#2020’s 10 most buried stories and other commentary

#2020’s 10 most buried stories and other commentary

“#2020’s 10 most buried stories and other commentary” Media watch: 2020’s 10 Most Buried Stories At RealClearPolitics, retired editor Frank Miele — who used to help choose AP’s top 10 stories of the year — is so fed up with journalism that he is offering his first annual “Last Chance to Wake Up and Smell…

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#Putin changes mind, will now get Russia’s COVID vaccine

#Putin changes mind, will now get Russia’s COVID vaccine

“#Putin changes mind, will now get Russia’s COVID vaccine” Russian President Vladimir Putin now says he will receive his country’s Sputnik V vaccine coronavirus vaccine, a month after saying he would not be injected with it. A Kremlin spokesman told a Russian state TV channel of the reversal. “He made this decision and was waiting…

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#Napoleon re-enactor gets 12.5 years for dismembering student

#Napoleon re-enactor gets 12.5 years for dismembering student

“#Napoleon re-enactor gets 12.5 years for dismembering student” A Russian professor who beheaded his student-turned-lover – and then planned to commit suicide as Napoleon Bonaparte – has been sentenced to more than 12 years in a stockade, according to a report. Oleg Sokolov, 64, a former history professor at St. Petersburg State University, was found…

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# Livecoin exchange goes offline after Bitcoin price reportedly exceeds 0K

# Livecoin exchange goes offline after Bitcoin price reportedly exceeds $320K

“# Livecoin exchange goes offline after Bitcoin price reportedly exceeds $320K ” Livecoin, a lesser-known Russian cryptocurrency exchange, has abruptly halted operations in the aftermath of an alleged hacker attack on Christmas day. According to Livecoin’s main page, the exchange has suffered a “carefully planned attack” causing the platform to lose control of all of…

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#Trump appoints allies to range of federal boards

#Trump appoints allies to range of federal boards

“#Trump appoints allies to range of federal boards” President Trump on Tuesday appointed allies to a range of federal boards, including installing a former White House aide as chairman of a declassification advisory panel. Trump announced the spree of lame-duck picks as he prepares to leave office on Jan. 20. Ezra Cohen-Watnick, a former White…

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#Second hacking group suspected in massive SolarWinds attack

#Second hacking group suspected in massive SolarWinds attack

“#Second hacking group suspected in massive SolarWinds attack” There may be another group of hackers at work in the wake of the devastating SolarWinds attack. A Microsoft blog hints at a second hacking attempt not related to the initial hack of the SolarWinds software.  In that first attack, Russian actors hacked software updates for popular network monitoring tool SolarWinds Orion, described…

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