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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no reason to believe that the telecommunications outage was caused by a foreign or nefarious actor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
Wallace said "none of the serious allegations" against him had been upheld but that he was "deeply sorry for any distress caused".
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Workhorse, an electric-vehicle company, had to delay its earnings call, blaming ”business disruptions caused by the global Microsoft outages.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
No one bothered to explain how a typo that nobody but the investigator noticed could have caused any harm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
It was the other girl who caused panic to flare in my chest.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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