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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is stressing the need to bolster the nation's cybersecurity efforts under what he says is a "constant attack" from foreign powers. Trump, speaking to a veterans group in Virginia, said he would order a thorough review of the nation's computer defenses and warned against potential hackers from China, Russia and North Korea. He also vowed to form a joint federal task force, which would include the military, to crack down on hackers. The Republican nominee also linked cyber vulnerabilities to the private email server used by Hillary Clinton.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is suspending a deal with the United States on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium. A decree he issued today cited "unfriendly actions" and what he said is the inability of the U.S. to fulfill its obligations under the 2000 deal. Under the agreement, Russia and the U.S. each were to dispose of 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium, enough material for about 17,000 nuclear warheads. Construction of a U.S. plant where weapons-grade plutonium would be turned into commercial nuclear reactor fuel has been years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A jury evenly split between men and women will hear the murder trial of a Georgia man charged after his toddler son died while left in a hot SUV. The trial of Justin Harris opened today with the seating of 16 jurors — eight men and eight women. Four will serve as alternate jurors, though the judge did not specify which ones. Prosecutors say Harris intentionally killed his 22-month-old son, Cooper, by leaving him for hours in a vehicle parked outside the father's metro Atlanta workplace in June 2014. The case drew national attention after prosecutors accused Harris of exchanging lewd text messages while his son sweltered.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio says it plans to carry out at least three executions next year with a new three-drug combination. The state attorney general's office has told a federal judge that a new execution policy will be announced at the end of the week. The announcement puts the state on track to execute death row inmate Ronald Phillips on Jan. 12 for the rape and murder of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter in Akron in 1993. Attorneys representing death row inmates say they'll file a new challenge almost immediately.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is turning away the appeal by Whitey Bulger of his racketeering convictions and life sentence. The justices did not comment today in leaving in place Bulger's convictions for playing a role in 11 murders and many other crimes. The 87-year-old Bulger was a fugitive for 17 years until his arrest in 2011. A jury convicted him in 2013. Bulger argued that the judge at his trial should have let him tell the jury that a now-dead federal prosecutor had granted him immunity from prosecution. The judge said Bulger hadn't offered hard evidence that such an agreement existed.
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