A.M. Links: Governments Responsible For 87 Percent of Internet Spying, 40,000 Voters Registered in Both Virginia and Maryland, Scientists Mull Oldest Light in the Universe

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  • According to a report from Verizon, governments around the world account for 87 percent of all Internet spying.

  • An investigation by the Virginia Voter Alliance found that forty thousand voters are registered in both Virginia and Maryland.
  • Stricter regulations on e-cigarettes were proposed by the the Food and Drug Administration, which also recommended it regulate cigars, pipe tobacco, nicotine gels, water pipe tobacco, and hookahs.
  • Three U.S. doctors were killed in Kabul after a security guard opened fire at a hospital.
  • The Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah have made a deal to form a national unity government.
  • The oldest light observed in the universe is reshaping how scientists think about the universe's early history.

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