Freakish Siberian heat and a record string of high-temperature days during the already typically soupy Washington, D.C., summer are just two of a handful of weather phenomena adding to the public-health stress of COVID-19.
Hackers compromised dozens of high profile Twitter Inc. accounts late Wednesday in an attempted cryptocurrency heist and the microblogging site appeared to be spending the day taking them down.
Bitcoin prices on Wednesday evening were virtually unchanged, even as unknown hackers were perpetuating a massive scam to lure bitcoins away from owners.