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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., joined by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, (right) last week during questioning of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

National

House Intern Arrested, Charged With Doxing Senator During Kavanaugh Hearing

1:14pm October 04, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Jackson Cosko, who was working in the office of Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, has been charged with publishing restricted personal information, witness tampering and other crimes.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Foreign Influence Operations and Their Use of Social Media Platforms' on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington.

National

Most Twitter Accounts Linked To 2016 Disinformation Are Still Active, Report Finds

5:30am October 04, 2018

by Tim Mak

Nearly 90 percent of accounts that spread disinformation during the presidential election continue to operate and spread or amplify false stories, a new study concludes.

Roughly the size of a shoebox, the Mascot lander safely settled onto the surface of the Ryugu asteroid. It's seen here in an artist's rendering of the craft released by Germany's DLR aerospace agency.

Probe Lands On Ryugu Asteroid In Latest Success For International Group

3:34pm October 03, 2018

by Bill Chappell

On Twitter, the craft echoed Alice in Wonderland, declaring: "And then I found myself in a place like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery and danger!"

Passengers board an Air New Zealand flight at Christchurch Airport in New Zealand in 2017. A new law says arriving travelers may be fined for failing to provide a passcode or fingerprint to unlock electronic devices for customs agents.

Don't Want To Unlock Your Device For Customs? New Zealand May Fine You $3,300

3:01pm October 03, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The government says customs will search the phone in flight mode and not look at data stored in the cloud. But civil liberties advocates are calling the law "a grave invasion of privacy."

People with cellphones will receive a message like this one on Wednesday.

This Is Only A Test: Why Your Cellphone Will Buzz Wednesday Afternoon

6:43pm October 02, 2018

by Brian Naylor

Texts stating "Presidential Alert" will be sent to some 225 million U.S. cellphones at 2:18 p.m. ET.

Economy

Amazon Becomes Largest Company To Commit To Minimum $15 Hourly Wage

5:25pm October 02, 2018

by Alina Selyukh

Amazon announced on Tuesday that it will raise wages to $15 an hour starting Nov. 1 for some 250,000 regular workers and 100,000 seasonal workers.

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Sizing Up The Universe With Neil deGrasse Tyson

1:55pm October 02, 2018

The famed astrophysicist knows a whole lot about a whole lot. He even used science to predict when LeBron James will retire from the NBA.

Ashok Kumar distributes government food rations to customer Leela Devi at his shop near Ramgarh, in India's Jharkhand state.

India's Biometric ID System Has Led To Starvation For Some Poor, Advocates Say

8:45pm October 01, 2018

The world's biggest biometric system, with iris scans of 1.2 billion people, was designed to help the poor. But it has sparked concerns about privacy and in some cases has exacerbated starvation.

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Justice Department Sues California To Block State's Net Neutrality Law

4:23pm October 01, 2018

by Alina Selyukh

The Trump administration is suing California over the state's new net neutrality law, saying it clashed with federal policy.

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Politics & Government

What Can Citizens Do To Fight Foreign Disinformation Campaigns?

7:59am October 01, 2018

by Tim Mak

An expert told the Senate Intelligence Committee that there is dramatically more fake information than genuine conversation from automated accounts on the extreme ends of the political spectrum.

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