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Obama admin briefed on claims

Hillary Clinton drummed up

Russia controversy to vilify Trump

to distract people from emails

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-b...p-distract

The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) declassified information indicating that former President Obama's administration knew of allegations that former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was attempting to tie Trump to the Russia and distract from her email scandal before the 2016 presidential election.
DNI John Ratcliffe informed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that the prior administration obtained Russian intelligence in July of 2016 with allegations against Clinton, but cautioned that the intelligence community (IC) "does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication."

Check out the official report!

Hardware issue affecting Pennsylvania

online voter registration, mail-in ballot applications

https://www.foxnews.com/us/hardware-issu...nnsylvania

An IT outage in Pennsylvania is affecting a slew of online services including voter registration and mail-in ballot applications, officials say.
The equipment failure occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday at a data center managed for the commonwealth by Unisys. It affects the Pennsylvania Departments of State, Revenue, Human Services, and Liquor Control Board, among others.

New York City Mayor and his plan to lockdown hotspots

https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemi...-wednesday

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, to contain the spread of COVID-19 in what was once the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic, said on Sunday he is moving to shut non-essential businesses as well as schools in nine neighborhoods identified as coronavirus clusters, starting on Wednesday.
Seeking state approval for the lockdown, de Blasio said it would affect nine ZIP codes where coronavirus positivity rates have spiked, sometimes as the result of failure to social distance and wear face masks. He said neighborhoods in another 11 ZIP codes were on a "watch list" because of their rising positivity rates.

NYC was in crisis because of the drastic lockdown and now small businesses will get hit hard once again starting Wednesday if he gets his approval.

Ex-MLB pitcher Charles Haeger found dead after sought in woman's shooting death

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/ex-mlb-pi...ting-death

Haeger had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound and his body was found along the southern rim of the Grand Canyon.

It seems he couldn't face justice and took another one last and deadly decision indeed.

Costa Rican President Alvarado withdraws unpopular IMF related economic measures

https://ticotimes.net/2020/10/04/followi...c-measures
After several days of protests and blocades on the streets, the Costa Rican President finally desisted. He won't be negotiating with the IMF to get some US$1,7 millions loan. At least that's what he claimed on national TV. People don't believe him anyway.

Costa Rica bets on Equine Plasma to lower Covid-19 hospitalizations

https://ticotimes.net/2020/10/03/costa-r...alizations
While other countries also implemented treatments like convalescent plasma transfusions, Costa Rica believes it can get decent results with equine plasma. Clodomiro Picado Institute, an institution attached to the University of Costa Rica or UCR, is in charge of this process.