SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Congress on Thursday overturned a veto by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva so it can reinstate legislation that undoes protections of Indigenous peoples’ land rights. The decision sets up a new battle between lawmakers and the country’s top court on the matter. Both federal deputies and senators voted by […]
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Ohio, area schools receive email threat from account threatening to be Russian terrorist; FBI investigating
Dec. 10—An email threat made to Ohio school districts, including several in the region, made through an account claiming to be a Russian terrorist is under investigation by the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force. Numerous sheriff and police departments in the region have been alerted to the email threat targeting multiple schools throughout […]
Some Seattle Cancer Center Patients Are Receiving Threatening Emails After Last Month’s Data Breach
SEATTLE (AP) — Some patients of a Seattle-based cancer center received threatening emails following a data breach last month. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center officials said a Nov. 19 hack hit a portion of the health care system’s clinical network, possibly leaking patient data. This week, some former and current patients received threatening emails claiming names, […]
The White House is threatening the patents of high-priced drugs developed with taxpayer dollars
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is putting pharmaceutical companies on notice, warning them that if the price of certain drugs is too high, the government might cancel their patent protection and allow rivals to make their own versions. Under a plan announced Thursday, the government would consider overriding the patent for high-priced drugs that have been developed […]
McCurtain County, Oklahoma, recording: Governor calls on officials to resign over recording of racist and threatening remarks
CNN — The governor of Oklahoma is calling on four McCurtain County officials to resign after they allegedly participated in a secretly recorded conversation that included racist remarks about lynching Black people and talking about killing journalists. The McCurtain Gazette-News over the weekend published the audio it said was recorded following a Board of Commissioners […]