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Zoom Security Gets a Boost With Keybase Acquisition
Wired - 9 May 2020 15:30
Plus: A GoDaddy breach, a ransomware attack, and more of the week's top security news.
Little Richard Remembered By Ringo Starr, Mick Jagger, Spike Lee
Deadline - 9 May 2020 22:28
Little Richard, the iconic musician known for such hits as "Tutti Frutti" and "Good Golly Miss Molly," is being remembered across the music world for embodying the “true spirit” of rock 'n' roll. One of the pioneers ...
German parliament bans providing gay conversion therapy to minors
New York Post - 9 May 2020 06:17
Germany has become the fifth country to ban gay conversion therapy for minors under 18 years old -- joining Brazil, Ecuador, Malta and Taiwan. The widely-discredited therapy, which claims to be able to change a person's ...
U.S. lawmakers urge support for Taiwan at WHO, as U.S. criticizes China
Reuters - 9 May 2020 06:17
The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization, citing the need for the broadest effort ...
11 Secret Service employees infected with coronavirus, 60 in self-quarantine
USA Today - 9 May 2020 04:15
Eleven U.S. Secret Service employees have tested positive for coronavirus and 60 staffers are in self quarantine.
Wall Street Week Ahead: U.S. data deluge to underscore divide between roaring market, plunging economy
Reuters - 9 May 2020 04:23
A week packed with U.S. economic data is likely to provide investors with more evidence of the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has hit growth, sharpening the debate on whether a rebound in stocks has been justif...
From the 60 Minutes archives: Little Richard
CBSNews - 9 May 2020 20:23
In 1985, the rock 'n' roll icon spoke with Ed Bradley about his songs, his beginnings and some of the soon-to-be famous stars he met along the way.
We Are Living in the Age of the Black-Panic Defense
The New Yorker - 9 May 2020 12:00
Jelani Cobb on the death of the twenty-five-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, who was shot and killed while going for a run in Brunswick, Georgia, in February.
Little Richard Appreciation: He Summed Up Rock 'n' Roll in a Phrase
The Wrap - 9 May 2020 21:23
If you’re looking for a single phrase to encapsulate the feel of early rock ‘n’ roll — not a definition or an explanation for what it was about, but a bunch of syllables that sound the way the revolutionary style...
Top White House officials buried CDC reopening report, emails show
New York Post - 9 May 2020 15:15
Top White House officials buried detailed advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about how to reopen the country during the coronavirus epidemic, internal government emails show. Public health experts...
US tightens Chinese journalists' entry amid tensions with Beijing
Al Jazeera English - 9 May 2020 06:30
New visa restrictions seen as a retaliatory measure after China expelled American journalists from three US newspapers.
US Army pushing to develop wearable sensors to detect coronavirus symptoms
CNN - 9 May 2020 16:01
The US Army is asking technology companies to develop wearable sensors to detect early symptoms of coronavirus. This week they invited initial proposals for a $25 million contract to develop a device that uses existing t...
President Trump Says 'No Rush' on More Aid to Americans as Historic Jobless Crisis Grows
Time - 9 May 2020 15:53
The Labor Department reported the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression on Friday
2 Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Family Dollar Guard in Flint, Mich.
The New York Times - 9 May 2020 03:13
The authorities said the two men had been sought since May 1 in the shooting death of a security guard at the store in Flint, Mich.
Georgia AG pledges to probe handling of Ahmaud Arbery shooting
New York Post - 9 May 2020 20:18
The Georgia attorney general is pledging to probe the handling of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder, according to a report. Attorney General Chris Carr said he would look “into how the case was handled from the outset.” "The ...
Americans want strict curbs on reopening houses of worship, poll finds
New York Post - 9 May 2020 16:12
The majority of Americans want curbs on in-person church services and are not worried about restrictions on their religious freedoms as states begin to ease coronavirus lockdowns, a new poll has found. Just 9% of America...
Tara Reade says she's leaving Democratic Party after response to Joe Biden allegations
New York Post - 9 May 2020 06:09
Joe Biden sex-assault accuser Tara Reade said she used to be a die-hard Barack Obama supporter — but she has left the Democratic Party after the blowback to her claims against the presumptive Democratic presidential no...
Ex-NYC schools honcho Rudy Crew left dangling in Georgia superintendent bid
New York Post - 9 May 2020 04:40
Former NYC schools honcho Rudy Crew has been left dangling by Dekalb County, Ga. — where he is hoping to be the new superintendent. The county Board of Education had considered Crew a finalist, but after a back-room ex...
Police debunk accused killers' claims Ahmaud Arbery was burglary suspect
New York Post - 9 May 2020 04:19
The two men accused of fatally shotgunning unarmed jogger Ahmaud Arbery told police they believed he was a suspect in a recent string of break-ins -- but no such crimes were reported to cops in the weeks leading up to th...
70% of US Olympic sports have applied for PPP funds
New York Post - 9 May 2020 02:22
DENVER -- At least 70 percent of US Olympic sports organizations have applied for government funds during the coronavirus pandemic, a stark financial reality that underscores the frailties within the world's most dominan...
Kevin Love: 2017 Cavaliers Team More Talented Than Title-Winning 2016 Team
Bleacher Report - 9 May 2020 21:35
Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love said Thursday he felt the team's roster during the 2016-17 season was more talented than the one that captured the 2016 NBA championship...
Russia's Putin urges unity as he presides over slimmed down Victory Day
Reuters - 9 May 2020 16:06
President Vladimir Putin told Russians on Saturday they are invincible when they stand together as he presided over celebrations of victory in World War Two that were slimmed down because of the coronavirus outbreak.