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Gunfire At Kabul Airport, Afghanistan Evacuations, COVID Surge : NPR
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Tens of thousands of people desperate to leave Kabul one week ago are now in safety. LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: A U.S.-led evacuation picked up speed over the weekend, but thousands…
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5 things to know about Miami Spice: 20 years later | FIU News
What was the inspiration behind Miami Spice? Haas: It was created during a terrible time in our nation and for our economy — 2001, right after 9/11. I had to do something to…
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Education Department discharges $1.1 billion million in debt for 115,000 ITT students
The Education Department (ED) is discharging $1.1 billion for 115,000 defrauded former students of the for-profit ITT Technical Institute (ITT) after a new review of existing regulations. ITT Technical Institute filed for bankruptcy…
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From pirates to ransomware: the secret economics of extortion
Aug 24th 2021 by Tom Standage In 74BC a band of pirates made a terrible mistake when they captured a ship off the coast of Asia Minor, now Turkey. They kidnapped one of…
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China extends control with online gaming crackdown
BEIJING (AP) — Hugely popular online games and celebrity culture in China are the latest targets in the ruling Communist Party’s campaign to encourage the public to fall in line with its vision…