The White House’s unclassified computer
network was recently
hit by a sustained cyberattack which may be the work of Russian
government hackers. “Network outages are not uncommon in the White
House,”
the Huffington Post notes, but this one—lasting at
least two weeks—was significant in its duration and strength.- The makers of an unmanned, NASA-commissioned rocket that
exploded over eastern Virginia yesterday are
vowing to find the root cause of the explosion before
flying again. - Late Tuesday night,
the U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of Mark Christeson,
a Missouri man scheduled to die by injection at 12:01 a.m.
Wednesday. - Scientists link
two genes to “extremely violent behavior.” - Kaci Hickox, the nurse quarantined at her Maine home after
returning from West Africa, told Good
Morning America via Skype that she’ll “go to court to
attain (her) freedom.” And a
Connecticut dad is suing after his third-grade daughter was
told to stay home from school over Ebola fears. - The North Dakota Supreme Cout has
upheld a state law restricting the use abortion-inducing
drugs. - Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson denied
rumors that he is resigning.
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