The Wall Street Journal
1🍗 Justice Department investigates chicken industry for collusion to keep prices highThe U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into allegations that top poultry processors colluded to keep prices artificially high. Plaintiffs ranging from independent restaurateurs to Walmart and food distributors have sued chicken companies over the last three years, alleging they improperly shared data and influenced meat-industry benchmarks to push up chicken-meat prices. More »
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New York Times
2U.S. goes on the cyber offensive against RussiaThe United States is stepping up digital intrusion into Russia’s electric power grid in a warning to President Vladimir Putin and a demonstration of how the Trump administration is using new authorities to deploy cybertools more aggressively. American strategy has shifted more toward offense, officials say, with the placement of potentially crippling malware inside the Russian system at a depth and with an aggressiveness that had never been tried before. More »
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The New York Times
3Robert Mueller to testify before House CommitteesRobert Mueller, the former special counsel, has agreed to testify in public before Congress next month about his investigation into Russia’s election interference and possible obstruction of justice by President Trump, House Democrats announced on Tuesday night.
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National Geographic
4A legendary Ozark chestnut tree, thought extinct, is rediscoveredThe chinquapin was supposed to have been wiped out by blight. Now one determined Missouri naturalist is hand-pollinating trees in secret groves to bring it back. Among other names, the Ozark chinquapin was known to Cherokee Indians as the bread tree, and they ground the nuts into flour.
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Axios
5Apple buys autonomous driving company Drive.aiApple bought Drive.ai, an autonomous driving startup once valued at $200 million, and has hired dozens of Drive.ai engineers, Apple confirmed to Axios on Tuesday.
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