Feds anticipate ransomware attacks against schools could increase as new year begins
Geo Piatt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a new warning they anticipate ransomware attacks could increase as the new school year begins.
“The FBI, CISA, and the MS-ISAC anticipa…
Genealogy technology identifies killer of Michigan woman missing for 33 years
GBI/Handout(NEW YORK) — Investigators in Georgia have used genealogy DNA testing to determine the killer of a Michigan woman who vanished more than three decades ago.
Stacey Lyn Chahorski of Norton Shores, Michigan, was reported missing in January 19…
In Brief: Key and Peele reunite for animated ‘Wendell & Wild’, and more
Netflix on Tuesday debuted the trailer for Wendell & Wild, the new stop-motion animated comedy horror film from The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline director Henry Selick. The movie follows “a troubled teen — voiced by Lyric Ross — haunted by …
What you need to know about ‘original antigenic sin’ with fall COVID boosters around the corner
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — With new COVID variant-specific booster shots set to roll out in the coming week, vaccine scientists argue that more research is needed to understand how a person’s early immune response — either through vaccinat…
Volkswagen plans blockbuster IPO for Porsche. Here’s why.
andreafidone/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Luxury car brand Porsche aims to go public in late September or early October in what could be one of the largest initial public offerings in Europe in decades, parent company Volkswagen announced late Monday.
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Watchdog group says kids vulnerable to inappropriate content on popular game Roblox
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Over 54 million users play Roblox, a popular multiplayer online game, every day and nearly half of them are under the age of 13, according to the company. At first glance, it may see…
Russia is buying ‘millions of rockets and artillery’ from North Korea for its Ukraine invasion: US
KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — With few trade partners and an empty armory, the Kremlin is being forced to turn to North Korea to stock up on vital supplies to fuel its ongoing war in Ukraine, according to a recently declassified …
Women speak out about safety while running after death of Memphis jogger
Guido Mieth/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The dangers women face while simply going outside for a run are in the spotlight again after the death of Eliza “Liza” Fletcher, a teacher and mother of two who was abducted while on an early morning run in her hom…
Steve Bannon expected to surrender to New York prosecutors Thursday: Sources
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Steve Bannon, former adviser to former President Donald Trump, is expected to surrender to prosecutors in New York on Thursday, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.
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Baltimore latest among major cities experiencing contamination in water supply
Tim Graham/Getty Images(BALTIMORE) — Baltimore has become the latest major city to experience a water crisis involving contamination in the water supply.
City officials have been urging residents to boil tap water for at least one minute after E. col…