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Three people have been charged for Twitter’s huge hack, and a Florida teen is in jail

Early on July 31st, the FBI, IRS, US Secret Service, and Florida law enforcement placed 17-year-old Graham Clark of Tampa, Florida, under arrest. He’s accused of being the “mastermind” behind the biggest security and privacy breach in Twitter’s history , one that took over the accounts of President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Apple, and more to perpetrate a huge bitcoin scam on ... Full story

Many injured, major damage reported after MASSIVE explosions rock Beirut (WATCH LIVE)

FILE PHOTO. © Reuters / Karim Sokhn/Instagram/Ksokhn + Thebikekitchenbeirut. Follow RT on. Two major explosions shook the Lebanese capital of Beirut, with eyewitness footage capturing the blasts and showing the devastation wreaked in the surrounding area. The blasts have been blamed on a fireworks accident. The first blast struck the city’s port shortly after 6pm local time on Tuesday. Within minutes, reports flowed in of another more ... Full story

President Donald J. Trump Is Conserving and Restoring the Majesty of America's Public Lands

We’re preserving our land. We’re making our land better and cleaner and safer. PRESERVING AMERICA’S LAND: President Donald J. Trump is taking historic action to invest in America’s national parks and public lands. - Today, President Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act, which is the single largest investment in America’s national parks and public lands in history. - This legislation marks the most significant conservation accomplishment ... Full story

MacKenzie Scott has already donated nearly $1.7 billion of her Amazon wealth since divorcing Jeff Bezos

Novelist and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, whose ex-husband is Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, announced on Tuesday that she’s already donated close to $1.7 billion of her immense wealth in the past year. The causes and nonprofits she has so far chosen include those supporting racial, LGBTQ+, and gender equity, as well as those dedicated to combating climate change and improving public health and economic mobility, among others. Scott has a net worth ... Full story

Huge explosions rock Beirut with widespread damage, injuries

People help a man wounded in a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar). 1 of 7. People help a man wounded in a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, ... Full story

Highly-explosive material blew up in Beirut port, says interior minister

A damaged vehicle is seen at the site of an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir. DUBAI (Reuters) - Lebanon’s interior minister said the cause of the explosion that rocked the capital Beirut on Tuesday would be determined in an investigation but that initial information indicated highly-explosive material had blown up, his office said in a statement. Separately Al Mayadeen television cited Lebanon’s customs ... Full story

Apple is not interested in buying TikTok

Apple says it’s not interested in acquiring TikTok, despite an Axios report that named the company as a potential buyer for the embattled social network. The company tells The Verge that there are no talks at present to acquire TikTok, and it has no plans to pursue such a deal. Notably, Axios sourced the information to figures outside of Apple, who reportedly had knowledge of ongoing talks. Microsoft announced on Sunday that it was in talks to ... Full story

Lebanon's health minister says many injuries and large damage from Beirut blast: LBC TV

Smoke rises in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon’s Health Minister Hamad Hasan said an explosion in central Beirut on Tuesday had caused a “very high number of injuries” and extensive damage, Lebanese LBC television channel quoted the minister as saying. Reporting by Ghaida Ghantous; Editing by Gareth Jones. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Full story

Lebanese Red cross chief says hundreds injured treated, many still trapped in area of blast

Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hundreds of people who were injured in the Beirut port blast were taken to hospitals but many remain trapped in homes damaged by the explosion, the head of the Lebanese Red Cross said. George Kettaneh told local media there was no exact figure of how many were injured as many were still trapped in homes ... Full story

SpaceX Crew Dragon completes historic mission with an ocean landing

SpaceX’s history-making Crew Dragon mission has come to a close two months after it began. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley successfully landed in the Atlantic Ocean at 2:48PM Eastern after starting their return to Earth nearly 20 hours earlier. This completes the first crewed orbital flight using a private spacecraft, not to mention the first crewed spaceflight from the US since NASA retired the Space Shuttle in 2011. It’s also the first ... Full story