After ProPublica reported that Facebook blocked a militia group targeted by
Turkish forces, the chair of the Senate Finance Committee demanded that Mark
Zuckerberg provide answers to more than a dozen questions.
Amid a 2018 Turkish military campaign, Facebook ultimately sided with Turkey’s
demand to block the page of a mostly Kurdish militia. “I am fine with this,”
Sandberg wrote.
New video, found in an archive of data uploaded to Parler, includes a fresh look
at the mob’s confrontation with Eugene Goodman, the officer credited for luring
rioters away from senators during the early moments of the Capitol riot.
A firm that tracks robocalls said more than 3 million calls were made on Nov. 3,
which contained a cryptic message instructing people to “stay safe and stay
home.” The tactics join other efforts to confuse voters this election cycle.
The malware attack, which sent fake email replies to voters and businesses,
spotlights an overlooked vulnerability in counties that don’t follow best
practices for computer security.
Businesses tied to President Donald Trump’s family and associates stand to
receive as much as $21 million in government loans designed to shore up payroll
expenses for companies struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to
federal data released Monday.
Beneficiaries of the PPP included a lettuce farming venture backed by Trump’s
son, Kushner companies, and a dentist who golfs with the president. The figures
were released after a lawsuit by several news organizations, including
ProPublica.
Michigan reported 173 new coronavirus deaths on Thursday, the second largest
one-day increase, bringing the state’s total to 2,093. Nearly 70 of the deaths
came...
In recent weeks, residents outside Boston have died at home much more often than
usual. In Detroit, authorities are responding to nearly four times the...
Protesters who swarmed the state’s Capitol on Wednesday to rally against
Michigan’s stay-at-home order “may have just created a need to lengthen it,”
Gov. Gretchen...
Coronavirus death counts are based on positive tests and driven by hospital
deaths. But data from major metropolitan areas shows a spike in at-home deaths,
prompting one expert to say current numbers were just “the tip of the iceberg.”
At a time when grisly photos showing bodies piling up at Michigan hospitals made
national headlines, Detroit’s 1,000-bed coronavirus field hospital at TCF Center
is...
Michigan reported 166 new coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, the second largest
one-day increase so far, bringing the total deaths to 1,768. In the span of...
While the coronavirus has yet to reach Muskegon Correctional Facility, prisoners
say they’re worried it inevitably will, and that the prison’s weekly ration of
two...
In the last two weeks, several of the most-listened-to conservative hosts were
telling millions of listeners that they should ignore the “hype” and that the
coronavirus is no worse than the seasonal flu.