So far, the list of U.S. government entities affected by the massive hack includes:
• the Commerce Department
• Department of Homeland Security
• the Pentagon
• the Treasury Department
• the Postal Service
• the National Institutes of Health trib.al/5HpeoPN
President Trump has yet to make any public mention of the hack, and members of his administration have said little beyond acknowledging that it happened and is being investigated. bit.ly/37tGnub
U.S. national security agencies seem to have been blindsided by news that hackers — suspected to be Russia's foreign intelligence service — have been digging around inside government systems, possibly since the spring. bit.ly/37tGnub
"It's as if you wake up one morning and suddenly realize that a burglar has been going in and out of your house for the last six months," said Glenn Gerstell, who was the NSA's general counsel from 2015 to 2020.
From YouTube to Facebook, most social media companies encourage users to watch and create livestreams to keep people’s attention.
But as the world saw during election week, these platforms struggle to monitor and curb misinformation in these videos. n.pr/2JXxOyz 🧵
Even when violent threats are streamed, thousands may have seen the videos before action is taken.
When Steve Bannon called for the beheadings of 2 officials, Facebook and YouTube took his video down — after it already got hundreds of thousands of views. n.pr/3kqvUTK
And video removed from one platform may show up on another.
A YouTube livestream or TikTok video may be reposted on Twitter or Instagram, making policy enforcement seem like a game of whack-a-mole.
Here's a list of the times that final polls close in each state, along with the number of electoral votes each has listed in parentheses next to its name:
Only one other storm is known to have hit Louisiana with as much raw power as Hurricane Laura: Last Island in 1856, which also had 150 mph winds, according to meteorologist Philip Klotzbach. trib.al/5vzhMnf
Here's a text-only version of our site for anyone who needs to stay updated on Hurricane Laura news and keep battery and data usage to a minimum: n.pr/2N1Cd4j
Hurricane Laura will remain a hurricane "almost into Arkansas," the National Hurricane Center's director said Thursday morning — warning that areas far inland could still see flooding and power outages. bit.ly/3b0cge5
NPR combed through sex offender registries from all 50 states and D.C.
We found wrong addresses, names of offenders who'd died, and more than 25,000 convicted U.S. sex offenders and predators whose whereabouts are unknown to law enforcement. n.pr/3lhusEH
Authorities across the U.S. say finding offenders can be hard when they don't register. But we found many easily — using public records.
Like Curtis Lang, Sr., who is required to register every 3 months for life.