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Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats in March. He warned a think tank last week that cyberattacks from Russia and others are ongoing: "The warning lights are blinking red again."

Transcript: Dan Coats' Warning On Continuing Russian Cyberattacks

2:24pm July 18, 2018

"Today, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack," the director of National Intelligence told a D.C. think tank on July 13. Here is the full transcript.

Harssh Poddar, a senior police official, addresses a village meeting at a rural school near Malegaon, in northern Maharashtra state. He warns families to be skeptical of what they read online. Earlier this month, Poddar helped rescue five people from bein

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Viral WhatsApp Messages Are Triggering Mob Killings In India

2:17pm July 18, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

In recent months, about two dozen people across India have been beaten to death by mobs driven to violence by what they've read on social media and messaging apps.

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Nelson Mandela's Prison Letters: 'One Day I Will Be Back At Home'

12:48pm July 18, 2018

by Greg Myre

The late South African leader would have turned 100 on Wednesday. As part of the commemorations, a new book brings together many of the deeply personal letters he wrote during his 27 years in prison.

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Justice Department Calls Russian Woman, Maria Butina, A Flight Risk

12:37pm July 18, 2018

by Carrie Johnson

The Russian woman living in the U.S. has been charged with working as an unregistered foreign agent. The Justice Department wants her detained until trial.

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Twelve boys and their soccer coach, rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, described their ordeal at a news conference in Chiang Rai on Wednesday, after they left the hospital.

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Thai Cave Rescue: Boys And Coach Speak To Press As They Leave Hospital

12:28pm July 18, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The 12 members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach, who were trapped in a cave together for two weeks, are set to go home from the hospital.

Didier Tass, behind the counter of his butcher shop, says he purchases meat from small farmers who raise cows and butcher them humanely and in small quantities.

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French Butchers Ask For Protection After Threats From Militant Vegans

11:49am July 18, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

Butchers are an integral part of French life, and are known for carefully sourcing their meat. But now some are being targeted by extreme vegans who use vandalism to draw attention to their cause.

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Passengers pose for a selfie picture inside an Ethiopian Airlines plane that departed from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and flew to Eritrea's capital, Asmara, on Wednesday. It was the first commercial flight between the two African

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Commercial Plane Flies From Ethiopia To Eritrea For First Time In 20 Years

11:36am July 18, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

After two decades of deadly conflict, the neighboring countries are rapidly reconciling. Demand was huge for the historic commercial flight, which was marked with champagne and roses.

Graffiti on a wall commemorates the victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash in 2014 in Koog aan de Zaan, The Netherlands. The aircraft was shot down by Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine using a Russian-made surface-to-air missile.

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Australian Couple Who Lost Children In MH17 Lambaste Trump For Not Confronting Putin

11:13am July 18, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement in the destruction of the Malaysia Airlines flight shot down by a Russian missile over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 passengers and crew.

European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager held a joint news conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday after slapping a record $5 billion antitrust penalty on the U.S. tech giant.

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EU Hits Google With $5 Billion Fine For Pushing Apps On Android Users

10:53am July 18, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The European Commission found that the tech giant broke EU antitrust rules by requiring manufacturers to pre-install the Google and Chrome apps. Google plans to appeal the record fine.

In 'Crux,' A Journalist Investigates The Troubled Life Of Her Own Father

10:46am July 18, 2018

by Mariya Karimjee

At age 11, Jean Guerrero's mother told her that her dad had schizophrenia. Years later, the author is unable to verify the diagnosis — and refuses to accept it.