In the news, Sunday, September 9, 2018

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from American Military News

Media/News Company in New York, NY

Russian is extradited on charges of massive hacks of JPMorgan Chase and other US financial institutions

A suspected Russian hacker was extradited Friday to the United States to face federal charges alleging he played a key role in massive hacks of consumer information from U.S. financial institutions, the Justice Department said. Andrei Tyurin, 35, was arrested in the former Soviet republic of Georgia and arrived in New York on Friday. He was scheduled in the afternoon to make a brief appearance in federal court in Manhattan on an array of hacking-related charges, including allegations he participated in the largest cyber theft of consumer information from a U.S. financial institution in history: the heist in 2014 of personal information belonging to 80 million customers of JPMorgan Chase.

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from Bipartisan Report

QUESTIONABLE SOURCE  Extreme Left, Propaganda

News & Media Website in Washington, D.C.

Bob Woodward Goes On ‘CBS Sunday’ & Makes Major Anti-Trump Announcement
Bob Woodward’s new book Fear: Trump in the White House is set to be released on Tuesday and small excerpts alone have caused chaos and terror among the Trump administration. Woodward, the former Washington Post reporter who exposed the Watergate scandal, appeared on CBS Sunday Morning and reminded America that his book is not the crisis, the Trump administration is.

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from DAILY SABAH

Media/News Company · Newspaper in Istanbul, Turkey

Abkhazia Prime Minister dies in car crash after Syria visit
The prime minister of the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia died late Saturday in a car crash as his motorcade returned from the airport following a visit to Syria. The motorcade carrying Gennady Gaguliya was struck by a car that entered the oncoming lane. Gaguliya had taken part in a visit to Syria to meet with members of the Abkhaz diaspora, according to a government website.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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from The Washington Times

News & Media Website in Washington, D.C.

Jim Carrey: 'We have to say yes to socialism'
Comedian Jim Carrey says Democrats need to stop running from Republican attacks and “say yes to socialism.” “We have to say yes to socialism — to the word and everything,” Mr. Carrey said Friday on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” “We have to stop apologizing.” His comment came after Mr. Maher complained that Republicans have targeted progressive Democrats who identify themselves as socialist by throwing up the Venezuela example.

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