March 2020

How Russia’s Troll Farm Is Changing Tactics Before the Fall Election

Ahead of November’s election, American intelligence officials and others are on high alert for mischief from Russia’s Internet Research Agency. Remember it? The Kremlin-backed group was identified by American authorities as having interfered in the 2016 election. At the time, Russians working for the group stole the identities of American citizens and spread incendiary messages […]

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Athletic trainers step up: App aids overworked hospitals

With sports on hold, athletic trainers across the country are joining the fight against the coronavirus By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer March 29, 2020, 8:34 PM 3 min read Athletic trainers across the country are changing their routines and joining the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The National Athletic Trainers Association has partnered with

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Liberty University Brings Back Its Students, and Coronavirus, Too

LYNCHBURG, Va. — As Liberty University’s spring break was drawing to a close this month, Jerry Falwell Jr., its president, spoke with the physician who runs Liberty’s student health service about the rampaging coronavirus. “We’ve lost the ability to corral this thing,” Dr. Thomas W. Eppes Jr. said he told Mr. Falwell. But he did

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Demi Lovato Accidentally Makes It Instagram Official With Rumored New Boyfriend

Nothing screams 2020 more than Demi Lovato accidentally crashing her rumored boyfriend’s Instagram Live during quarantine.  The only silver lining to everybody going live on social media to keep sane amid coronavirus is celebrities slipping up and revealing a bit more than planned (or more than we ever wanted to know) about their innermost thoughts

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Facebook, Google and Twitter Struggle to Handle November’s Election

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, ordered a “lockdown” for hundreds of employees late last year. A lockdown is Facebook-speak for a period of intense, focused effort on a high-priority project. The workers, who included engineers and policy employees, were ordered to drop other projects and build tools to prevent interference in the 2020 election, said

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