Notice Magazine

By Keith

My own mix of special and important news about our world. Generally, covering events and insights of the last 72 hours.

Personal Data
Massive breach leaks 773 million email addresses, 21 million passwords
CNET - by Alfred Ng
The best time to stop reusing old passwords was 10 years ago. The second best time is now.
News
For 7th Consecutive Year, Visa Overstays Exceeded Illegal Border Crossings
NPR - Richard Gonzales
As the Trump administration demands funding for a border wall to stop illegal immigration, a new study finds that for the seventh consecutive year, visa overstays far exceeded unauthorized border crossings.
Donald Trump
Ex-Trump lawyer: rigging polls 'was at the direction of' Trump
Reuters - by Makini Brice and Tim Ahmann
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, said on Thursday he paid a firm to manipulate online polling data "at the direction of and for the sole benefit
Spiders
It 'Rained' Spiders in Brazil Last Week—and You Can Watch It If You Dare
mentalfloss.com - BY Emily Petsko
If recent events are anything to go by, you should be less concerned about swallowing spiders in your sleep and more concerned about bird-eating …
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico debt crisis: Judge Laura Taylor-Swain opens court hearing on restructuring U.S. territory's mammoth debt - CBS
cbsnews.com - CBS News
"People of Puerto Rico are paying off this debt with their life": Court hearing begins on Puerto Rico's debt crisis / AP San Juan, Puerto Rico — A …
News
Kenya attack: Who are the Nairobi victims?
bbc.co.uk
At least 21 people are known to have died when Somali al-Shabab militants stormed a luxury hotel compound in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. A 19-hour siege of the DusitD2 hotel and business complex on Tuesday
U.S. Politics
GOP dismiss suggestion that State of Union be postponed
Associated Press - By MATTHEW LEE, CATHERINE LUCEY, ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — It took President Donald Trump one day to flex his executive power back at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, denying her an aircraft for a planned trip abroad in apparent response to her attempt
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Eastern Europe
US plans new space sensors for missile defence against 'rogue states'
Guardian US - Julian Borger in Washington
Donald Trump will unveil a plan on Thursday for a major expansion in US missile defence that will rely on a new generation of space-based sensors. The administration’s long-delayed missile defence review,
Asia Pacific
'Out of control': Taiwan says won't bow to China pressure
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
Taipei calls for international support as Beijing intensifies pressure on self-ruled island, which it claims as own. Taiwan will not bow to Chinese pressure, a presidential spokesperson has said, as the
Africa
Kenya attack: all accounted for in Al-Shabab hotel raid
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
Information minister says Kenyan forces 'swift' in ending the 20-hour siege that killed at least 21 people. Kenyan bomb disposal experts searched on Thursday for leftover explosives at the site of the
Africa
Zimbabwe doctors treat 68 for gunshot wounds after protests
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
Hundreds arrested after violent demonstrations against skyrocketing fuel prices. Zimbabwean doctors said they treated nearly 70 people for gunshot wounds while police rounded up hundreds after violent
Conservative View
Phil Mudd swiftly dismantles Nancy Pelosi's 'Kardashian moment' over Trump's State of the Union speech
TheBlaze
Former CIA and FBI official Phil Mudd had "strong words" when he was asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had a reasonable rationale for wanting to delay the president's
Social Security
FBI records, emails, Social Security numbers exposed in massive data leak, security experts say
Fox News - Lukas Mikelionis
A massive data leak has been discovered at the Oklahoma Securities Commission, in which millions of records -- including files related to sensitive FBI investigations over the last seven years, emails
Donald Trump
Pelosi slammed for attempted shutdown of Trump State of Union; top Dem breaks ranks on wall
Fox News
Welcome to FOX News First. Not signed up yet? Click here. Developing now, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 THE STATE OF THE UNION IS NOT SHUT DOWN: The Trump administration and Republicans are pushing back on Speaker
News
Last 19 missing after deadly Nairobi hotel attack now accounted for: Red Cross
Reuters - By George Obulutsa
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Nineteen people still missing two days after a Somali militant attack on a Nairobi hotel and office complex that killed 21 people are now accounted for, the Kenyan Red Cross said on
World News
Six in 10 Wild Coffee Species Are Threatened With Extinction, According to Scientists
TIME - By Eli Meixler
More than half of the world’s wild coffee could be at risk of extinction due to climate change, deforestation and disease, new research says. In an …
World News
After four Americans killed, Trump’s Syria plan prompts questions
scmp.com - Associated Press
A suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State militants killed at least 16 people, including two US service members and two American civilians, in …
World News
How defeated is the Islamic State?
The Washington Post - By Adam Taylor
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Brexit
+++ Brexit crisis: Germany and Europe react — live updates +++
DW News - Alexander Pearson
The British Prime Minister is still in office after surviving a no-confidence vote in her government. But Germany and the rest of Europe are deeply …
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Adventure
Wind Power
Clean Energy Accelerates As Global Investment Hits £332.1 Billion
Forbes - Felicia Jackson
While the 2018 figure is down 8% on 2017, the collapse in capital costs for wind and solar power suggest that 2018 was another banner year for the deployment of clean energy. The latest figures comes BloombergNEF’s
Business
Forecast For Smaller Real-Wage Increases Globally In 2019
Forbes - Karen Higginbottom
Real-wage salaries globally are expected to grow only an average of 1.0% in 2019, down from a 1.5% prediction for 2018, according to a forecast by Korn Ferry. The highest real wage growth is forecast Asia,
Finance
The Next Phase of Globalization: Cheap Labor Is Out, the Best Talent Is In
Fortune - Alan Murray
Is globalization dead? For more than half a century, manufacturers created global supply chains that sourced goods wherever costs (wages) were lowest …
Hedge Funds
Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio: 'Capitalism basically is not working for the majority of people'
CNBC - Catherine Clifford
With just over $18 billion to his name, capitalism has been good to Ray Dalio: He started his hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, out of a …
Green New Deal
Why the Green New Deal is the stuff of Fantasyland
Salon - Stan Cox
(Getty/RomoloTavani) A growing segment of the climate movement rightly recognizes the link between capitalism and greenhouse warming January 17, 2019 10:00AM (UTC) This article originally appeared on Social
Molecular Biology
Gentle C-Sections Could Transform How We Give Birth
The Daily Beast - Katie McPherson
In May 2017, Kelly Woolsey had a C-section and welcomed her daughter, Hailey. Woolsey’s C-section was no ordinary one, though—it was a “gentle” …
Parenting
‘Intensive’ Parenting Is Now the Norm in America
The Atlantic - Joe Pinsker
The style of child-rearing that most aspire to takes a lot of time and money, and many families can’t pull it off. Supervised, enriching playtime. Frequent conversations about thoughts and feelings. Patient,
Los Angeles
Behind LA teachers strike, a ‘battle for the soul’ of public education
csmonitor.com - The Christian Science Monitor
Sacramento, Calif. More than 30,000 public school teachers in Los Angeles began a strike Monday that marked the first time they had walked off the job …