The Daily Populous

Saturday June 24th, 2017 evening edition

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President Donald Trump appeared to admit that Russia interfered in the 2016 US presidential election in a Friday night tweet in which he criticized Barack Obama for his handling of Russia's cybertattacks that were meant to swing the election away from Hillary Clinton.

"Just out: The Obama Administration knew far in advance of November 8th about election meddling by Russia.

The heads of several US intelligence agencies issued a statement formally accusing Russia of trying to interfere in the election on October 7 last year.

The FBI and several congressional committees are running multipronged investigations of possible cooperation between the Trump campaign and Russia and potential obstruction of justice by Trump.

On Friday, Trump also said in an interview on Fox News' "Fox and Friends" that Obama "knew about Russia a long time before the election, and he did nothing about it.".

"The CIA gave him information on Russia a long time before they even — before the election," Trump said.

Other Obama administration officials defended their efforts to counteract Russia's activities. »

NASA just debunked Gwyneth Paltrow’s latest snake oil

Authored by vox.com

Gwyneth Paltrow’s latest lifestyle snake oil is so bad, NASA was forced to debunk it.

NASA told Paoletta that spacesuits “do not have any conductive carbon material lining the spacesuits.”

Goop has since removed the NASA claim from its site and released this statement:. »

White St. Louis police officer shoots off-duty black officer

Authored by cbsnews.com

ST LOUIS – A black off-duty St. Louis police officer was shot by a white on-duty police officer from the same department who apparently mistook him for a fleeing suspect, according to a statement from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

At about 10 p.m. Wednesday evening, St. Louis police received a report that a stolen vehicle had been spotted.

Officers laid down spike strips and turned on their lights, but the occupants of the vehicle allegedly opened fire on police. »

Cops Sent Warrant To Facebook To Dig Up Dirt On Woman Whose Boyfriend They Had Just Killed

Authored by techdirt.com

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been allowed to own a weapon, much less obtain a permit to conceal the gun.

Hence the Facebook warrant to dig up dirt on his girlfriend in hopes of adding a bit more post facto righteousness to the shoot.

The only upside -- and it's incredibly small given the surrounding circumstances -- is Facebook refused to hand over the information on the grounds that the indefinite gag order was unconstitutional. »

Robbie Rotten Actor’s Wife Reveals His Cancer Is In The Very Final Stages

Authored by wetheunicorns.com

Beloved Lazy Town actor Stefán Karl Stefánsson -aka Robbie Rotten- is in the final stages of cancer, his wife has revealed in a heartfelt Facebook post.

Stefán became an internet fave after his Lazy Town alter ego became the latest go-to for shitposters worldwide.

When the online community discovered he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September 2016, a GoFundMe was set up t0 provide much needed funds. »