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The Obama administration says hackers1 apparently2 got into government computers back in December—four months before they were detected. NPR’s Brian Naylor reports four million current and former federal employees will be notified on Monday that their data may have been compromised.
The Office of Personnel Management discovered the
breach3 in April after it installed a security upgrade which detected the hackers who’d been
lurking4 since late last year. It was the second time OPM’s computers had been
breached5 in the past year. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the government takes computer security seriously.
“To say that our computer systems in the federal government are at risk is not news. We understand that there is this
persistent6 risk out there. This is a risk, by the way, that is shared by the private
sector7.”
Experts say because of the personal data they contain, OPM’s computers are attacked at some 2.5 billion times each month. Brian Naylor, NPR News, Washington.
Authorities in Minnesota have filed criminal charges against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis—charges related to the Church’s handle of
clergy8 sex abuse claims. According to
prosecutors9 in Ramsay County, misdemeanor charges were filed today, naming the Archdiocese as a whole including six counts that the Archdiocese failed to protect children by not immediately reporting allegations of an abuse. A priest there later pleaded guilty to
molesting10 two brothers and was sentenced to five years in prison.
In a positive sign for the U.S. economy, the government today released a better-than-expected unemployment report. As NPR’s Chris Arnold explains, the country gained 280,000 jobs last month.
As one expert put it this morning,
economists11 around the world are breathing a sigh of relief. That’s because the U.S. economy actually shrank in the first quarter and job growth was very weak in March. So another anemic number might have meant the U.S. economy was stumbling, which would not be good for the struggling economies of many other countries. But on top of this very strong job growth number in May, revisions to prior months added another 32,000 jobs. So all these suggest the economy is continuing to grow and recover. May also saw better wage growth, but it’ll take more than a one-month uptick to fix the problem of
stagnant12 wages for U.S. workers. So that’s an area that many people will be looking for continued improvement in the months to come. Chris Arnold, NPR News.
Former BP executive accused of lying to regulators about the 2010
Gulf13 of Mexico oil spill has been found not guilty. David Rainey was accused by prosecutors of manipulating miscalculations to show just 5,000 barrels a day was leaking into the ocean. This year federal judge estimated
upwards14 of 36,000 barrels a day, or a total 3.2 million barrels’ leak. Federal jurors apparently agreed with Rainey’s
defense15 team, which claimed the miscalculation was done honestly.
Mixed close on Wall Street to wind down the week. The Dow dropped 56 points to 17,849. The Nasdaq was up 9 points.
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U.S. government regulators are acknowledging that one reason a problem with faulty ignition switches on some GM model vehicles was allowed to continue as long as it did was because they didn’t understand all the technology involved. The admission comes as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a series of reports and actions, deciding to make the agency more aggressive and ruling out safety
violations16. Agency
administrator17 Mark Rosekind says GM case has challenged the culture and did so.
At the French Open today, an intense men’s semifinal was suspended because of bad weather. NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley reports No.1 and No.3 seeds were battling for the fourth set when they were forced to stop.
A crowd booed when a
referee18 came out to suspend the match because of an approaching thunderstorm. The play was intensely competitive as Murray turned up his game several
notches19 after losing the first two sets to Djokovic. The men hammered each other with power shots and the crowd and announcers reveled as Murray took the third set 7:5. Djokovic and Murray were tied three all in the fourth set when the play was stopped. They’ll finish the match on Saturday. The winner will face eighth seeded Stan Wawrinka on Sunday. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
While socially they may both be somewhat
questionable20, in terms of the law in Minneapolis, Minnesota both lurking and spitting are now no longer viewed as criminal acts. Minnesota Public Radio reports the city council there today voted 12 to 1 to
repeal21 ordinances22 banning both practices. Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges called the ordinances
antiquated23. Critics had claimed the laws unfairly targeted minorities. Recent analyses have found many people arrested for those lower-level crimes were minorities.
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