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Washington Post: Feds advanced Giuliani investigation as impeachment wrapped Ukraine

Washington Post: Feds advanced Giuliani investigation as impeachment wrapped

(CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York have advanced their investigation into President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, pursuing more documents and witness testimonies while the Justice Department simultaneously accepts information from the former New York mayor on Ukraine, according to The Washington Post.Citing people familiar with prosecutors' activities, the paper…
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February 15, 2020
JOHN HUMPHRYS: Sorry Boris, your vision of the future is out of date Old-Age Poverty

JOHN HUMPHRYS: Sorry Boris, your vision of the future is out of date

Boris Johnson might as well have made this week’s announcement about the go-ahead for a £106 billion high-speed rail link wearing a silk cravat and a frock coat.Here was a prime minister making grandiose promises to transform this nation through steel, just as his Victorian predecessors — Peel, Disraeli, Gladstone…
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February 15, 2020
Goodbye Privacy: Police Are Silently Stealing Your Photos to Use Against You Privacy Concerns

Goodbye Privacy: Police Are Silently Stealing Your Photos to Use Against You

Clearview AI can create an in-depth profile on any person based on a single photo. Everything from that person’s activities and interests to their network of friends is easily accessible via the Clearview database. The police say the tech is “the biggest breakthrough in the last decade,” and the privacy…
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February 15, 2020
SETI search of interstellar Comet Borisov finds no sign of alien ‘technosignatures’ Black Hole

SETI search of interstellar Comet Borisov finds no sign of alien ‘technosignatures’

Home News Search For Lives NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this view of the interstellar object Comet 2I/Borisov on Oct. 12, 2019. (Image: © NASA/ESA/D. Jewitt (UCLA)) Our solar system's second known interstellar visitor appears to be keeping quiet, just like the first.The Breakthrough Listen SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence)…
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February 15, 2020
The Wall Street Journal: State attorneys general reject $18 billion settlement with opioid wholesalers Oxycodone

The Wall Street Journal: State attorneys general reject $18 billion settlement with opioid wholesalers

An $18 billion offer from three major drug wholesalers aimed at settling litigation over their alleged role in the opioid crisis fell through, after more than 20 state attorneys general rejected it in a letter to the companies law firms this week. The letter…
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February 15, 2020