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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It was the mid-1990s. And the world was online.No doomscrolling for hours through Instagram and X.But people were plowing through GeoCities. There were Hotbot searches – before the days of Google and AI. There was even Ask Jeeves, long before Grok. The U.S. Capitol building is shown in Washington, D.C. A Romanian man admitted to participating in a series of “swatting” calls that targeted members of Congress, as well as other government officials. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)Congress was on the precipice of adopting a landmark telecommunications law which would dictate the digital landscape…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man was captured on video last month suddenly lunging at a woman and punching her in the face during a late-night corner store attack just blocks from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia police announced Thursday.Officials said the suspect allegedly spat on the woman before tackling her around 11 p.m. on April 22 in University City, a student-dense neighborhood with high foot traffic but is typically considered safe.The confrontation reportedly stemmed from a verbal argument that escalated inside the store.”The argument escalates and the male spits on the woman and begins punching…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When Bruce Springsteen wrote the lyrics, “Meet me tonight in Atlantic City,” he probably wasn’t really thinking about pro wrestling.Well, in a few weeks, WWE superstars could put the line to work.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Eddie Guerrero enters the ring with a low rider during SmackDown at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., on March 9, 2004. (Craig Ambrosio/WWE)WWE announced on Thursday it will broadcast “Monday Night Raw” and “Friday Night SmackDown” at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New…

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Both engines were shut off and there was a cockpit struggle before a China Eastern Airlines jet slammed into a mountain in 2022 and killed all 132 people aboard, newly released data released by American investigators suggests.In response to a public records request, the National Transportation Safety Board released a report recently on what the Boeing 737-800’s flight data recorder revealed. The NTSB became involved in the Chinese investigation because the plane and engines were made by American companies and the US investigators are regarded as the world’s leading experts on analysing black boxes after a crash.The report offers the…

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A system that thousands of schools and universities use was offline Thursday due to a cyberattack, creating chaos as students tried to study for finals and underscoring education’s dependence on technology.The hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach at Instructure, the company behind the learning management system Canvas, said Luke Connolly, a threat analyst at the cybersecurity firm Emisoft. CBS News has reached out to Instructure for comment. Late Thursday night, Instructure posted to a status log that Canvas was “now available for most users.”Some of the universities that have reported being targeted include Penn State, the University…

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Handguns could be mailed through the U.S. Postal Service for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed rule under the Trump administration takes effect. Democratic attorneys general in two dozen states sent a letter this week in opposition.In 1927, Congress passed a law barring the USPS from mailing concealable firearms unless they were from licensed dealers in an effort to curb crime. In January, the Department of Justice revisited the 1927 law, calling it unconstitutional and arguing that it violated the Second Amendment, and urged the postal service to change its regulations.The Justice Department said that as…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Actor Michael Rapaport got into a media war this week with “Summer House” star Lindsay Hubbard after he called her “overrated.””This is a hot take on Lindsay Hubbard and ‘Summer House,’” the “Traitors” alum said in a video on his Instagram Wednesday, adding, “I was advised not to even speak on this as a straight, cis, White male. However, I can’t be silenced. I won’t be silenced.””Currently, and I say this with all due respect — I know your history, I know you were left at the altar. I know you’re a…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Thousands of students across the U.S. were unable to access the Canvas learning platform Thursday as universities investigated a cybersecurity incident affecting multiple institutions.Canvas, a cloud-based system used by schools to manage coursework, grades and communication, went offline for some users during a critical period as many colleges administer final exams.The platform is used by thousands of institutions nationwide, meaning any prolonged disruption could interfere with exams and academic deadlines while raising concerns about the potential exposure of sensitive student data if the hackers’ claims are legitimate.Alicia Acuna told Fox News Digital…

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