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Thursday February 2nd, 2023 evening edition

image for George Santos' campaign spent more than $26,000 at an Italian restaurant in Queens. That's enough to buy 1,131 orders of the rigatoni bolognese.

George Santos' campaign spent thousands at an Italian restaurant in Queens during his run for Congress.

He spent a whopping $26,032.06 at Il Bacco Ristorante Italiano, according to campaign finance disclosures.

That's enough money to buy 1,131 orders of the restaurant's $23 rigatoni bolognese, or nearly 1,800 pizzas.

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The embattled first-time Republican congressman's campaign spent more than $26,000 in funds at an Italian joint in Queens, New York, updated financial disclosure documents from his campaign show.

For context, that's enough money to buy 1,131 orders of the restaurant's $23 rigatoni bolognese.

Santos' financial disclosures also revealed he owes the restaurant another $18,773.54 for a campaign election night event. »

Hacker Group Releases 128GB Of Data Showing Russia's 'Wide-Ranging' Illegal Surveillance Of Citizens

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The surveillance program involves monitoring the online activity of Russian citizens and private corporations.

In a Twitter post, Anonymous dumped 128GB of documents that it said it acquired from the Russian internet service provider Convex.

The hacker group claimed that the company launched a project called "Green Atom" that involves installing and maintaining surveillance equipment to monitor the online activity of Russian citizens and private corporations. »

The director of a zoo in Mexico had 4 of its 10 pygmy goats cooked up for a New Year's feast, authorities say

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The director of a zoo in Mexico is accused of cooking four of its pygmy goats for a New Year's banquet.

Authorities said he also illegally traded a zebra, and that 14 animals are missing from the zoo.

The former director of a zoo in Mexico slaughtered four of the zoo's pygmy goats and cooked them up for an end-of-year party, local authorities said on Tuesday. »