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airlines Airline offers women option to pick seats not beside men Allan Rose Hill

Is it safe to travel to Mexico, Jamaica, and the Bahamas in 2024? Mark Frauenfelder

hate crimes 13-year-old charged after Discord exposed his plans to shoot up synagogue Carla Sinclair

trump Kenyan journalist reports on US election like Americans report on other elections Thom Dunn

CIA Is there a secret energy weapon causing headaches, nausea, and other ailments among American diplomats and spies? David Pescovitz

Business In this email scam, Iran-linked hackers pose as journalists Xeni Jardin

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Business Ships are just giant floating computers, filled with ransomware, BadUSB, and worms Cory Doctorow

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privacy Department of Homeland Security wants to build a database to track journalists and their sources Séamus Bellamy

sexual harassment Notes from the #MeToo march: thoughts and prayers can't right what is wrong Maureen Herman

police California will collect public records for all police use of force, using open source software Cory Doctorow

picks 2 Muslim women kicked off American Airlines flight in Miami Xeni Jardin

air rage Fights on planes 400% more likely when there's a first class section Mark Frauenfelder

corruption Wikileaks: NSA spied on UN Secretary General and world leaders over climate and trade Cory Doctorow

rape culture The Jackie Fox rape disclosure shows we still have a lot to learn Maureen Herman

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