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A former U.S. Army Green Beret living in Northern Virginia has been arrested and charged with spreading military secrets about his unit’s activities over more than a decade of contacts with Russian intelligence. Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 45, told Russian intelligence that he considered himself a son of Russia, according …

Boston University has deployed a high-tech weapon in its fight to keep the COVID-19 pandemic from spreading on campus – robots. Eight of them now process about 6,000 coronavirus tests a day from a laboratory built and operated by BU researchers – and they deliver results the next day, NBC …

With Xiang giving Friday night the puppy. August 22, 2020, 12:02 p.m. 5 min reading Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article The National Zoo in Washington, DC, announced Friday a small bundle of good news amid the coronavirus pandemic. With Xiang, the 22-year-old giant panda, the cub gave birth …

The Utah Attorney General’s Office is issuing a child abuse and human trafficking awareness campaign, which it had planned for Saturday in Salt Lake City, after questions were asked about one of the event’s organizers. The agency announced the decision Friday night, just over 12 hours before the Freedom for …

Millions of rapid coronavirus tests are estimated to become available to people in the US next month. The tests, which can deliver results in about 15 minutes, are inexpensive and easy to produce, and require no lab work. But they are generally not as accurate as laboratory PCR tests, and …