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Gov. Ron DeSantis said many of the people who fled to Florida to escape strict lockdown measures in blue states have registered as Republicans, even if they were previously Democrats.
A Wrench and a Screwdriver: Critical Infrastructure s Last, Best Lines of Defense?
Critical infrastructure s cybersecurity problems are complex, deep-rooted, and daunting. Addressing them won t be easy.but it isn t impossible.
For decades, security experts have warned that America s critical infrastructure is at risk for cyberattacks. Yet, despite seemingly endless conversations, ongoing debate and escalating concerns, modernization is slow and protections continue to lag.
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When the Colonial Pipeline breach took place, it was as predictable as it was frightening. The ransomware attack shut down the pipeline for six days starting on May 7, and it led to a spike in oil prices along with shortages in some areas. But the next attack could be even more devastating: large swaths of the nation could be left without electricity or Internet access, water filtration systems could go offline, or natural gas deliveries could be disrupted during winter.
The Weak, Unconvincing
Case Against Vaping
Has our collective concern over teen vaping led us to ignore the lives of millions and millions of smokers?
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In April 1994, the heads of
the biggest tobacco companies testified before Congress that cigarettes weren’t addictive. A month later, across
the country, a box marked “confidential” arrived for Dr. Stanton Glantz, a
longtime foe of Big Tobacco and a professor of medicine at the University of
California San Francisco. The sender signed his name “Mr. Butts,” an
allusion to a
Doonesbury character. When Glantz opened the
package, he found thousands of internal documents from British American Tobacco