Equifax has agreed to pay as much as $700 million to settle a series of state and federal investigations into a massive 2017 data breach that left more than 147 million Americans’ Social Security numbers, credit-card details and other sensitive information exposed.
The punishment includes payments to affected consumers, fines to peeved regulators and a host of required changes to the credit-reporting agency’s business practices, government officials said Monday, as they faulted Equifax for putting more than half of all U.S. adults at risk for identity theft and fraud.

Dublin-headquartered medical device maker Medtronic has signed a partnership agreement with stroke detection startup Viz.ai, the latter announced Monday. As part of the agreement, Medtronic will distribute Viz.ai’s technology in the US. The financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
Viz.ai develops deep learning and artificial intelligence-powered technology that can analyze brain scans and automatically transfer the information to a doctor to ensure the most immediate treatment for strokes. Viz.ai’s system connects to a hospital CT scanner and alerts the stroke specialist if a suspected large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke has been identified, sending the radiological images directly to their smartphone.

Steve discusses Jeff Bezos’ pull and influence with lawmakers, and highlights the advantages that big tech uses to get their way.
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The dangerous and deadly heatwave is already being blamed for at six least deaths.
Temperatures in the Midwest and East Coast hit the mid 90’s to the triple digits, with the heat index making it feel as hot as 100 to 115 degrees.
Chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook joined “CBS Weekend News” to discuss how to stay ahead of the symptoms that contributed to the deaths of at least six people, including a former NFL player. LaPook says to be on the lookout for early symptoms, such as dizziness, a quickened pulse and nausea.
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Al Franken told The New Yorker in an interview published Monday that he “absolutely” regrets resigning from the Senate in 2018 following harassment allegations.
Franken explained that in retrospect he would have appeared before the Senate Ethics Committee before stepping down.
Franken, a former “Saturday Night Live” writer, was pressured by a number of Democrats to step aside after several accusations emerged during the peak of the #MeToo era. However, seven current or former senators who demanded Franken’s resignation told The New Yorker that they had been wrong to do so.

Israel has condemned the European Parliament for recently inviting a Palestinian terrorist to speak at the venue, and is urging the European Union to take steps to prevent members of designated terror groups from doing so in the future.
In a letter to European Parliament president David Sassoli, Israel’s minister of strategic affairs Gilan Erdan expressed his “dismay” that Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member Khaled Barakat, who also serves in the BDS-promoting NGO “Samidoun” was invited to speak to the parliament by Spanish MEP Manu Pineda.

U.K. Defense Minister Penny Mordaunt says the seizure of the British oil tanker was an illegal and hostile act by Iran; Trey Yingst reports from Jerusalem.
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Stunning videos posted online Monday show uniformed NYPD cops getting drenched with buckets of water by brazen young men in Harlem and Brooklyn, law enforcement sources told The Post.
One clip even shows a soaked cop getting beaned in the head with an empty, red plastic bucket while the cop and his partner were handcuffing a suspect on the hood of a black car.

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Arabs on Monday attacked Mohammed Saud, a Saudi blogger who is currently visiting Israel, as he made his way through the streets of the Old City of Yerushalayim.
The Arabs verbally attacked Saud, spat at him, and threw chairs at him.
The Saudi blogger is part of a delegation of media personalities from Arab countries who arrived in Israel at the invitation of the Foreign Ministry. Kan 11 News reported that the delegation is scheduled to visit Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and has already visited sites such as Yad Vashem and the Knesset.

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A 21-year-old Palestinian Arab was neutralized by police officers in Hadera on Monday night after he tried to stab one of them.
The police reported that police officers who were on patrol had asked a suspect to identify himself, but he pulled out a knife and tried to stab one of them. Another officer from the force fired at the suspect’s lower body.
The Palestinian Arab, who is listed in moderate condition, was evacuated to the Hillel Yaffe Hospital after police sappers determined there were no explosive devices in the area.