Author: Annelyn Russ

Chegg
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The FTC Alleged Chegg Of Exposing Millions Of Student’s Data

The FTC said Chegg did not use proper safeguards.
Annelyn Russ,

The Federal Trade Commission has announced accusations that the education tech company, Chegg, is exposing student data. Chegg is an educational technology provider that sells and rents out text books, as well as reveals homework and test answers to students. The FTC alleged that Chegg has compromised personal data since 2017. The company supposedly exposed sensitive information for nearly 40…

Twitter
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Twitter Discovered China-Based Accounts Intended To Manipulate

Twitter removed the accounts due to violation of the company's rules against platform manipulation and spam.
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Twitter has interrupted three China-based operations that were secretly attempting to influence American politics. The operations reached nearly 2 thousand user accounts and tweeted remarks about election rigging claims of the 2020 presidential election. 22 user accounts tweeted more than 250,000 times. Twitter discovered many of the networks were portrayed to be located in the U.S. but technical signals indicated…

Lindsey
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Supreme Court Rejects Lindsey Grahams Request

A request to block a subpoena for Republican Senator, Lindsey Graham, to testify in front of a grand jury.
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The supreme court has rejected a request to block a subpoena for Republican Senator, Lindsey Graham, to testify in front of a grand jury. An Atlanta special grand jury is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. The South Carolina Senator filed an emergency request requesting the justices to pause the testimony until legal challenges play out….

Korea
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North And South Korea Launched Missile Tests From The Same Border

The White House denied North Korea's views that executed military drills were "invasion rehearsals."
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North Korea fired nearly a dozen missiles in the direction of a South Korean Island. South Korea responded by conducting its own missile tests at the same border area. The missile launches marked the first time since 1948 that a North Korean missile landed so close to the sea border. The tests were performed after North Korea threatened to use…

Halloween
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Local Halloween Festivity Events

Dress up for Trick-or-Treating, costume contest, games and more.
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On Halloween, there are several places you can take take kids for Trick-or-Treating. Murrells Inlet Marshwalk is hosting their annual Halloween on the Marshwalk event. Festivities begin at 5p.m starting with Trick-or-Treating. At 6p.m, the children’s costume contest will be conducted in front of Drunken Jack’s at the pirate statue. Trick-or-treat at Broadway at the Beach begins at 4:30p.m. Barefoot…

Fatal
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A Head-On Collision Resulted In One Dead And Two Injured

An investigation into the crash has been opened.
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A head on collision in Florence County resulted in one death and two injuries. The accident occurred around 7p.m, Saturday night. A 2019 Kia sedan was traveling North on Highway 403 when a 2015 Chevrolet sedan going South, crossed the center line and hit the Kia head-on. The driver of the Kia was taken to McLeod Hospital where the 56-year-old…

Shooting
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A Shooting Outside Of A Waffle House Left A Bystander Injured

A vehicle and the waffle house building were also damaged during the shooting.
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A bystander suffered injuries after an altercation escalated into a shooting. Florence County Police responded to an incident at the Waffle House located on Pamplico Highway around 2:20a.m. A shooting occurred after a verbal and physical altercation between a man and a woman in the parking lot. The man fled the scene which is when shots were fired toward the…

Arrested
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2 People Were Arrested In N.C. For Previous Incident On The Grand Strand

Charged with three counts of attempted murder stemming from an incident that happened on The Grand Strand.
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Two people from North Carolina have been arrested in connection to an incident that occurred on The Grand Strand. 19-year-old, Alexandria Powell, and 22-year-old, Titus Dicker, were both detained by the Atlantic Beach Police Department and transported to Horry County. Both are charged with three counts of attempted murder stemming from an incident that happened on August 13th on 31st…

Missing
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Police Are Requesting Assistance In Finding Missing Teen Girl

A 16-year-old girl is missing from the Pembroke area of Robeson County.
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A 16-year-old girl is missing from the Pembroke area of Robeson County. Erika Jones, was last seen in the 7000 block of Highway 711 near Pembroke. She was wearing a black coat, black slide shoes, a gray pocket book, and black jogging pants with “BACKWOODS” along the right pant leg. She is 5-foot-5 and weighs 120 pounds. She has brown…

Powerball
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Powerball Jackpot Has Reached $1 Billion For The Second Time

This is only the second time that a Powerball jackpot has his $1 billion.
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On Monday, one lucky person could receive a treat this Halloween in the Powerball jackpot drawing with an estimated $1 billion going to the winner. No one matched all numbers in Saturday’s drawing, but seven tickets reported, had five numbers, but not the Powerball. If someone wins Monday’s jackpot, it will be the second largest jackpot in Powerball history. This…

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