Days after its sweeping covert internet surveillance operation was exposed through media reports, the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) changed the program’s name and told analysts to stop monitoring the keyword “protest,” according to a recently released inspector general’s report. The March 25 IG report comes nearly a year after the USPIS “Internet Covert…
Inspector General Finds Significant Problems With Postal Service’s Surveillance Program
Postal Service Illegally Surveilled Protests, IG Says
Days after its sweeping covert internet surveillance operation was exposed through media reports, the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) changed the program’s name and told analysts to stop monitoring the keyword “protest,” according to a recently released inspector general’s report. The March 25 IG report comes nearly a year after the USPIS “Internet Covert…
Elderly Woman Gets 5 Years in Jail for Stealing From Relative With Alzheimer’s
March 31, 2022
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FULLERTON, Calif.—A 71-year-old Irvine woman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in jail for stealing more than $100,000 from her Alzheimer’s-afflicted ex-brother-in-law. Jackie Marquez was convicted March 17 of eight counts of theft from an elder exceeding $950. Marquez stole the money from Robert Christopherson, starting when he was 78 years old in 2017, according…
Judge Holds Wisconsin Speaker in Contempt Over Election Records
A judge in Wisconsin held state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in contempt of court for allegedly failing to produce emails and text messages related to an investigation he ordered into the 2020 election. Dane County Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn wrote on Wednesday that Vos, a Republican, and the Assembly “have chosen to willfully violate a court order and…
Moody’s Withdraws All Credit Ratings on Russian Entities
Moody’s said on Thursday it has withdrawn all ratings on Russia and its rated Russian sub-sovereign entities. The company said it had decided to withdraw the ratings for its own business reasons. Last week, Moody’s had announced its intention to withdraw its credit ratings on the entities, following similar moves by Fitch and S&P Global…
‘Discriminatory’: First Lawsuit Filed Against New Florida Law Barring Sex Talk in Early Grades
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials in the state were hit on March 31 with a federal lawsuit alleging a newly passed bill discriminates against gay and transgender students. Equality Florida, students, and parents say the new law, the Parental Rights in Education act, treats gay and transgender students and students with certain parents unequally….
‘Strong’ Geomagnetic Storm Hitting Earth, Aurora Borealis Could Be Visible Across US
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Thursday that a “strong geomagnetic storm watch” will stay intact for the remainder of Thursday until Friday after a significant coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun was observed. The first portion of the “CME arrived at the NOAA DSCOVR spacecraft, about 1 million miles from Earth” on…
Bracing for Incontinence
As a woman gets older, she’s more likely to experience certain forms of unintended urination. Incontinence often sneaks up on women, becoming gradually more common with age. And recent numbers suggest that certain types of incontinence are sneaking up more than usual. A study published in the August 2021 issue of the American Journal of…
Is Loneliness the New Smoking?
When Canadian pop icon Justin Bieber released his song “Lonely” in October of 2020, the 28-year-old star sang about the crushing loneliness he felt after becoming so famous at such an early age. Bieber’s song quickly topped the charts in Canada, as well as in countries as diverse as Hungary, Malaysia, and Norway. I’m not…
Russia Paid Coupons on Seven OFZ Bond Issues: Finance Minister
Russia’s finance ministry has paid 50.2 billion roubles ($616 million) in coupons on seven OFZ treasury bond issues, data on its website showed. The payments come as the finance ministry is due to make a $447 million coupon payment on Thursday on a dollar Eurobond that matures in 2030. Investors are watching closely Moscow’s servicing…
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