The Daily Populous

Monday April 1st, 2024 day edition

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The ongoing, five-year 60 Minutes investigation has now uncovered new evidence pointing toward Russia.

"There was some angle where they had worked against Russia, focused on Russia, and done extremely well.".

Multiple sources told 60 Minutes that a high-level Department of Defense official was struck during the summit.

60 Minutes has agreed to withhold the last name of "Carrie," a Havana Syndrome victim who is still an FBI agent working in counterintelligence.

Kovalev studied in a military institute, learning about radio electronics, said Grozev, who's renowned for his experience unmasking Russian plots.

Mark Zaid, "Carrie's" attorney who holds a security clearance, has more than two dozen clients suffering symptoms of Havana Syndrome. »

Mass shooting outside Indianapolis mall leaves 7 injured, all children and teens, police say

Authored by cbsnews.com

Seven minors were hospitalized with injuries late Saturday night after a mass shooting broke out in downtown Indianapolis, police said.

No suspects have been arrested, but investigators believe more than one weapon was used to carry out the shooting, according to the Indianapolis Metro Police Department.

Police said they initially responded after patrol officers in the downtown area heard several shots being fired nearby. »

Scientists toss 350,757 coins to prove theory that coin tosses aren't 50/50

Authored by unilad.com

The revelation comes from a preregistered study which recorded the results of 350,757 coin tosses, and suggested that there is in fact a tiny bias involved in the flipping of any coin.

This is down to a theory called the Diaconis Model, which the researchers used to claim that coins are more likely to land facing the same way they were when the coin toss began.

So, with this knowledge on your side, why not challenge someone to a coin toss and see if the odds are in your favor?. »

Helldivers 2 director's "childhood dream" is for the co-op shooter to join the pantheon of PlayStation's biggest IP: "It's crazy that it might be in the future"

Authored by gamesradar.com

Helldivers 2, of course, is a PlayStation console exclusive and will likely stay that way for the foreseeable future, but its developer, Arrowhead Studios, remains independent.

Even so, Pilestedt hopes one day for Helldivers to be considered in the same pantheon of PlayStation brand icons as Uncharted, God of War, and Horizon.

Pilestedt said he agrees with the fan's assessment, but added, "It's crazy that it might be in the future.... Like... »

Vietnam objects to China's expanded reach in Gulf of Tonkin

Authored by voanews.com
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Vietnam is crying foul over a Chinese bid to redefine its coastal waters in the Gulf of Tonkin, a waterway at the northern end of the South China Sea lying between China's Hainan Island and Vietnam.

Beijing's delineation of a new baseline in the gulf was declared earlier this month.

China cannot claim more than what it agreed on in the deal, no matter what baseline it draws in the gulf.". »