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Mass cyberattack latest: What YOU can do to stay safe

Computers around the world were locked up and users’ files held for ransom in a cyberattack Tuesday that paralyzed some hospitals, government offices and major multinational corporations. Here’s a look at how malware and ransomware work and what people can do if they fall victim to attacks. WHAT IS MALWARE… Read More

15 inmates indicted in prison riot

Fifteen inmates at a maximum-security prison in Massachusetts are facing charges in connection with a riot earlier this year that destroyed a housing unit. Masslive.com reports that the inmates were indicted on charges including vandalism, malicious destruction and disturbing a correctional institution. The riot at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in… Read More

34 injured in NYC train crash (pics)

It was a horrifying say in New York for these select Subway riders. A subway train derailed near a station in Harlem on Tuesday, frightening passengers and resulting in minor injuries as hundreds of people were evacuated from trains along the subway line. “We started seeing sparks through the windows…. Read More

80-year-old fights off rabid bobcat while gardening

An 80-year-old New Hampshire woman fought off a rabid bobcat with the help of her two dogs and her gardening sickle. Elsie Dabrowski says she was gardening Sunday at her Sunapee home when the animal attacked, biting her face, arm and back. She says her only thoughts at the moment… Read More

Amen! Arkansas statehouse installs Ten Commandments in front yard

Workers have installed a Ten Commandments monument outside Arkansas’ Capitol, two years after lawmakers approved a measure permitting the statue on state grounds. The 6-foot-tall (1.8-meter-tall) monument was placed on the Capitol grounds early Tuesday. Opponents of the monument have said it amounts to an unconstitutional endorsement of religion and… Read More

Big Tobacco, Big Settlement: A Minimum of $206 BILLION Over 25 Years

[Sponsored] ATTENTION: Legal ruling covering 46 states means U.S. taxpayers can claim a portion of the historic $206 billion tobacco settlement. A Money Morning Exclusive Without hiring a lawyer or joining a lawsuit, you could be paid $2,300 a month, tax-free, in perpetuity. Even if you’ve never smoked a cigarette before in… Read More

Racist Professor: ‘I was fired because I’m black’

Essex County College professor Lisa Durden was fired after officials say she made racially insensitive comments on Fox News – but instead of apologizing for using racism in order to fight racism, she turned the tables claiming she was fired because of her race. She appeared on Fox News’ Tucker… Read More

Bad grammar just killed someone (for real!)

A Spanish court says a bungee jumping instructor’s poor English may have led a 17-year-old Dutch woman to jump to her death without being connected by rope to a viaduct in northern Spain two years ago. The northern Cantabria regional court says the instructor’s order of “no jump,” instead of… Read More

Detroit fire tragically kills young twin boys, grandmother

A woman who died along with her 3-year-old twin grandsons following an early-morning house fire Tuesday in Detroit was found inside with one of the children in her arms, apparently trying to escape the blaze, a fire official said. Firefighters were called to the home about 12:40 a.m. and found… Read More