The Daily Populous

Wednesday November 6th, 2024 morning edition

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As Americans head to the polls on Nov. 5, the FBI has announced that bomb threats targeting polling sites in multiple states appear to have originated from Russian email domains.

The agency clarified that none of these threats have been deemed credible. U.S. intelligence agencies and Microsoft have recently warned that foreign adversaries are engaging in influence campaigns to mislead voters ahead of and during the 2024 election.

Both the U.S. government and Microsoft have indicated that Russia favors former President Donald Trump, while Iran supports Vice President Kamala Harris.

"The FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains.

None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far," the agency stated. U.S. intelligence officials are also investigating an email account with a Russian internet domain as the possible source of non-credible Election Day bomb threats in Georgia, CNN reported.

The FBI has been cautioning the public about several misleading videos circulating on social media that contain inaccurate information about the election. »

Search interest for ‘did Joe Biden drop out’ is spiking on Election Day even though he withdrew months ago

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It appears as if some people were surprised to see that President Joe Biden wasn’t on the ballot this year.

The same day that Biden announced he’d no longer be running for president, he also endorsed Harris for the ticket.

Imagine being a voter who just today found out Joe Biden isn’t running pic.twitter.com/sLFuHTJmj6 — Armand Domalewski (@ArmandDoma) November 5, 2024. »

Dragon Age trilogy remaster "wouldn't be easy", because hardly anyone at BioWare knows how its old engine works

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But anyone hoping for a Mass Effect: Legendary Edition style remaster shouldn't hold their breath; Dragon Age: The Veilguard creative director John Epler says the project "wouldn't be easy" because hardly anyone left at BioWare knows how the studio's old engine works.

Manage cookie settings Here's a video version of Eurogamer's Dragon Age: The Veilguard reviewWatch on YouTube.

Unlike the Mass Effect trilogy, which was developed in Unreal Engine 3, Dragon Age Inquisition was created using EA's Frostbite engine, while Dragon Age 1 & 2, more problematically, were built using BioWare's own Eclipse Engine. »

Police shoot AfD councillor ‘plotting Nazi-inspired coup’

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A local councillor for the far-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) was shot in the jaw on Tuesday when police tried to arrest him over an alleged plot to mount a Nazi-inspired coup.

The councillor confronted police with a gun, leading to an officer firing two warning shots.

The AfD politician was one of eight men arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged neo-Nazi terror cell. »

Sen. Bernie Sanders wins a fourth term representing Vermont

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Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent beloved by progressives, won reelection Tuesday to a fourth six-year term in the U.S. Senate.

Sanders said he ran again because the country faces some of its toughest and most serious challenges of the modern era.

Sanders, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said he’s very proud of his record in Congress. »