Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, has fired two top lawyers in the office who resisted an effort to bring charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.

Elizabeth Yusi, the top criminal prosecutor for the Norfolk office, and her deputy Kristin Bird were informed of their removals Friday -- marking the latest firings in one of the most important federal prosecutorial offices in the country that oversees sensitive national security and terrorism cases.

Sources familiar with the matter said their firings were tied to their resistance to bringing charges against James.

Trump-appointed prosecutor ousts 2 more top attorneys from Virginia office: Sources

Earlier this month, two other prosecutors in the office were fired.

^{Katherine Faulders (ABC News)}

cross-posted from: swg-empire.de/post/4845931

I've had multiple reads fail on a fairly new drive.

I did a smartctl -t long /dev/sdb but after checking back a few minutes later smartctl -a /dev/sdb showed that no tests were running and that the previous test had "the read element of the test failed".

I did smartctl -t offline /dev/sdb next and after that was done smartctl -x /dev/sdb showed about 1500 errors but it also reported SMART as PASSED.

Here is the output of smartctl -x /dev/sdb: pastebin.com/09rNZZfD

How should I interpret these results? Was my assumption that the long test was done wrong? Should I replace the drive? Or might something else be wrong, like the SATA connection?

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he commuted the prison term of George Santos, the disgraced New York Republican who was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for a litany of crimes after he was expelled from the House over accusations that he stole money from campaign donors.

Trump made the announcement in a post on Truth Social on Friday, saying he had signed a commutation to release Santos from prison immediately.

"George Santos was somewhat of a 'rogue,' but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren't forced to serve seven years in prison," Trump wrote.

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he commuted the prison term of George Santos, the disgraced New York Republican who was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for a litany of crimes after he was expelled from the House over accusations that he stole money from campaign donors.

Trump made the announcement in a post on Truth Social on Friday, saying he had signed a commutation to release Santos from prison immediately.

"George Santos was somewhat of a 'rogue,' but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren't forced to serve seven years in prison," Trump wrote.

The video has bewildered those who watched it online, given that the quote itself is real and on the record for Punchbowl News. In the original interview, Schumer explained that Democrats had prepared their healthcare-focused shutdown strategy well in advance, adding: “Their whole theory was – threaten us, bamboozle us and we would submit in a day or two.”

Yet rather than simply quote Schumer’s words, the NRSC, the campaign arm responsible for electing Republican senators and chaired by Tim Scott, a South Carolina senator, chose to manufacture synthetic video of him speaking.

“Schumer thinks playing with Americans’ livelihoods is just a game,” the narrator says over the deepfake imagery. The advertisement goes on to feature other discussion on the shutdown, accusing Democrats of “loving” the political standoff.

In a response on X, Joanna Rodriguez, the NRSC communications director, said: “AI is here and not going anywhere. Adapt & win or pearl clutch & lose.”

I suppose it's easy enough to misspell "gerrymander" as "adapt[ation]." but at least we agree that AI isn't going anywhere.

As to the voiceover, all I'm reading is what a pussy Schumer is for only going after subjects' livelihoods, when he could also be

Republicans use deepfake video of Chuck Schumer in new attack ad

It is not the party’s first foray into the dystopian territory, with Trump having posted AI videos of his own

^{Joseph Gedeon (The Guardian)}

The International Criminal Court has rejected Israel’s bid to appeal against arrest warrants for its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over the Gaza genocide.

In a ruling that made headlines worldwide, the ICC in November found "reasonable grounds" to believe Netanyahu and Gallant bore "criminal responsibility" for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

The warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant sparked outrage in Israel and in the United States, which later imposed sanctions on senior ICC officials.

ICC rejects Israel's appeal bid over arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant

Court says Israel’s request to appeal warrants against its leaders over Gaza war is "not an appealable issue," while jurisdiction challenge remains under review.

^{TRT World}

Pro-Palestinian hackers took control of public address systems and display screens at four North American airports on Tuesday, October 15, 2025, broadcasting unauthorized political messages critical of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu¹.

The breach affected Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania and three Canadian airports - Kelowna International, Victoria International, and Windsor International¹. Messages included "Free Palestine" chants and proclamations that "Israel lost the war, Hamas won the war honorably"².

"This is absolutely unacceptable and understandably scared travelers," said US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy¹. The airports quickly shut down affected systems and searched aircraft out of caution, though no security threats were found¹.

The hack targeted cloud-based audio and display systems through a software provider³. "Nobody informed us what was going on, there was no crisis response. Everyone was just really confused," one Kelowna passenger told CNN¹.

The incidents come amid rising cybersecurity concerns in aviation. In June 2025, criminal groups breached multiple airline networks, while September saw hackers disable European airport check-in systems¹⁴.

1. CNN - Apparent hackers take over PA systems at 4 North American airports ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
2. Daily Dot - Airports across North America hacked to play pro-Palestine, anti-Trump messages ↩︎
3. NY Post - Pro-Hamas hackers hijack airport loudspeakers across North America ↩︎
4. AOL - Heathrow and major European airports suffer fourth day of disruption after cyber attack ↩︎

Pro-Hamas hackers hijack airport loudspeakers across North America, spew anti-Trump, Netanyahu slurs – causing delays

Videos showed unauthorized recordings echoing through Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania and Kelowna International Airport in Canada.

^{Ariel Zilber (New York Post)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55759276

https://www.techspot.com/news/109906-logitech-ceo-hanneke-faber-wants-ai-agent-every.html

Hamas has issued a statement condemning what it described as a deliberate 'Israeli' attack on the Abu Shaaban family in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of eastern Gaza City.

According to Hamas, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) fired a tank shell directly at the family’s vehicle as they attempted to inspect their home, killing 11 members, including seven children and three women. The group called the attack a “fully deliberate crime” and accused 'Israel' of intentionally targeting unarmed civilians.

“This massacre comes within the context of the occupation’s continuous violations of the recently reached ceasefire agreement,” Hamas said in the statement.

Hamas stressed that the attack demonstrates 'Israel’s' ongoing aggression and disregard for human life, adding that such acts are part of a long record of violations and massacres targeting women and children in Gaza.

Hamas condemns 'Israeli' tank attack killing 11 family members in Gaza

Hamas fighters

^{Roya News}

Starting today, all paying Tuta users can request 25% off their first year of Ente’s encrypted photo storage so you can not only keep your emails and calendars private, but also your photos.

Ente provides end-to-end encrypted photo storage, ensuring that only you hold the keys to your data. Ente doesn’t mine your data and doesn’t show you ads.

We at Tuta are thrilled to have teamed up with Ente to build privacy-first tools that are both secure and beautifully easy to use. Whether you’re backing up precious personal pictures or need to sync images from one device to another, Ente makes sure your content stays yours - and only yours.

(cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55755024)

Building a private internet together: Tuta & Ente partnership | Tuta

As a paying Tuta customer, you can now get a 25% discount for the first year on Ente.

^Tuta

insulin pens will be available at a recommended price of $11 per pen, or a maximum of $55 for a five-pack

California to sell affordable state-branded insulin beginning next year

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California will begin selling affordable insulin under its own label on Jan. 1, nearly three years after he first announced a partnership to sell state-branded generic drugs at lower prices.

^{CHRISTOPHER WEBER (ABC7 Los Angeles)}

I was hoping to listen to a one hour weekly show on digital radio station DI.FM di.fm/

It's an electronic based radio station that used to be free but has since started charging (in my view) a high monthly fee.

Does anybody know if it's possible to bypass the fee requirement via (say) an app or ext?

thanks

DI.FM - addictive electronic music

DI.FM streams the world's most addictive electronic music. Our radio channels feature world renowned artists, DJs, and the hottest exclusive shows. Discover the community and the wide variety of electronic music covering Trance, House, Dance,

^DI.FM