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US customs agents may require foreigners' social media passwords as part of vetting

BusinessInsider.com 

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Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly told the House Committee on Homeland Security on Tuesday that the Trump administration may move to require foreign visitors to give over the passwords to their social media accounts, NBC reported.

"We want to get on their social media, with passwords: What do you do, what do you say?" said Kelly. "If they don't want to cooperate then you don't come in."

Kelly said that the idea was in its preliminary stages... Читать дальше...

Minnesota's health exchange reports record number of signups

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

(AP) — A record number of residents signed up for private insurance this year through Minnesota's health exchange, officials said Thursday, attributing the spike in part to uncertainty over the federal health care law and a novel state program that offsets skyrocketing premiums. Combined with concern about shrinking plan access in Minnesota's fragile health insurance market, O'Toole said that uncertainty might have prompted more Minnesota residents to try to lock in coverage before there are massive changes. Читать дальше...



Apple boss Tim Cook optimistic about UK’s future outside EU

TheRepublic.com 

LONDON — Apple CEO Tim Cook says the technology giant is committed to Britain’s future outside the European Union. Cook said after meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday that he’s optimistic about the country’s prospects, noting that Apple is moving ahead with a new UK headquarters in London. Cook also met with

Big Sean Pens Open Letter to Younger Self

Billboard.com 

Big Sean is reflecting on his younger years with an open letter to his 18-year-old self. The now 28-year-old rapper, published the letter today (Feb...

Chelsea Handler Trolls Donald Trump at the White House

«Just Jared» 

Chelsea Handler just pulled off one epic trolling of Donald Trump – she posed outside of the White House with her friends holding Nordstrom bags! “A Jew and a Gay went to pick a Muslim up from the airport, headed straight to Nordstrom, and then headed over to @whitehouse to give our thanks! @POTUS! @quinnmurphy,” [...]

People wrongly claimed that a major government institution faked environmental data — and it caused an uproar

BusinessInsider.com 

  • A former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientist criticized his colleague's data archiving methods.
  • This is a pretty normal scientific argument, the kind that happens in fields from climate science to psychology to linguistics.
  • A Daily Mail reporter wrote an article suggesting that the criticism was in fact a bombshell showing the NOAA had "duped" world leaders.
  • The article had some serious factual errors.
  • A climate science doubting... Читать дальше...

Russian 'friendly fire' kills 3 Turkish soldiers in Syria

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Russian warplane on Thursday accidentally hit a building in northern Syria with Turkish soldiers inside, killing at least three troops and wounding 11, Turkey's military said.

'Black Edge' Author on Steven Cohen's SEC, FBI Battles

WSJ.com 

Steven Cohen, former chairman and CEO of SAC Capital Advisors, is the focus of "Black Edge," a new book by Sheelah Kolhatkar. She discusses the government's wide-reaching fraud investigation against Cohen on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero as well as how Cohen emerged from the investigation as one of the world's wealthiest men. Photo: Bloomberg





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