Collaboration between the Kremlin and state broadcasters dates back more than two decades, said Mr. Gatov, a former Russian journalist and an expert on state propaganda. Each day, the Kremlin provides a list of talking points for broadcasters. The closely guarded document, known as the “temnik,” is delivered to senior…
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — The Big Game will be here before you know it. That means you’re probably be going to a Super Bowl party or maybe even hosting one. Either way, whether you’re providing all the food at your own party or taking a dish it’s going to be…
Scammers are attempting to exploit the cost of living crisis by targeting consumers whose energy supplier has collapsed, analysis by Which? has found. Former customers of bust suppliers including Solarplicity, Future Energy and Northumbria Energy have been singled out by fraudsters attempting to exploit the confusion caused by the companies’…
A Florida woman has been charged with one count of wire fraud after she swindled an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor out of more than US$2.8 million in an online romance scam. Peaches Stergo, 36, met the unnamed victim on a dating website in 2017, as per an announcement made by U.S….
A Trooper with the Washington State Patrol in Sunnyside was injured in a crash Thursday after his vehicle was struck from behind while parked on the side of I-82. According to a post on Twitter the Trooper’s vehicle was struck on the right shoulder of I-82 near Sunnyside and that…
The mayor of Washington, Iowa turned himself in to Washington County Law Enforcement this afternoon after being charged with felony sex abuse. According to a criminal complaint, an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agent interviewed a 27-year-old male on Wednesday, January 11. The interview followed a report the unnamed man…
Elon Musk is facing allegations of being complicit with state censorship after Twitter appeared to take sides with India’s government in a turbulent free speech fight over a documentary critical of the country’s prime minister. The fight revolves around a new documentary from the BBC that focuses on Indian Prime…
Former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts are being reinstated, the social media giant Meta announced Wednesday — a little more than two years after he was suspended from the platforms over incendiary posts about the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Trump’s accounts will be reinstated “in the…
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A new Netflix documentary tells the story of “The Tinder Swindler,” a con artist working online dating apps and bilking women out of millions of dollars. Dating scams are happening here in Connecticut too. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said they have had several complaints and…
Around US$2 trillion is estimated to be laundered globally each year, with bribery and corruption thought to equate to around 5% of global GDP. Photo by Dima D via Pexels Experts on the panel of a Global Government Forum webinar shone a spotlight on the scale of illicit finance and…
