last year. Scott Jennings, a McConnell advisor, told The Post that the senator seemed fine during a Wednesday evening GOP fundraiser.

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☆ Pegula and Keys into last 16 as American buzz builds at U.S. Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

After straight set romps in her first two matches, Pegula received her first test in the form of gritty veteran Svitolina, a U.S. Open semi-finalist in 2019. Pegula had the only break in a tight opening set but that would be all she needed for a 1-0 lead. In the second it was Svitolina finally getting her first break chance and making the most of the opportunity to pull level. The last time Flushing Meadows had a chance to celebrate a homegrown women's champion was in 2017 when Sloane Stephens beat Keys in an all-American final. Keys is back and making another run after taming 14th seed Liudmila Samsonova 5-7 6-2 6-2 to set up the clash with Pegula.

Persons: Jessic, Elina Svitolina, USTA Billie Jean King, Robert Deutsch, Jessica Pegula, Ukraine's Elina Svitolina, Madison Keys, Pete Sampras, Serena Williams, Coco Gauff, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Pegula, Svitolina, Sloane Stephens, Keys, Gauff, Belgian Elise Mertens, Peyton Stearns, Katie Boulter, Steve Keating, Ken Ferris Organizations: USTA Billie, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, U.S, Canadian, Belgian, Thomson Locations: Flushing , NY, USA, Ukraine, Flushing, Flushing Meadows, U.S, New York

Third seed Daniil Medvedev once again worked the U.S. Open graveyard shift on Saturday, beating in-form Sebastian Baez 6-2 6-2 7-6(6) to end the Argentine's 12 match winning streak. Against the 26th seeded Evans the 20-year-old Spaniard mixed moments of brilliance with lapses in focus but was never really threatened on his way to 6-2 6-3 4-6 6-3 win. Top seeded Briton, number 16 Cameron Norrie, was dumped out 6-3 6-4 6-3 by Italian Matteo Arnaldi while American Peyton Stearns pushed the last British woman Katie Boulter to the exit with a 6-4 6-3 victory. Joining Pegula were 2017 finalist Madison Keys, a 5-7 6-2 6-2 winner over 14th seed Liudmila Samsonova, Stearns and sixth seed Coco Gauff, who booked her spot on Friday with a win over Elise Mertens. Reporting by Steve Keating and Amy Tennery in New York, editing by Lincoln FeastOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow Meta's $19 billion bet on WhatsApp could finally start paying offFacebook, now called Meta, acquired WhatsApp for a historic $19 billion in 2014. Today, over half of the world's internet users are on WhatsApp, but the free messaging service has never generated much revenue. WhatsApp is looking to change that by leaning into its business messaging services, in which companies pay a fee to interact with customers on the platform. But it remains to be seen whether this will take off, especially in the U.S., where WhatsApp has struggled to gain traction.

Persons: WhatsApp Organizations: Facebook, Meta Locations: U.S

☆ Exclusive: Smuggler with ties to ISIS helped migrants enter US from Mexico, raising alarm bells across government
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Katie Bo Lillis Evan Perez Priscilla Alvarez Natasha Bertrand | Katie Bo Lillis | Evan Perez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

And they are closely scrutinizing a number of the migrants as possible criminal threats, according to two US officials. The security of the southern border has been a political sticking point between Republicans and the Biden administration. John Moore/Getty Images/FILEAdministration officials have also grappled with limited resources as they face a growing number of migrants at the US southern border. In July, border authorities encountered more than 183,000 migrants at the US southern border, according to US Customs and Border Protection data. Both the Biden and Trump administrations have been forced to wrestle with similar cases of suspected terrorists trying to enter the country at the southern border.

Persons: Adrienne Watson, Joe Biden’s, Biden, ” Watson, John Moore, Christopher Wray, ” Wray Organizations: CNN, FBI, ISIS, National Security, Staff, Department of Homeland Security, Turkish, Biden, DHS, Administration, US Customs, Trump, Migrants Locations: Mexico, United States, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, China, Russia, Asia

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy says racism is often 'manufactured,' calls on nation to 'restore colorblind equality'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vivek Ramaswamy has recently made a series of controversial comments about race. He said white supremacy is rare, racism is "manufactured," and compared Ayanna Pressley to the KKK. AdvertisementAdvertisementNBC host Chuck Todd asked about the Jacksonville shooting and how Ramaswamy would address racially motivated violence as president. At a campaign stop in Iowa on Friday, Ramaswamy suggested white supremacy is as realistic as unicorns. Maybe I will meet a — maybe I will meet a unicorn sooner.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Ayanna Pressley, Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy's, Martin Luther King Jr, Chuck Todd, colorblind Organizations: Service, GOP, Klux Klan, NBC, Jacksonville, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, CNN Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon, America, United States, Jacksonville , Florida, Washington, Iowa

☆ A Virginia high school told a student to remove American flags from his truck. His family opted to homeschool him instead.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A high school senior withdrew from his school when they wouldn't let him fly a flag on his truck. A school parking policy says large flags or banners are prohibited because they are distracting. The family has started a GoFundMe for $5,000 to get the car wrapped in the American flag. Christopher Hartless said it is "bull crap" that he can't fly large American flags from the back of his pickup truck at school. After being warned to remove the flags, the school rescinded Hartless' parking pass, ABC News affiliate WSET-TV reported.

Persons: Christopher Hartless, Hartless, WFXR, Allen Kingery, Kingery, WSET Organizations: Service, Fox, Staunton River High, ABC News Locations: Wall, Silicon, Virginia, Staunton

☆ LA considers ban on cashless businesses because they exclude low-income people, people of color, and seniors
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Los Angeles could join other cities and states in banning cashless businesses. A councilwoman wants to ban the practice, something San Francisco and New York City have already done. It comes as more businesses in the area are opting for cashless payments like credit cards or digital payments through apps. Those options, businesses say, make the purchasing process more efficient and safe, the Los Angeles Times reported. Her motion calls for the City Attorney to draft an ordinance prohibiting cashless businesses.

Persons: Councilwoman Heather Hutt, Kardashian, Hutt, Bill Scott Organizations: Francisco and New, Service, Los Angeles Times, Daily Mail, City Attorney, Times, San Francisco Police Department Locations: Angeles, LA, Francisco and, Francisco and New York City, Wall, Silicon, Los Angeles, City, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy doubles down on comparing US Rep. Ayanna Pressley to 'modern grand wizard' of the KKK
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy refused to back down from a rather surprising opinion. Ramaswamy compared Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley and author Ibram X. Kendi to KKK grand wizards. "But can you have an intellectually honest conversation when you accuse her of being a grand wizard of the KKK?" "These are the words of the modern grand wizards of the modern KKK," Ramaswamy said at the Iowa campaign stop, NBC reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe controversial businessman and presidential candidate has decried "woke" culture, making it a center point of his campaign.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Ayanna Pressley, Ibram, Kendi, Pressley, Dana Bash, Ayanna, week's Organizations: Democratic, Service, Massachusetts Democratic, NBC, Politico Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ibram, Iowa, Congress

☆ Florida elementary school apologizes after assembling all the Black children from two grades into a room and telling them to do better
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Florida school held an assembly lecturing Black elementary schoolers on their testing performance. Only the Black students from the school's fourth and fifth grades were singled out, CNN reported. The school's principal and a teacher are now on paid leave, school district officials said. A community in Flagler County in central Florida was left shocked after Bunnel Elementary School employees hosted an assembly solely for Black students in fourth and fifth grade. The elementary school's principal, Donelle Evensen, and a teacher are now on paid administrative leave, CNN reported.

Persons: LaShakia Moore, " Moore, Cheryl Massaro, Moore, Donelle Evensen, Evensen Organizations: CNN, Service, Bunnel Elementary School, Flagler Schools, Flagler County School Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon, Flagler County, Flagler

☆ Newly declassified US intel claims Russia is laundering propaganda through unwitting Westerners
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Katie Bo Lillis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —Russian intelligence is operating a systematic program to launder pro-Kremlin propaganda through private relationships between Russian operatives and unwitting US and western targets, according to newly declassified US intelligence. “At the end of the day, this unwitting target is disseminating Russian influence operation, Russian propaganda to their target public,” the US official said. In fact, the FSB directed his efforts and “almost certainly financed the project,” according to the declassified intelligence. The FSB does use similar tactics to influence political opinion within Russia, according to the intelligence. “The purpose of those protests really was … designed to sell it to the Russian people,” the US official said.

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CNN —The US has not seen indications that a missile downed the airplane Russian authorities say was carrying Wagner founder Yevgheny Prigozhin, according to four US officials. Another source familiar with the western intelligence echoed the US officials, saying there was no indication a missile was launched. Ryder also said that the Pentagon “doesn’t have any information to indicate right now” that the plane Prigozhin was on was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. Some US officials were not altogether surprised when the news broke on Russian state media about the plane crash. The officials did not say that US had confirmation that Prigozhin was on the plane.

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWhat it costs to save a town from sea-level riseThe Quinault Indian Nation, located about 150 miles west of Seattle on the Washington coast, has experienced severe flooding due to sea-level rise over the past few years. And it's only poised to get worse. So with the assistance of state and federal funding, the tribe is preparing to move a mile up the hill, where a new village is being built. But relocation is a long and expensive process, and questions remain about how tribal members will afford the move.

Locations: Quinault, Seattle, Washington

☆ This town is relocating to higher ground due to sea-level rise. Here's what that entails
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Katie Brigham | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The Quinault Indian Nation, located about 150 miles west of Seattle, has experienced severe flooding because of sea-level rise over the past few years. "If I want to move, I'm assuming that I'm going to be responsible for a whole new house payment and a whole new home," Frenchman said. Now, the first phase of construction in the upper village is nearly complete. "The only thing that I'm going to miss is the view of the river," said Mail. Frenchman is hoping to relocate to the upper village, but doesn't know how she'll be able to afford a new home.

Persons: I've, Lia Frenchman, Frenchman, we've, Indian Affairs Bryan Newland, Ryan Hendricks, Quinault, Newland, Larry Workman Frenchman, Hendricks, that's, there's, she'll, Katie Brigham Organizations: Resilience, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, U.S . Department of, Indian Affairs, Department of, Infrastructure Law, U.S . Army Corps of Engineers, Indian Health Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA Locations: Seattle, Washington, Quinault Nation, Taholah, Quinault, U.S, Taholah , Washington, apace

☆ A Marylander who hadn't recently traveled internationally caught malaria. Officials say it's the state's first 'locally acquired' case in 40 years.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Maryland detected a locally acquired case of malaria, the first in over 40 years, health officials said. Health officials maintain there is an "extremely low" risk of locally contracting malaria in the US. Someone in Maryland contracted malaria, and officials are scratching their heads as they grapple with the state's first local case of the disease in four decades. The Maryland Department of Health confirmed the case on Friday, saying the individual lives in the Washington, D.C., region and had not recently traveled internationally – a common flag for malaria cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously reported similar, locally acquired malaria cases in Florida and Texas, calling the risk of catching the disease locally "extremely low in the United States."

Persons: Laura Herrera Scott, Nilesh Kalyanaraman Organizations: Health, Morning, Maryland Department of Health, D.C, of Heath, Public Health Services, Disease Control, CDC Locations: Maryland, Florida and Texas, Washington, United States, Florida, Texas

☆ A judge dismissed a Wisconsin politician's defamation suit against a newspaper, but the legal fees may still shutter the paper.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Wisconsin politician filed a defamation suit against a local newspaper, and the suit was dismissed. A troubling trendThe Wisconsin case isn't the first and likely won't be the last dubious defamation case brought on by a politician. His latest $475 million defamation suit against CNN was dismissed last month. Ron DeSantis, a 2024 presidential candidate along with Trump, hailed it as a way to target "legacy media defamation practices." Phil Bryant filed a defamation suit against a local newspaper whose Pulitzer-Prize-winning reporting tied him to a major welfare scandal in the state.

Persons: Cory Tomczyk, Tomczyk –, –, Tomczyk, Shereen Siewert, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Phil Bryant Organizations: Wausau Pilot, Service, The New York Times, Republican, Times, CNN, Washington Post, Florida Republicans, Gov, Trump, Freedom, Press, of Columbia Locations: Wisconsin, Wall, Silicon, Wausau , Wisconsin, Florida, . Wisconsin

☆ Trump's PAC is doling out millions in legal fees over 2020 election investigations — just not to Rudy Giuliani
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump's PAC is helping pay millions in legal fees but is penny-pinching when it comes to Giuliani. Giuliani has more than $3 million in legal fees, but the PAC has only helped with a fraction of that, CNN reported. After that effort fell apart, Trump refused to help Giuliani with the costs associated with it. That reluctance to unburden Giuliani's legal debt now appears unchanged. A Georgia grand jury indicted Trump, Giuliani, and more than a dozen other Trump allies this week for their attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

Persons: Giuliani, Donald Trump's, Rudy Giuliani, Trump Organizations: Trump's PAC, CNN, Trump, New York Times, Service, America, America PAC Locations: Mar, Wall, Silicon, New York City, Georgia, Lago

☆ A nearly $200,000 fine is threatening to shut down a Florida abortion clinic. But activists have already crowdfunded half of it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A $193,000 fine against the Center of Orlando for Women is threatening to bankrupt the abortion clinic. The state wants to "fine our clinic out of existence," a local volunteer told Insider. The organization Stand With Abortion Now has already crowdfunded nearly half the fine. The volunteers typically help shield patients entering the abortion clinic from anti-abortion activists. Donations from $1 to thousands of dollars have come in from people who want to save "this independent abortion clinic in the south," the volunteer said.

Persons: Roe, Wade Organizations: Center of Orlando, Women, Service, Agency for Healthcare Administration, of Orlando, Orlando, Florida's Agency, Healthcare Administration, Orlando Weekly Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida, Orlando

“It’s knocked the Russians off balance a bit, but it is not doing anything decisive,” a senior defense official told CNN. Investigative Committee of Russia/Reuters“There’s more and more pressure on Crimea, and especially so in recent weeks,” that official told CNN. For now, the United States is not actively advising Ukraine against striking Crimea, according to the senior defense official. A stalled offensiveUS and Ukrainian officials openly acknowledge that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has not proceeded as quickly as had been expected and war-gamed in the months leading up to the push. “I’m not too optimistic that we’ll be at the Sea of Azov by Christmas,” said the US military official.

Persons: “ It’s, ”, Reuters “, “, Vladimir Putin, Michael Kofman, ” Miles, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Biden, Western, Reuters, Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment, International Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Washington, Russian, Russia, Crimean, Kerch, Ukrainian, United States, Bakhmut, Azov, Europe, “

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