Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. Poland’s state National Development...Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) — Meeting Dominique Moody’s great-uncle in the North Carolina General Assembly building earlier this month was a more joyful meeting than when we met a few months ago. Our first meeting came in early January at J. Vernon Peterson’s funeral home in Fayetteville, where his team prepared Dominique Moody’s body for her...Read More
A new study from Drexel University found that the majority of young people are not aware of the legal ramifications of underage sexting
Sexting among youth is more prevalent than previously thought, according to a new study from Drexel University that was based on...Read More
In the first half of 2025, the Identity Theft Resource Center reported 1,732 publicly disclosed data compromises in the U.S., resulting in over 165 million breach notifications to affected individuals and indicating that the year is on track to set a new record for reported incidents. Most of those breaches originate on the regular internet and...Read More
BERMUDA DUNES, Calif. — As sophisticated online scams increasingly target vulnerable demographics across the United States, advocacy organizations in the Coachella Valley are ramping up educational efforts to protect local seniors. Alzheimer’s Coachella Valley hosted a specialized seminar as part of its Summer Speaker Series on Thursday, drawing family members, caregivers, and older adults to...Read More
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. — Two of 13 cases stemming from Operation Liberty Lake last year have been resolved. On April 29, Kyle White was sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to one count of attempted child molestation in the second degree. Jennifer Whittaker, however, was found incompetent by the court to stand...Read More
As more candidates step forward for municipal elections in the fall, let’s not forget that another vital group of seats are up for grabs that are responsible for our most treasured local resource. While many people will go out to vote for their choice for Mayor, or Councillor, I am often discouraged at how many...Read More
A malicious VS code extension just breached GitHub ‘s internal repositories Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2026 One employee installed a trojanized VS Code extension. Result: ~3,800 GitHub internal repositories exfiltrated. TeamPCP claims credit, wants $50K. There is something almost ironic about GitHub, the platform that hosts the code for most of the world’s software, getting...Read More
Updated May 8, 2026, 10:44 a.m. CT A hacking attack on a learning management platform led to panic among college students nationwide as they attempted to access their grades and other class materials on May 7. Canvas announced May 7 that its parent company, Instructure, experienced a security incident and outage, forcing the platform to...Read More
New Delhi: Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, wrote on X that he does not have access to the online party’s Instagram account. His personal Instagram account has also been hacked, he revealed. “Crackdown on Cockroach Janta Party,” Dipke posted on X Saturday. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) was created by Dipke...Read More
