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Ex-Intelligence Analyst Pleads Guilty to Sharing Classified Information With Reporter

A former intelligence analyst and member of the military pleaded guilty on March 31 to illegally disclosing classified information with a reporter. Daniel Everette Hale, 31, of Nashville, Tennessee, admitted to obtaining classified national defense information while working at the National Security Agency (NSA) and as a defense contractor at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency […]

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Adopted Twins Separated at Birth Find Each Other Almost 50 Years Later Living 7 Blocks Away

After accessing her adoption records in 2019, an Indiana woman learned of her twin brother. However, it was only this year that she found out that her sibling had been living just seven blocks away, and had even attended the same middle and high school. “He’s my other half I didn’t know about for 50

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Former Obama Cabinet Official Took Undisclosed Foreign Cash

Former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood took $50,000 from a foreigner without disclosing the funds, violating government ethics rules, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. LaHood, 75, was a Cabinet member during the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013. Before that, he was a Republican member of Congress. LaHood was “suffering significant financial difficulties” due

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Autistic Boy With Eating Issues Frets When Favorite Waffles Discontinued–so Company Sends Mom Recipe

The only solid food 9-year-old Jerico Roman can chew and swallow is a particular brand of discontinued waffles. While this might seem strange to those without eating issues, Jerico, who is autistic, faces somewhat complex eating challenges. After his desperate mom started an online campaign to buy up the remaining stock of the product—Nature’s Path maple

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Airport Workers Seize 185 Baby Galápagos Tortoises Wrapped in Plastic, Packed in Suitcase

Airport customs officials in Ecuador have intercepted a suitcase packed with 185 baby tortoises, en route from the Galápagos Islands to the mainland. Individually wrapped in plastic, the hatchlings were discovered during a routine baggage inspection on March 28. Officials at Galápagos Ecological Airport on the island of Baltra estimated that the tortoises were less than

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UK Study Finds Low Adherence to COVID-19 Self-Isolation Rules

A major study has found that adherence to COVID-19 self-isolation rules is low in the UK, raising concerns about the effectiveness of the government’s test-and-trace system. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, was based on 37 nationally representative surveys involving 53,880 participants in the UK, conducted between March 2, 2020, to Jan. 27,

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George Floyd’s Friend and ‘Key Witness’ in Chauvin Trial Invokes 5th Amendment, Declines to Testify

A self-described key witness to the death of George Floyd—a longtime friend who was in the car with Floyd when police approached him—said through a lawyer that, if forced to testify about the incident, he’ll invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and remain silent. Morries Lester Hall, who in a June 2020 interview with

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Biden Would ‘Strongly Support’ Moving Baseball’s All-Star Game Out of Atlanta Over Georgia Election Law

President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he would support Major League Baseball moving its All-Star Game from Atlanta as a reprisal for a new election reform law passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. “I think that today’s professional athletes are acting incredibly responsibly. I would strongly support

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