Saturday, May 4, 2024

US

Belgium Stabbing Suspect Was On List Of Potential Extremists

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BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities said Friday that the lone assailant who killed one police officer and wounded another in a stabbing attack had been on a counterterrorism list o...

Newsom, DeSantis Both Claim ‘Freedom’ As Election Mandates

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis, governors of states on opposite ends of both the country and the political spectrum, held up their governing styles this we...

Embattled Crypto Exchange FTX Files For Bankruptcy

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(AP) - Embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX, short billions of dollars, is seeking bankruptcy protection following its collapse this week. FTX and its CEO and founder Sam Bankm...

Tropical Depression Nicole Raining From Georgia To New York

WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole sent heavy rains falling from Georgia to New York on Friday as flooding and surging ocean waters receded from a...

100K Reward Offred After Noose Found At Obama Presidential Center Construction Site

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CHICAGO (AP) — The firm building the Obama Presidential Center suspended operations Thursday after a noose was found at the site, and it offered a $100,000 reward to help find who ...

New York Emerges As Exception To Strong Election For Dems

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NEW YORK (AP) - While Democrats were celebrating a stronger-than-expected midterm performance across much of the U.S. this week, New York was emerging as a notable exception where ...

NYC Health + Hospitals Completes Major Laboratory Upgrades At All 11 Public Hospitals

NYC Health + Hospitals today announced the completion of a major, five-year project to upgrade chemical laboratories across all 11 public hospitals with new technology and equipmen...

Trump Org. Executive Says He Helped Colleagues Dodge Taxes

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NEW YORK (AP) — One of Donald Trump’s top moneymen admitted Thursday to breaking the law to help fellow Trump Organization executives avoid taxes on company-paid apartments and oth...

NBA Silver Who Is Jewish, Says He Doesn’t Believe Kyrie Irving Is Antisemitic

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(AP) - NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has “no doubt" that suspended Brooklyn guard Kyrie Irving is not antisemitic, he said at a conference on Thursday, while LeBron James took to Tw...

WATCH: In Bizarre Rant, Candace Owens Calls Mein Kampf a ‘Historical Textbook’, Defends Sale of Antisemitic Film

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CALIFORNIA (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Black conservative commentator Candace Owens, who works for Ben Shapiro’s “Daily Wire”, seemed to condone (and almost promote) the reading of Hitl...

Minnesota Lottery: Verification Issue Caused Powerball Delay

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lottery said Thursday that a technical issue with its two-tiered verification process was to blame for the unprecedented delay in this week’s recor...

Sharp Attacks On Trump From Rupert Murdoch’s News Outlets

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has taken some hits in the aftermath of the midterm elections, but the unkindest cuts may have come from a source that was once among ...

Trump Loyalist Boebert’s Reelection Bid Could Go To Recount

DENVER (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s race remained extremely tight on Thursday and could be headed for a recount in the GOP firebrand’s bid for reelection against De...

Trump Goes Nuclear On Gov. DeSantis In Fiery Screed

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WASHINGTON (VINnews) - Former President Donald Trump unleashed on Gov. Ron DeSantis on social media after Tuesday's lackluster midterm results for the Republican Party. In a ser...

Tweets With Racial Slurs Soar Since Musk Takeover: Report

(AP) - Instances of racial slurs have soared on Twitter since Elon Musk purchased the influential platform, despite assurances from the platform that it had reduced hateful activit...

AP Source: US Authorities Investigate Crypto Exchange FTX

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NEW YORK (AP) — The swift collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX sent more shockwaves through the crypto world on Thursday, with authorities now investigating the firm for potenti...

Alex Jones Ordered To Pay $473M More To Sandy Hook Families

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Infowars host Alex Jones and his company were ordered by a judge Thursday to pay an extra $473 million for promoting false conspiracy theories about the Sand...

Tropical Storm Nicole Topples Beachfront Homes Into Ocean

WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicole sent multiple homes toppling into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and threatened a row of high-rise condominiums in places where...

Art From Microsoft Founder Paul Allen Sells For $1.5 Billion

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NEW YORK (AP) — Works by artists including Cézanne, Seurat, and van Gogh sold for a record-breaking $1.5 billion during the first part of Christie's two-day auction of the late Mic...

Wall Street Surges, Dow Up 1,200 Points On Cooling Inflation

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street blasted off Thursday to soar to its best day in more than two years as exhilaration swept through markets after a report showed inflation in the United ...