Facebook’s social media accounts were temporarily taken over by a group of hackers on Friday afternoon. The hacking group OurMine posted on the Twitter and Instagram accounts for Facebook and Messenger, writing “even Facebook is hackable”. The accounts have now been restored. OurMine claims its attacks are an attempt to show cyber vulnerabilities. In January […]
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Zach Reichle hit a key 3-pointer down the stretch and Oregon State overcame a 10-point deficit in the second half to beat No. 14 Oregon 63-53 By BY GARY HOROWITZ Associated Press February 9, 2020, 7:17 AM 4 min read CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle knew there would be games when his
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Announce a political campaign, write a book. This two-step is a national pastime. In “Author in Chief,” Craig Fehrman dives deeper into the books that have been written by presidents, before or after they were in office, including Thomas Jefferson’s “Notes on the State of Virginia” and Ronald Reagan’s little-remembered 1965 autobiography “Where’s the Rest
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Locals are angry about the pollution from big cruise liners that come into the heart of the city It is well-known that Venice is drowning as global sea levels rise because of climate change. Last year, the city suffered its worst floods in half a century. Less well-known is
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Corinne Suter has got her first win in a women’s World Cup super-G February 9, 2020, 12:17 PM 2 min read GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — Corinne Suter got her first win in a women’s World Cup super-G on Sunday, a month after winning her first downhill. The Swiss skier coped with tricky conditions on the Kandahar
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With its core belief that the president is heroically battling entrenched evildoers, QAnon may be the ultimate manifestation of Trump-inspired conspiracy mongering. From the start, it was inexorably bound up with “Make America Great Again” communities online: The New York Times found last year that some 23,000 of Mr. Trump’s Twitter followers had QAnon references
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Image copyright Getty Images Concerns have been raised over “deposit-free” renting being mis-sold to tenants who do not understand the costs involved. The option allows renters to pay a smaller, generally non-refundable fee in place of a traditional deposit. Companies and letting agents offering it say it reduces upfront costs. But campaign groups and the
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TUCSON, Ariz. — UCLA watched Arizona State make almost everything it took from 3-point range. Two days later, Arizona missed nearly everything it shot, with a little help from the Bruins. The result: Arizona’s lowest shooting percentage in the McKale Center’s 47-year history. Playing arguably its best all-around game of the season, UCLA held No.
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Other people attending the trial, including interpreters, military paralegals, court stenographers, journalists and legal observers, are housed in a crude trailer park and tent city behind the courthouse, which may have to be expanded. More construction is under consideration, including shipping modular construction to the base by barge and adding closed-circuit feeds of the proceedings
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Spain has confirmed its second case of the new virus from China and a plane evacuating more than 200 people from the Chinese city at the center of the epidemic has landed in Britain February 9, 2020, 10:18 AM 2 min read MADRID — Spain has confirmed its second case of the new virus from
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