## Microsoft says Russian operatives are ramping up attacks on Harris campaign with fake videos

Authored by cnn.com

Microsoft said Tuesday that Russian operatives have in recent weeks intensified their online attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign by producing and disseminating videos promoting “outlandish conspiracy theories” aimed at stoking US racial and political divisions.

One of the inauthentic videos, which Microsoft said had been viewed millions of times, claimed to show Harris supporters attacking an attendee of a Donald Trump rally.

Another video falsely claimed that Harris paralyzed a young girl in a 2011 hit-and-run accident.

Russian operatives promoted the latter story through a website pretending to be a local San Francisco media outlet, Microsoft researchers said.

The report is the latest evidence that Kremlin-linked trolls and digital operatives are ramping up their efforts to denigrate Harris’s campaign just weeks before the presidential election.

CNN has requested comment on the Microsoft report from the Harris-Walz campaign and from the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC.

But then, in late August and early September, the videos attacking Harris and her supporters emerged. »

### Bystander shot in head as New York police tackle fare-evader

Authored by bbc.com

Bystander shot in head as NY police tackle armed subway fare-evader.

Police said officers challenged a suspected fare-evader, then shot him after he threatened them with a knife.

New York police have defended their actions after a bystander was shot in the head as two officers tackled a fare-evader armed with a knife in a busy subway station. »

### Judge Who Tossed Trump’s Docs Case Repeatedly Violated Disclosure Rule: Report

Authored by rollingstone.com

According to a Tuesday report from ProPublica, in May of 2023, Cannon attended a swanky banquet hosted by George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School — one of the leading conservative law schools in the nation.

Cannon submitted several reimbursement requests to the law school related to her travel expenses.

In 2021 and 2022, Cannon and her husband attended week-long colloquiums hosted by George Mason at a luxury resort in Montana. »

### Climate change: Ozone layer still well on track for full recovery

Authored by news.un.org

Noting that the ozone layer is on the road to recovery, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said further protection measures are essential.

The UN weather agency said ozone could recover to 1980 levels - before any hole in the ozone layer appeared - by around 2066 over the Antarctic if current policies remain.

WMO says scientists still have some gaps in understanding these variables and will continue to monitor the ozone layer closely to explain any unexpected changes. »

### Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands

Authored by ca.finance.yahoo.com

A Hezbollah official told The Associated Press the pagers were a new brand, but declined to say how long they had been in use.

The pager bombings are likely to stoke Hezbollah's worries about vulnerabilities in security and communications as Israeli officials are threaten to escalate their monthslong conflict.

This story has been updated to correct the name of the Hezbollah lawmaker’s son killed by a pager blast. »

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