Vaccine Research Hack, RNC Scaled Back & Emoji Day- Friday, July 17th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 17 July 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, July 17th, 2020!
We're covering a new hacking allegation. This time, Russia may be trying to steal coronavirus-related research.
Also, President Trump's big plans for the Republican National Convention got downsized.
Plus, 988 will officially be the 911 of mental health, the NCAA lays out a new plan for fall sports, and the specific reason today is Emoji Day.
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Russia Hacking Warning: AP, NY Times, NBC News, WSJ, Advisory
FBI Investigating Twitter Hack: Reuters, WSJ, NBC News
More U.S. Coronavirus Records: USA Today, CNN, Johns Hopkins
Unpublished WH Hot Zone Recommendations: The Center for Public Integrity
More Mask Mandates: NY Times, CNN, ABC News, AJC
RNC Scaled Back: WaPo, Politico, AP
DNC Plans Update: USA Today, The Hill, NY Times
Jobless Claims Hold Steady: CNBC, WSJ, CNN, Axios, Bloomberg
NCAA New Guidelines Released: NCAA, Axios, NY Times, ESPN
FCC Approves 988 Emergency Hotline: USA Today, The Hill, CBS News, FCC
Netflix Adds Another 10 Million Subscribers: The Verge, WaPo, (Vox last year)
Netflix Gets new Co-CEO: CNN, The Verge, AP
World Emoji Day: Official Website, Emojipedia, Business Insider, 9 to 5 Mac
Feel Good Friday - Teen Creates Superheroes with Disabilities: TODAY, WeCant2WeCan
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, July 17th. |
| 0:01.9 | What to know about a new hacking allegation, |
| 0:04.0 | this time Russia may be trying to steal coronavirus-related research. |
| 0:07.8 | Also, President Trump's big plans for the Republican National Convention |
| 0:11.2 | will not be happening after all. |
| 0:13.0 | Plus 988 will officially be the 911 of mental health. |
| 0:16.6 | The NCAA lays out a new plan for fall sports, |
| 0:19.4 | and the specific reason today is emoji day. |
| 0:22.3 | Welcome. Civic reason today is Emogee Day. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:29.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:32.0 | Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:40.0 | Russia is accused of trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research. |
| 0:43.4 | Intelligence officials from the US, UK, and Canada all put out a warning. |
| 0:47.6 | They say a Russian hacking group has been targeting health and research organizations |
| 0:51.4 | as well as universities. Investigators are pretty familiar with these |
| 0:54.5 | Russian hackers they say the same group likely breached Democrats email |
| 0:57.9 | accounts during the 2016 presidential election. Russia denied the hack |
| 1:01.9 | back then and it's denying at this time around too, but Western governments |
| 1:05.8 | say they do have the evidence to prove it. |
| 1:08.2 | So why would Russia want the research in the first place? |
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