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Maryland Nuclear Engineer and Spouse Arrested on Espionage-Related Charges — Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, both of Annapolis, Maryland, were arrested in Jefferson County, West Virginia, by the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) on Saturday, Oct. 9.
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Navy nuclear engineer and his wife charged with trying to share submarine secrets with a foreign country
Navy nuclear engineer and his wife charged with trying to share submarine secrets with a foreign country
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Matthew Hoye / CNN:
FBI sting operation nets couple accused of trying to sell US nuclear secrets
FBI sting operation nets couple accused of trying to sell US nuclear secrets
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Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Taliban says US will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan — ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to a desperately poor Afghanistan on the brink of an economic disaster, while refusing to give political recognition to the country's new Taliban rulers, the Taliban said Sunday.
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David Brunnstrom / Reuters:
U.S. says Taliban talks in Doha were ‘candid and professional’ — The United States said on Sunday the first face-to-face meeting between senior U.S. and Taliban officials since the hardline group retook power in Afghanistan was “candid and professional” and that the U.S. side reiterated …
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David Browne / Rolling Stone:
Eric Clapton Isn't Just Spouting Vaccine Nonsense—He's Bankrolling It — Eric Clapton went from setting the standard for rock guitar to making ‘full-tilt’ racist rants to becoming an outspoken vaccine skeptic. Did he change? Or was he always like this? — Cambel McLaughlin thought he was being punked.
Graeme Massie / The Independent:
Trump asked director of national intelligence to probe whether Chinese thermostats changed votes, book claims — One-term president ‘intrigued’ by conspiracy theory — Trump's Georgia election challenge is ‘insanity,’ CNN commentator says — Donald Trump asked intelligence officials …
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Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Why the Latest Campus Cancellation Is Different — Dorian Abbot is a geophysicist at the University of Chicago. In recognition of his research on climate change, MIT invited him to deliver the John Carlson Lecture, which takes place every year at a large venue in the Boston area and is meant to …
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Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
After the Taliban seized their school, Afghanistan's all-female orchestra tried to flee. Only some escaped. — KABUL — The girls came from homes broken by war and poverty to chase an unimaginable future as musicians. And with grit and determination they succeeded: Some played at Carnegie Hall.
New York Times:
Inside Rikers: Dysfunction, Lawlessness and Detainees in Control — With a staffing emergency disrupting the basic functions of the jail system, detainees have had free rein inside. — When a detainee decided to hijack a bus inside the Rikers Island jail complex, little was in place to stop him.
Wall Street Journal:
Biggest U.S. Retailers Charter Private Cargo Ships to Sail Around Port Delays — Home Depot, Costco and Walmart resort to private charters in push to stock shelves for holiday shoppers — Global supply-chain delays are so severe that some of the biggest U.S. retailers have resorted to an extreme …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Two Journalists Started an Argument in Boston in 1979. It's Not Over Yet. — A writer for an alt-weekly called out a Boston Globe editor for his “fealty” to the idea of objectivity in a column that reads as if it was written yesterday. — In 1979, two journalists got into an argument.
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Educator's Black Lives Matter Email Upends Her District — A Black superintendent's email to parents after the killing of George Floyd engulfed a small, predominantly white Maryland community in a yearlong firestorm. — CENTREVILLE, Md. — When Andrea Kane sat down to write a letter …
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Laura Bicker / BBC:
Drugs, arms, and terror: A high-profile defector on Kim's North Korea — The old habits of secrecy haven't left Kim Kuk-song. — It has taken weeks of discussions to get an interview with him, and he's still worried about who might be listening. He wears dark glasses for the camera …
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Michael Starr / Jerusalem Post:
BBC describes Alfred Dreyfus as ‘notorious Jewish spy’ — Alfred Dreyfus, subject of the antisemitic Dreyfus Affair that inspired Zionist founding father Theodor Herzl, was described in a BBC drama summary as a “Jewish spy” despite being exonerated. — The BBC described Alfred Dreyfus …
Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
Southwest Airlines cancels 1,800 flights, blaming weather and staffing — Southwest has cancelled more than 1,800 flights over the weekend so far. — The Dallas-based airline blamed the disruptions on air traffic control issues, bad weather and staffing shortfalls.
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Garry Kasparov / Wall Street Journal:
Celebrate Columbus's Achievements — We should acknowledge his flaws, but his treatment by the left is reminiscent of communist propaganda. — Friends, Americans, citizens of the world, lend me your ears. I come to bury Christopher Columbus, not to praise him.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
The Biden-Harris train wreck may have its savior: 2024 GOP nominee Donald Trump — Former President Trump recently declared he would beat Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a potential Republican primary match-up for the party's 2024 presidential nomination. And based on current polling, he's almost certainly right.
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The Intercept:
Steven Mnuchin Stepped In to Prevent Ivanka Trump World Bank Appointment … In January 2019, Jim Yong Kim threw the global financial development sector into a state of disarray: The former academic and health official announced he would be stepping down the following month from his role …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
White Tiger and Cheetah Furs: A Mess of Trump Gift Exchanges — Gift exchanges between U.S. and foreign leaders, a highly regulated process, devolved into sometimes risible shambles during the Trump administration. — The Saudi royal family showered Donald J. Trump and his entourage …
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
President Joe Biden, right, and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a meeting at the Oval Office at the White House, August 27, 2021.Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters — Both Israel's government and its defense establishment are increasingly disappointed by America's approach to resuming negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Liz Cheney Accuses Scalise of ‘Attack’ on U.S. After He Refuses to Say Election Wasn't Stolen — Representative Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, accused House Minority Whip Representative Steve Scalise of being part of an “attack” on the U.S. after he declined repeatedly in a Sunday interview to say the 2020 election wasn't “stolen.”
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Financial Times:
Tens of thousands flock to pro-EU demonstrations in Polish cities — Support for bloc membership after constitutional ruling sparks tension with Brussels — Tens of thousands of Poles rallied to show their support for EU membership on Sunday evening, days after a ruling …
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New York Times:
'It's Not Sustainable': What America's Port Crisis Looks Like Up Close — An enduring traffic jam at the Port of Savannah reveals why the chaos in global shipping is likely to persist. — SAVANNAH, Ga. — Like toy blocks hurled from the heavens, nearly 80,000 shipping containers are stacked …