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Former congressman George Santos agreed to pay $35,000 to settle Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charges of manipulative activity in prediction market trades tied to his … Read more
The Gironde wildfires, which have scorched 42,000 hectares of forest and forced 220,000 people to evacuate, remain a focal point of emergency response efforts. The fire, … Read more
The Department of Justice dropped charges against former Olympian David Hearn on July 31, 2026, admitting that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was caused … Read more
President Donald Trump acknowledged Friday that a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is dead, though he continued to defend the concept of the program during a Cabinet … Read more
President Keiko Fujimori has proposed increasing the minimum vital remuneration (RMV) to S/1,300, a move that Minister of Labor Juan Sheput describes as a political definition … Read more
The Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization asked the U.S. Supreme Court this week to pause a $656 million judgment owed to American victims of … Read more
Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage won the men’s javelin gold medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on July 31, 2026. The 23-year-old secured Sri … Read more
The Trump administration has dropped a felony case against former Olympic canoeist David “Davey” Hearn, who had been accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. … Read more
President Donald Trump has denied reaching an agreement to allow Ukraine to domestically manufacture Patriot missile interceptors. Despite an earlier pledge made during a meeting in … Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss felony destruction of government property charges against former Olympian David Hearn on Friday. Prosecutors acknowledged that damage to … Read more
New Zealand greyhounds are being flown to Australia’s eastern states as a nationwide ban on the sport takes effect this August. Between 1,300 and 1,500 dogs … Read more
Mildred Pitts Walter, a pioneering children’s author and civil rights activist who authored over 20 books featuring African American children, died on May 19 in Redwood … Read more