Jason Murdock

Reporter

Jason Murdock is a staff reporter for Newsweek.

Based in London, Murdock previously covered cybersecurity for the International Business Times UK and B2B tech for V3.co.uk. Winner of The Drum's 'Digital Writer of the Year' award in 2017. Contact: j.murdock@newsweek.com

  
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 Oklahoma and Texas Weather Warning: ‘Violent’ Tornadoes and Storms Expected "I fear casualties/changed lives today. These storms should not be entertainment," one meteorologist warned.
  
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 Dead Mother Accused of Witchcraft by Her Sons Wins Inheritance Court Battle The woman's son had accused her of practicing witchcraft and said that the house was haunted.
  
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 Florida Man Threatened to Behead Officers and Eat Their Eyes After Argument "I'll cut your... head off in front of your family!" Ken Edward Freeman, 50, told one victim, police said.
  
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 Child Sent Home From School for Not Wearing Enough Pink on Pink Shirt Day Claire Lealiifano said her child had been sent home by a staff member at Helensville Primary School and told to change his clothes.
  
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 Google Android Says 'Live Transcribe' Can Technically Detect Flatulence Designed for users who are deaf or hard of hearing, the update transcribes "sound events" in real time.
  
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 Florida Woman Hurled Pot at Her Child's Father for Fishing Too Much: Police The father told deputies he had been out fishing for "the past couple of days," an arrest report said.
  
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 Ireland PM: Anti-Trump Protests ‘Welcome’ During President's Next Visit "A lot of people have been very critical of President Trump, including me on occasion," Prime Minister Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said.
  
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 Florida Woman Allegedly Threw Coconut at Man Filming Her Outside Strip Club “I will be honest with you. I threw it, but it did not hit him,” Shonta Bolds reportedly told police.
  
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 Trump Rolls Out ‘Tech Bias’ Complaint Survey—and Wants Your Email Address The White House survey logs complaints about censorship and bias on social media as it harvests respondents’ personal information.
  
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 Man Hurls Racist Abuse, Gets Punched in Face "It’s 2019 and racism still exists, disgusting," witness Ivan Velasco said.
  
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 Florida Man Slapped Girlfriend With Burger and Kicked Her Downstairs Kyle Jamison Jones, 30, was taken to the Martin County Jail after the incident.
  
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 Tulsi Gabbard Says She Would Drop Assange Charges, Pardon Edward Snowden Representative Tulsi Gabbard, a Democratic presidential candidate, said the WiliLeaks founder Julian Assange and national security whistleblower Edward Snowden should not be prosecuted for...
  
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 OnePlus 7 Pro: New Smartphone Boasts Secret Pop-Up Camera, Advanced Screen The company claims the phone's “elevator mechanism” has been tested more than 300,000 times.
  
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 Geraldo Rivera Vows to Quit Facebook, Will Stay on Twitter for Trump Follow “I’m not a shill for Twitter, I enjoy the fact the president is on Twitter and he follows me," Rivera said.
  
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 WhatsApp Hacked? How to Update After the New Spying Malware Discovery Pegasus malware, typically sold to intelligence agencies, can spy on calls and texts while also recording audio and video from phones.
  
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 Elderly Florida Man Carjacked While Going to Buy Wife Mother’s Day Present Robert Rodriguez, 88, was targeted by an assailant at roughly 3:20 p.m. on May 9 while exiting his vehicle.
  
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 Florida Man Shot Wife in the Face Because She Used a 'Disrespectful' Tone Fernando De Baere allegedly shot Marisa Sherman, 47, in the face “one or two times” with a .38-caliber revolver.
  
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 Illinois College Chairman Defends Anti-Muslim Facebook Posts David Heyen was elected to oversee the Board of Trustees at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, Illinois.
  
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 Watch: White Maryland Police Officer Caught on Camera Using N-word at Men "She thought it was actually a cool thing to say and it's not," the man who recorded the video said.
  
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 Florida Man Who Tried to Pawn His Infant Son Says It Was a Snapchat Prank “They didn't find it funny or hilarious at all," father Brian Slocum said following a police manhunt this week.
  
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 Spirit Airlines Flight Evacuated as Fumes Leave Passengers Dizzy, Nauseous "A smell resembling oil presented on-board," officials said. Paramedics who were called to the scene checked 15 people.
  
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 Newborn Baby Boy Found Abandoned in Chicago Garbage Can, Fire Officials Say The child’s umbilical cord was still attached and he was found wrapped in a towel and placed in a shopping bag, officials said.
  
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 Binance Hacked: Huge Cryptocurrency Exchange Loses $40 Million in Bitcoin "While it is a very expensive lesson for us, it is nevertheless a lesson," the company CEO responded.
  
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 School District Serving Cold Sandwiches to Children With Unpaid Lunch Bills “Why take it out on kids if parents are struggling?" one person complained on Facebook.
  
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 North Dakota Man Dies After Fighting With Police, Stealing Their Patrol Car One witness said the deadly collision was “probably one of the craziest things" he had ever seen.
  
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 Oregon Man Jailed for Trying to Bribe ICE Officer $4,000 to Deport His Wife “Attempting to bribe a federal law enforcement officer is a serious crime and will be met with equally serious consequences," U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon Billy J. Williams said.
  
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 Florida Man Waves Down Cops to Show Off His Marijuana Plant, Gets Arrested When asked he if had a marijuana card, the man replied, “Yeah, I do, I am working on it.”
  
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 Two Dark Web Markets Selling Drugs and Stolen Data Dismantled, Arrests Made Dark web markets are now "being picked off one by one," according to a top cybersecurity expert.
  
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 Teen Girl Stabbed a Classmate in Toilet as 'Practice' to Kill 'Cool Group'  The schoolgirl stabbed the victim "as practice as she intended on killing at least five other students," the prosecutor said.
  
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 Oklahoma Man, 28, Suffers Stroke After Cracking His Neck, Tearing Artery “He could have formed more clot on that tear and had a life-ending stroke," one doctor said.
  
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 Watch: Alligator Does Death Roll to Try and Evade Capture in South Carolina In video footage, the alligator was seen violently spinning—a movement typically used to dismember prey.
  
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 Watch: Florida Cops Parade Dozens of Suspected Fentanyl Dealers on Facebook The sheriff's office said the seized goods were “literally enough to kill every single resident” in the county.