Capital One data breach: Arrest after details of 100m US individuals stolen
Craig TaylorThe hacker gained access to individuals’ date of birth, addresses and phone numbers. BBC News – US & Canada
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Trump’s ‘rat-infested’ attack on lawmaker was racist, says Pelosi
The president is under fire for calling a Democratic lawmaker’s Baltimore district “rat-infested”. BBC News – US & Canada
US Supreme Court gives go-ahead for Trump wall funding
President Donald Trump is given the go-ahead to use $ 2.5bn of Pentagon funds for the border wall. BBC News – US & Canada
Canada murders: police look to remote town in hunt for teenage suspects
bethkent ✅Canadian police believe that the two men charged with the murder of a university professor and suspected in the murder of a young Australian-American couple are still on the run. They suspect they are in the surroundings of a remote town in northern Manitoba. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said officers searching the area found a…
US government orders first federal executions since 2003
The attorney general schedules five executions, reversing a lapse in federal use of the death penalty. BBC News – US & Canada
Does Cuba Have A Secret Mind Altering Ray?
In what sounds like something out of a bad Sci-Fi straight to streaming movie, the US media appears to be suggesting Cuba has a covert mind damaging “Sonic weapon” or ray gun for us sci-Fi nerds, which apparently affected the brains of 44 former diplomats and their family members. What We Know Late in 2016,…