Month: September 2022

Sir Keir Starmer has urged anti-monarchy protesters to “respect” people mourning the Queen and not “ruin” their experience. The Labour leader spoke out amid controversy over a small number of protesters being arrested during royal ceremonies. Sir Keir said protest was a “great British tradition” but that hundreds of thousands of people wanted to have
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A Linux variant of a backdoor known as SideWalk was used to target a Hong Kong university in February 2021, underscoring the cross-platform abilities of the implant. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, which detected the malware in the university’s network, attributed the backdoor to a nation-state actor dubbed SparklingGoblin. The unnamed university is said to have
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I already know Lainey Wilson is going to bring it as a cast member on Yellowstone. She’s one of the newest cast members of Season 5 of the hit Paramount series, and at the ACM Honors recently, she broke out an oldie called “Workin’ Overtime.” The song was originally featured on her 2018 self-titled EP. Lainey
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Tory Lanez’s criminal trial on charges he opened fire on Megan Thee Stallion and wounded her in both feet while yelling “dance, bitch” two years ago was delayed again Wednesday. Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, appeared for the hearing, agreed to the continuance and left the courtroom shortly before key eyewitness Kelsey Harris
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The National Book Foundation has announced the Longlist for 2022’s National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. This year’s Longlist includes graphic novels, novels, and memoirs that explore things like racism, sexism, gender and sexuality, and self-esteem. They take place everywhere from fictional, alternate histories to the U.S. and Pakistan. The Longlist contenders were chosen
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EXCLUSIVE: Surviving members and relatives of the famed Black Spartans want a movie about the 1966 college football co-champions consigned to the sidelines. “This letter is directed to various producers, directors, actors and others who we understand are associated with the motion picture Black Spartans, which purports to tell our clients’ stories,” says a correspondence sent
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Decorative mortarboard during commencement ceremonies at California State University, Northridge, on the CSUN campus, Friday, May 20, 2022. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced on Wednesday, Sept. 14, its 2023 list of semifinalist high school students who will now compete for a share of about 7,250 scholarships
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The operators behind the Lornenz ransomware operation have been observed exploiting a now-patched critical security flaw in Mitel MiVoice Connect to obtain a foothold into target environments for follow-on malicious activities. “Initial malicious activity originated from a Mitel appliance sitting on the network perimeter,” researchers from cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf said in a report published
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Lawyers for Nikolas Cruz abruptly rested their case in the Parkland, Florida school shooter’s death penalty trial, prompting an uproar in the courtroom on Wednesday, Sept. 14. According to The Associated Press, the unexpected decision caused Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer and Cruz’s lead attorney Melisa McNeill to get into a shouting match (the jury had
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter Emily Scott Robinson has announced an ambitious new project that’s centered around a Shakespearian tragedy. Set for release on Oct. 28 via Oh Boy Records, Robinson’s upcoming album Built on Bones acts as a modern musical adaptation of Macbeth. The play tells the story of a Scottish general whose life takes a dark turn after encountering three witches. The trio
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