Links To Text Your Friends 11-11-15


  1. A U.S. appeals court overturned a district judge’s ruling a day earlier that halted theNSA’s bulk collection of phone records, allowing the program to continue for three weeks before the program ends. (Spencer S. Hsu)
  2. The Justice Department charged three men in connection with the 2014 cyber breach that stole data from 76 million JP Morgan Chase customers, the largest ever theft of customer data from a U.S. financial institution. (CBS)
  3. The 74-year-old white supremacist who gunned down three people during an anti-Semitic shooting spree near Kansas City last year was sentenced to death, per Mark Berman.
  4. Congress passed legislation that would lengthen the probationary period for newDefense Department employees from one to two years. (Eric Yoder)
  5. T-Mobile will allow users to stream video for free when using data to watch Netflix, HBO and Hulu. (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Fast-food workers demanding a $15 minimum wage went on strike in hundreds of American cities, the same day that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he’ll use executive power to make that the minimum wage for all state employees. (USA Today)
  7. Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State and Notre Dame are the top four teams in the latestCollege Football Playoff rankings. (College Football Playoff)
  8. Los Angeles police officers have fired their weapons this year almost twice as much as they did in 2014, and the new commissioner of the Police Commission wants to reduce that number. (Los Angeles Times)
  9. British soldier who fired on Irish Catholic protesters in the Bloody Sunday attacks of 1972 was arrested for suspicion of murder. (Associated Press)
  10. You can order the new iPad Pro online today, starting at $800.  (Hayley Tsukayama)

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