2nd major UK police force suffers cyberattack in less than month

Rep. Scalise returns to Capitol after cancer diagnosis

WASHINGTON – Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, returned to the U.S. Capitol on Thursday for the first time since being diagnosed with a blood cancer known as multiple myeloma and told reporters his chemotherapy treatment is underway.

“It’s kind of a few months process. They don’t know yet how long it’s going to be – four months, six months – but they want to continue to evaluate and say, ‘OK, how’s he doing? How’s the treatment?’ The treatments are going well so far,” said Scalise.

The Louisiana congressman, 57, said he would be able to receive some of the chemotherapy treatment in Washington and continue his work in Congress, where he was limiting his in-person interactions.

Scalise said his diagnosis came after his wife urged him to visit the doctor three weeks ago when his appetite dropped while he was traveling for political events. He said the diagnosis was made quickly and his wife and he decided they wanted to be “very aggressive” in treating the multiple myeloma.

LONDON – Personal details of thousands of police officers and staff from Greater Manchester Police have been hacked from a company that makes identity cards, the second such cyberattack to affect a major British police force in less than a month.

Details on identity badges and warrant cards, including names, photos and identity numbers or police collar numbers, were stolen in the ransomware attack, Greater Manchester Police said Thursday. The third-party supplier was not identified.

The force said no home addresses of officers or any financial information about individuals was stolen.

“This is being treated extremely seriously,” Assistant Chief Constable Colin Mcfarlane said in a statement.

Spain records its third hottest summer since records began

MADRID – Spain this year recorded its third hottest summer since official records began 62 years ago, authorities said Thursday, with temperatures peaking at 116 Fahrenheit as the country’s severe drought dragged on.

The average summer temperature was 2.34 degrees F above normal, the Spanish weather agency AEMET said.

The World Meteorological Organization said last week that last month wasn’t only the world’s hottest August scientists ever recorded by far. It was also the second hottest month measured, after July 2023.

Since 1961, mainland Spain’s average temperature has risen 2.88 degrees F, according to AEMET.