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A U.S. Army unit is offering its troops a special bonus if they reenlist soon: four extra days off timed around the November release of the video game Grand Theft Auto VI. Commanders of the 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, believe free time to indulge in the latest entry in the Grand Theft
After a series of delays, Grand Theft Auto VI is expected to release later this year and be one of the biggest launches in video game history. And the hype is already spilling into the real world: One U.S. Army unit in Fort Stewart, Georgia is offering active-duty soldiers a four-day pass to play the
Seventeen Iranians have been charged for allegedly conducting a years long “co-ordinated campaign” of cyber attacks in an effort to steal data from US organisations. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said members of the Iran-based Mabna Institute had targeted the computer systems of 144 American universities and 42 private sector firms since at least
MADISON, Wis. — Milwaukee art gallery owner Bill DeLind never thought he would see the Pablo Picasso etching print stolen from his shop in 2018 ever again. Until the police called last week and asked if he could come take a look at a piece of art a Milwaukee landlord had found while cleaning out
ORLANDO — Authorities are searching for a trio of modern tomb raiders that they say has stolen family heirlooms and other valuables from cemeteries in at least nine states. The suspects — a mother and daughter, and the daughter’s boyfriend — “went on a tour of the eastern half of the United States,” breaking into