Dolezal Says She Identifies as Black Amid Debate
Former NAACP Spokane leader Rachel Dolezal defended identifying as black in interviews on Today and MSNBC. She said she has felt connected to black life since childhood, while describing her life as a struggle to survive and noting her lawsuit against Howard University alleging white discrimination.
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New York
Rachel Dolezal
NAACP
NBC
Today” Show
MSNBC
Dolezal
Howard University
Washington
Kurds seize Tal Abyad as IS supply line is cut
Kurdish fighters and Syrian rebels claimed Tal Abyad controlling a key Syrian border town, cutting a major Islamic State supply route. Refugees streamed toward Turkey, hundreds eventually arriving at Akcakale border crossing as civilians fled shelling and battle lines.
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Akcakale
Turkey
Tal Abyad
Al-Qaida confirms drone strike killed Yemen leader
U.S. drone strike reportedly killed Nasir Abdel-Karim al-Wahishi, longtime AQAP head and ally of bin Laden. The operative said deputy Qassim Raimi replaces him as the group pursues attacks on U.S. targets, amid a flurry of counterterrorism strikes in Yemen and Libya.
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Washington
CIA
al-Qaida
Yemen
Nasir Abdel-Karim al-Wahishi
U.S
Arabian Peninsula
al-Wahishi
AQAP
Osama bin Laden
Qassim Raimi
United States
bin Laden
Pakistan
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Libya
Mokhtar Belmokhtar
North Africa
Security breach shows legacy OPM systems exposed to hackers
Millions of federal employee records were reportedly stolen by Chinese hackers as outdated OPM databases lacked encryption and breach detection tools. Lawmakers condemned slow upgrades after 2014 and 2015 hacks, warning credentials and health data could be misused for espionage and phishing.
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Washington
U.S
Donna Seymour
Office of Personnel Management
Seymour
OPM
Michael Esser
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Utah
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
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Cys
Linn
Area Credit Union
Fie Credit Union
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Linnareacu.org
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Eacu
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