https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/27-year-old-nebraska-man-posed-high-schooler-sentenced-least-85-years-rcna171752
Zachary Scheich, who prosecutors said identified himself as 17-year-old "Zak Hess," pleaded guilty to sexual assault and other crimes.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/19/delta-airlines-faa-investigation
FAA looking into incident in which Boeing 737-900 had to make emergency landing due to cabin pressure issues
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/19/brazil-twitter-ban-fine-musk-alexandre-de-moraes
Justice Alexandre de Moraes imposes $900,000 daily fine on banned social media platform in dispute with Elon Musk
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2024-09-18/economic-policy-justice/study-increasing-minimum-wage-does-not-reduce-jobs/a92455-1
A new report shows minimum wage increases have had little effect on the number of jobs in Maryland and nationwide. While the rhetoric around increasing the minimum wage often comes with the caution it will reduce low-wage employment, a new review of decades of research showed most studies found no job losses after the state or local minimum wage is raised. Ben Zipperer, senior economist for the Economic Policy Institute and the review's co-author, said raising the minimum wage has unquestionably benefited workers. ...
https://newrepublic.com/post/186047/jd-vance-detail-preexisting-conditions-trump-health-care-plan
After Donald Trump struggled to explain what Republicans’ health care plan is on the debate stage, Vance has finally shared the grim details.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/sweden-charges-a-woman-with-war-crimes-for-allegedly-torturing-yazidi-women-and-children-in-syria-1.7043982
Swedish authorities on Thursday charged a 52-year-old woman associated with the Islamic State group with genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes against Yazidi women and children in Syria — in the first such case of a person to be tried in the Scandinavian country.
https://apnews.com/article/germany-oktoberfest-security-e06aec985018e38380c3847a84023db0
Oktoberfest has tightened security around the beer festival in the wake of a deadly knife attack in western Germany last month.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-disinformation-foreign-influence-election-microsoft-7f802f9f4a0efe206fdaad29516b1f7f
A new Microsoft threat intelligence report details how Russia-linked actors are now going full throttle in their covert influence efforts against Vice President Kamala Harris.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/19/japanese-boy-stabbed-china
It is unclear if the suspect targeted the boy because he was Japanese, but there is concern that the incident could trigger a further deterioration in ties
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-justice-department-chinese-hacking-84e16185ae16367443a5e083adb74c8c
FBI Director Chris Wray says the FBI has disrupted a group of hackers working at the direction of the Chinese government who targeted universities, government agencies and other organizations.
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