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Texas sues Meta’s Facebook over facial-recognition practices

15 Feb 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Texas attorney general’s office sued Meta’s Facebook on Monday, alleging that the social media giant violated state privacy protections with facial-recognition technology that collected the biometric data of millions of Texans without their consent. The lawsuit accuses Facebook of capturing biometric information from photos and videos that users uploaded without consent, disclosing …

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Ex-U.S. naval engineer charged with submarine espionage pleads guilty

15 Feb 2022

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former U.S. Navy engineer charged with attempting to sell secrets about nuclear submarines to a foreign power pleaded guilty on Monday as part of a deal with prosecutors. A U.S. Justice Department lawyer unveiled the agreement with nuclear engineer Jonathan Toebbe during a court hearing in West Virginia federal …

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U.S. urges Americans to avoid travel to South Korea, Belarus over COVID

15 Feb 2022

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday advised against travel to six countries and territories including South Korea, Azerbaijan and Belarus due to widespread COVID-19. The CDC also added Comoros, French Polynesia, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon to its risk list of “Level Four: Very High.” …

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Names of Canada truck convoy donors leaked after reported hack

15 Feb 2022

By Raphael Satter and Anna Mehler Paperny LONDON/TORONTO (Reuters) -A website devoted to disseminating leaked data says it was given reams of information about donors to a Canadian movement opposed to pandemic health measures after a fundraising platform popular with supporters of the group allegedly suffered a hack. Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoS) said on …

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FAA extends environmental review of SpaceX program in Texas

14 Feb 2022

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it was extending its target date to complete an environmental review of the proposed SpaceX Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket program in Boca Chica, Texas, to March 28. The FAA’s previous target date was Feb. 28. The FAA noted that completing …

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U.S. judges faced over 4,500 threats in 2021 amid rising extremism -official

14 Feb 2022

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. federal judges were the target of more than 4,500 threats and other inappropriate communications last year, the head of the U.S. Marshals Service said on Monday, adding that his office is concerned about the rise of domestic extremism in America. “The increase in our judicial … threat …

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Four years after Parkland shooting, victim’s father calls on Biden to act on gun violence

14 Feb 2022

(Reuters) – The father of a teenager who was killed in Florida’s Parkland high school shooting marked the fourth anniversary of the massacre on Monday by climbing a construction crane near the White House and demanding the Biden administration take action on gun violence. Gun-control advocate Manuel Oliver unfurled a sign that read “45K people …

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Factbox-What are the charges in the Ahmaud Arbery hate-crimes case?

14 Feb 2022

By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors are expected to tell a jury on Monday why they have brought hate-crimes charges against three white men who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, in a mostly white neighborhood in Georgia in 2020. A state court found Travis McMichael, 36, his father Gregory …

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Factbox-Six upcoming Texas congressional primaries to watch

14 Feb 2022

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Texas will hold the nation’s first primary nominating contests of 2022 on March 1, with early voting beginning on Monday. While the gubernatorial race – headlined by incumbent Republican Greg Abbott and Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke – will capture much of the attention [L1N2U007J], there are several primary elections for …

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Factbox-Who was Ahmaud Arbery?

14 Feb 2022

By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was jogging through a mostly white neighborhood on Feb. 23, 2020, when he was chased by three white men in two trucks, and shot and killed about two miles (3.2 km) from his mother’s house near Brunswick, Georgia. His killing sparked national outrage when …

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