Jussie Smollett prosecutor Kim Foxx wins Dem primary..
March 18, 2020
Cook County is heavily Democratic, so Tuesday’s nominee is likely the winner in November. In the GOP primary, Patrick O’Brien, a former assistant state’s attorney, defeated Christopher Pfannkuche, a prosecutor who has worked for several different agencies including the state’s attorney office.
State unemployment websites crash as applications surge…
March 18, 2020
From Oregon to New York and Washington, D.C., officials and Twitter users have highlighted the problem after the mass closing of restaurants, retail stores and other businesses as part of the effort to slow the spread of the virus. Some states are responding by staggering the days on which people apply for unemployment benefits based on the first letter of applicants' last names.
People with blood type A might be more susceptible to coronavirus, study finds…
March 18, 2020
Researchers studying COVID-19 in its outbreak epicenter, Wuhan, and the city of Shenzhen found the proportion of Type-A patients both infected and killed by the disease to be “significantly” higher than those with the same blood type in the general public. Type O patients, meanwhile, made up a smaller proportion of both those infected and killed by the virus.
Jeffrey Epstein’s Ex, Ghislaine Maxwell, Sues His Estate for Legal Fees…
March 18, 2020
Ms. Maxwell’s brought her suit in Superior Court in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Mr. Epstein’s estate is being probated. The suit was filed on Friday, but not docketed until late Tuesday... In her complaint, Ms. Maxwell, 58, alludes to the once-intimate relationship she had with Mr. Epstein, describing herself as a longtime employee who formed “a legal and special relationship” with him. But the complaint said Ms. Maxwell “had no involvement in or knowledge of Epstein’s alleged misconduct.”
Trump to temporarily close Northern Border with Canada…
March 18, 2020
We will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our Northern Border with Canada to non-essential traffic. Trade will not be affected. Details to follow!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2020
Donald Trump Wins Republican Presidential Nomination with Majority of Delegates in 2020 Primary…
March 18, 2020
The president has dominated Republican primaries in 2020, earning more votes in many states than previous presidential incumbents.
Google says crushed rack wheels busted a cooling system, which took down Gmail, YouTube, and customers’ applications…
March 18, 2020
NASA reports asteroid to pass close to Earth today, might ‘airburst’…
March 18, 2020
An asteroid currently being tracked by NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CENOS), known as 2020 EF, will pass close enough to the planet to potentially ’cause an airburst’. However, the agency explains that we’re safe either way — the asteroid is too small to survive contact with Earth’s atmosphere... The asteroid is expected to approach Earth on March 18 at 11:15 p.m. EDT., at roughly 3.9 million miles from the planet’s center.
California man gets prison for working as agent for China…
March 18, 2020
A former San Francisco Bay Area tour operator was sentenced to four years in prison for serving as an unregistered agent for China’s Ministry of State Security in a scheme to use “dead drops” to pick up digital memory cards from a source and take them to China.
US slaps new sanctions on Iran amid renewed rocket attacks in Iraq…
March 18, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that the sanctions will target nine entities and three individuals “who have engaged in activity that could enable the Iranian regime’s violent behavior.”
15 People In Brazil’S Delegation To The U.S. Now Confirmed To Have Coronavirus…
March 18, 2020
Despite the direct interactions between the two presidents, neither Trump nor Bolsonaro have tested positive for the virus.
Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing…
March 18, 2020
16 Child Predators Nabbed In Undercover Sting In Florida…
March 18, 2020
Among the 16 suspects were a registered sexual predator, a Navy veteran who works for Disney Vacation Club, an assistant youth soccer coach, a grandfather with nine grandchildren, and two full-time college students. The oldest suspect is 59 years old, and the young is a 21-year-old. The operation lasted for seven days...
NYTimes: Donald Trump Closes Southern Border to Migrants, Asylum Seekers…
March 18, 2020
The decision reduces the danger that the coronavirus will be brought into ICE detention centers by additional migrants... The southern border will stay open for Americans, foreigners with proper documents, and for trade...
A Critical Internet Safeguard Is Running Out of Time. Shadowserver has helped keep the internet safe for 15 years. Unless it can raise funds fast, it’s going to disappear…
March 18, 2020
For more than 15 years, Shadowserver has been funded by Cisco as an independent organization. But thanks to budget restructuring, the group now has to go out on its own... Shadowserver scans more than 4 billion IP addresses—almost the entire public internet—every day and puts together activity reports based on the findings for more than 4,600 network operators, as well as the national computer security incident response teams of 107 countries. Shadowserver also hosts a repository of 1.2 billion malware samples, similar to Google's VirusTotal, that's freely accessible. In all, the organization hosts more than 11.6 petabytes of threat intelligence and malware-related data. But all of that is just for starters.
The real ghost-escape potential comes from the fact that Shadowserver doesn't just monitor incidents, it also actively works to contain them...
Visualizing the History of Pandemics…
March 18, 2020
As humans have spread across the world, so have infectious diseases. Even in this modern era, outbreaks are nearly constant, though not every outbreak reaches pandemic level as the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has. Today’s visualization outlines some of history’s most deadly pandemics, from the Antonine Plague to the current COVID-19 event.