News Recap - August 14, 2024

Highlighted news events from August 14, 2024

Each day is packed with events happening all over the world. Cut through the noise so you can stay on top of what matters most.

Domestic

• Hackers have stolen 2.9 billion social security numbers—almost every American—according to a lawsuit. [More]

• Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he has accepted an invitation for a vice presidential debate on Oct. 1, hosted by CBS. Now we await an RSVP from JD Vance, who’s said he’d like more than one debate with Walz. [More]

• The FTC announced a final rule banning fake reviews and testimonials online. The rule will allow the govt. agency to seek civil penalties against alleged violators. [More]

• Minouche Shafik, Columbia University’s president, has resigned from her role, amid chaos over protests at the campus regarding the Israel-Hamas war. [More]

• Cisco has confirmed it plans to cut about 7 percent of its global workforce, which should cost up to $1 billion. [More]

• A suspect has been identified in the break-in at Trump’s campaign office in Virginia. [More]

• A former central Kansas police chief who in 2023 led a raid on a weekly newspaper, the Marion County Record, has been charged with felony obstruction of justice. [More]

• An appeals court ruled that geofence warrants are unconstitutional, in violation of the Fourth Amendment which protects people against “unreasonable searches and seizures.” This method has been used to track January 6 defendants and other Americans. [More]

• The United States approved $20 billion weapons sale to Israel. [More]

International

• The World Health Organization has declared Mpox (monkeypox) a global health emergency. [More]

• France is investigating XY chromosome person Imane Khelif’s cyberbullying complaint against X (Twitter). The Algerian boxer won gold in the women's welterweight event at the Paris Olympics. [More]

Daily Inspiration

We learn an art or craft by doing the things that we shall have to do when we have learnt it.

― Aristotle

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