Chantelle Lee

New York

Reporter at TIME

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Articles

Billions of Passwords May Have Been Leaked in Massive Breach

1 week ago | time.com | Chantelle Lee

More than 16 billion login credentials have been leaked, researchers said this week, in what they believe to be one of the largest data breaches ever.
When Will Social Security and Medicare Funds Run Out?

1 week ago | time.com | Chantelle Lee

Social Security and Medicare are expected to need to cut monthly benefits in less than a decade as the trust funds for both programs are on track to run dry earlier than previously predicted. A report released on Wednesday from the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees pushed up the programs’ go-broke dates, meaning the point at which they would not have enough money to fully cover benefits.
Trump Administration Reverses ICE Raids Guidance

1 week ago | aol.com | Chantelle Lee

U.S. President Donald Trump stops and talks to the media before he boards Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 15, 2025. Credit - Tasos Katopodis—Getty ImagesU.S. immigration officials will continue conducting immigration raids at farms, hotels, and restaurants, marking an apparently rapid reversal of guidance issued last week to exempt those worksites from the Trump Administration's mass deportations.
NYC Mayor Candidate Brad Lander Arrested at Immigration Court

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Chantelle Lee

New York City comptroller Brad Lander, who is running for mayor, was arrested by federal agents at a Manhattan immigration courthouse on Tuesday, after he held on to a man that authorities were seemingly trying to detain. Lander, a Democrat, went to an immigration courthouse in Lower Manhattan to observe immigration court hearings.
New York City Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander Arrested at Immigration Courthouse

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Chantelle Lee

1 hour agoWhen Bobby Kwak wakes up, the first thing he does is reach for his phone. He’s not reading headlines or catching up on texts: The owner of Michelin-starred Nōksu is checking to see how much money he has lost overnight. The first week of June, it was $600; a few days earlier it was $2,500. In the …
The Rise of Political Violence in the U.S.

1 week ago | aol.com | Chantelle Lee

A memorial is seen on the desk of State Rep. Melissa Hortman in the House chambers at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 16. Credit - Steven Garcia—Getty ImagesThe shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses this past weekend are the latest instances of political violence that has risen across the U.S. in recent years. Democratic state Rep.
Why People Are Having Fewer Kids, Even If They Want Them

2 weeks ago | time.com | Chantelle Lee

People across the world have been having fewer and fewer children, and it’s not always because they don’t want them. The global fertility rate has, on average, dropped to less than half what it was in the 1960s, the United Nations has found, falling below the “replacement level” required to maintain the current population in the majority of countries.
U.S. Evacuates Personnel From Middle East Amid Tensions With Iran

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Chantelle Lee

U.S. State Department helicopters fly over Baghdad toward the U.S. embassy headquarters in Iraq on December 13, 2024. Credit - Andrew Caballero-Reynolds—POOL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe U.S. plans to move some of its non-military personnel out of the Middle East, including its embassy in Iraq, amid rising tensions with Iran, President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening.
U.S. to Partially Evacuate Iraq Embassy

2 weeks ago | aol.com | Chantelle Lee

The U.S. Embassy is seen from across the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 3, 2020. Credit - Khalid Mohammed—The Associated PressThe U.S. plans to partially evacuate its embassy in Iraq amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran, officials told multiple media outlets on Wednesday. U.S. staffers who are deemed nonessential will be removed from the embassy in Baghdad, the State Department told The Associated Press.
Jury Issues Split Verdict in Harvey Weinstein's Retrial

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Chantelle Lee

The jury in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes retrial delivered a split verdict against the disgraced movie mogul on Wednesday, convicting him of one charge, acquitting him of another, and failing to come to a consensus on a third. Weinstein has been accused by numerous women of sexual harassment, assault, and misconduct over the span of about three decades.