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Thousands of leaked emails from a US cybersecurity contractor were published by WikiLeaks to mark the release of whistleblowing journalist Barrett Brown from federal prison. Among other things, the emails discussed targeting journalists and governments.
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- Moscow committed to agreements with Turkey on Syria – Russian Foreign Ministry
- Data leak on Europol terrorism investigations - Dutch TV
- Russia’s law on online movie theaters won’t affect YouTube - aide
- Ex anti-doping lab chief ‘persuaded athletes to take unknown substances’ – Russian investigators
- Norway to extradite Russian computer programmer Vartanyan to US – report
- CIA's Brennan says tearing up Iran deal would be 'folly'
- VA dentist may have infected veterans with HIV, hepatitis
A dentist put nearly 600 veterans at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tomah, Wisconsin at risk of blood-borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis B and C after failing to follow standard sanitation procedures. The VA is now offering free screenings. - Congress bans online store 'gag orders' on customers for bad reviews
Dissatisfied consumers soon won’t have to fear punishment from online retailers for leaving negative comments, if a newly passed law making it illegal for businesses to retaliate against unflattering reviews is signed by President Barack Obama. - Military draft for women among dropped ideas in compromise 2017 defense bill
Congress has managed to finalize a $618.7 billion defense bill for the 2017 fiscal year, boosting it with an extra $3.2 billion for manpower, while stripping extra ships and jets. Requirements for women to register for the draft are also gone from the bill. - Texas abortion rule mandating burial or cremation opposed by healthcare providers, funeral directors
Texas will soon require abortion providers to cremate or bury all fetal remains. Lawmakers defend the legislation by arguing that it places no undue burden on women, but many are concerned about how this will affect women’s healthcare in Texas.
- VA dentist may have infected veterans with HIV, hepatitisA dentist put nearly 600 veterans at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tomah, Wisconsin at risk of blood-borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis B and C after failing to follow standard sanitation procedures. The VA is now offering free screenings.
- Military draft for women among dropped ideas in compromise 2017 defense billCongress has managed to finalize a $618.7 billion defense bill for the 2017 fiscal year, boosting it with an extra $3.2 billion for manpower, while stripping extra ships and jets. Requirements for women to register for the draft are also gone from the bill.
- Congress bans online store 'gag orders' on customers for bad reviewsDissatisfied consumers soon won’t have to fear punishment from online retailers for leaving negative comments, if a newly passed law making it illegal for businesses to retaliate against unflattering reviews is signed by President Barack Obama.
- Texas abortion rule mandating burial or cremation opposed by healthcare providers, funeral directorsTexas will soon require abortion providers to cremate or bury all fetal remains. Lawmakers defend the legislation by arguing that it places no undue burden on women, but many are concerned about how this will affect women’s healthcare in Texas.
- Inmate’s genitals pepper-sprayed, prison guard charged with simple assault
A Lackawanna County Prison guard has been placed on paid leave after being accused of grabbing an inmate by the throat, pulling his hair and using a pepper spray-like substance on his genitals. The guard now faces assault charges. - Just visiting? Man trapped in max security jail cell awarded $600k
Farad Polk was awarded $600,000 after a visit to his son at the Cook County Jail turned into a weekend stay. Following directions from a guard, Polk accidentally entered a super-maximum security visitors room, where he was trapped for 32 hours. - Murder charge dropped in New Mexico cop's killing of homeless man
The murder charge filed against one of two former Albuquerque police officers accused of killing a mentally ill homeless man has been dropped by a special prosecutor. James Boyd was shot by police following an hour-long standoff in 2014. - North Dakota officials to start blocking vital supplies to DAPL campsite – report
North Dakota law enforcement are about to start blocking supplies to the main camp of Dakota Access Pipeline protesters following an emergency evacuation order. - ‘Sniffers & taps on journalists’: WikiLeaks publishes emails as whistleblower Brown is paroledThousands of leaked emails from a US cybersecurity contractor were published by WikiLeaks to mark the release of whistleblowing journalist Barrett Brown from federal prison. Among other things, the emails discussed targeting journalists and governments.
- 3 people confirmed killed in Gatlinburg, Tennessee fires
Wildfires in Tennessee are responsible for three deaths in addition to damages to homes and businesses. The fires began in the Great Smoky Mountains and are suspected to be the result of arson. - Trump taps Tom Price as secretary of Dept of Health and Human Services
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Republican Congressman Tom Price of Georgia to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. - Hundreds of Fight for $15 protesters arrested at rallies demanding higher pay across country
More than 150 people have been arrested at Fight for $15 protests, mostly in Detroit, Los Angeles and Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is the first Fight for 15 protest since Donald Trump became the president-elect.
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The hottest political show in the US finds new home with RT. The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann...Dictator Trump threatens free speechIn tonight’s Politics Panel, Thom talks with Angela Morabito of StandUnited.org and Zaid Jilani of The Intercept about Trump’s attack on freedom of speech, his HHS pick Tom Price’s promise to privatize Medicare, and The Fight For...
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RT America -- November 29, 2016
Trump appoints Obamacare critic to head Dept. of Health & Human ServicesDonald Trump has appointed the head of the House Budget Committee, Tom Price, as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. To discuss the implications of...
RT America -- November 28, 2016
‘Jill Stein trying to expose election process concerns, not help Clinton’ – journalist Former Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein is raising funds to force an election recount in Wisconsin, which costs about $3.5...
RT America -- November 23, 2016
‘We are at war with Russia’: EU Parliament approves resolution to counter Russian media ‘propaganda’MEPs in Strasbourg have voted on a non-legislative resolution which calls for the EU to “respond to information warfare...
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