The BBC is launching a paywall in the US

The BBC wants to make people in the US pay for its content. The public broadcaster announced on Thursday that it will start offering US-based users an $8.99 per month (or $49.99 per year) subscription for “unlimited” access to news stories, feature reports, and the BBC News channel livestream. Users in the US will still…

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Ivy League scientist from US adversary hit with new charges for allegedly smuggling bio materials

The Harvard University scientist accused of smuggling frog embryos into the United States was slapped with additional federal charges Wednesday as she faces the possibility of decades in prison for allegedly failing to disclose the biological materials.  Russian-born scientist Kseniia Petrova, 30, was indicted by a Boston federal grand jury on one count of concealment…

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