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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

State-backed North Korean hackers have stolen $1.5bn (1.2bn) of cryptocurrency in the largest heist in history. Agents from Pyongyang were able to breach the systems of Dubai-based exchange Bybit to steal the digital coin Ether, according to security analysts.


A wave of resignations has hit Elon Musk's DODGE, erm, I mean Doge...


Kyiv has agreed terms with Washington on a minerals deal that Ukrainian officials hope will improve relations with the Trump administration and pave the way for a long-term US security commitment.


An Australian couple have spoken of the "traumatic" moment the body of a dead passenger was placed next to them on a Qatar Airways flight. Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin, who were travelling to Venice for a dream holiday, said a woman died in the aisle beside them during the flight from Melbourne to Doha. The couple say cabin crew sat her corpse, which was covered in blankets, next to Mr Ring for the remaining four hours of the flight and did not offer to move him, despite there being empty seats. Qatar Airways said it apologized for "any inconvenience or distress this incident may have caused," adding that it was in the process of contacting passengers. Read more


On February 3, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) for the United States, aiming to create one of the world's largest such funds. Given the nation's $36 trillion debt, the administration is exploring funding options, including the potential sale of federal public lands. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent indicated plans to "monetize the asset side of the U.S. balance sheet," referring to national parks, public lands, and natural resources as potential assets. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum estimated these federal lands could be worth up to $200 trillion. This approach has raised concerns about the preservation of public lands and their traditional uses, such as recreation and conservation.


A scientist who has studied centenarians for more than 20 years shared four things she does to live a long, healthy life.

Stacy Andersen, a behavioral neuroscientist at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, is a codirector of the New England Centenarian Study, which examines the lives of people over 100 who are in good health.


A shocking video from Chicago's Midway Airport circulating on social media Tuesday showed a near miss between a Southwest Airlines flight and another plane on the runway, with Southwest officials saying crews worked to perform a measure to "avoid a possible conflict" between the two jets. The video, posted to the X account Airport Webcams, showed a Southwest Airline flight preparing to land on a Midway Airport runway. Just before touching down, the plane can be seen lifting back up into the air as a jet crosses the runway. The incident comes after several recent aviation incidents, including at least three fatal crashes so far in 2025.


More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, saying they refused to use their technical expertise to "dismantle critical public services."


Flyers showing the names, pictures, and phone numbers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have surfaced in a Southern California neighborhood. Multiple federal law enforcement sources confirmed to Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin that anti-ICE activists, who have been interfering with ICE operations in the Los Angeles area in recent days, have now started putting up posters featuring the personal information of ICE and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers working in the Los Angeles and Southern California area.


When the Republican lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Monday, few had wavered in their support for Elon Musk or his attempts to cut giant swaths of the federal government. Many GOP lawmakers insisted their constituents back Musk's moves. We're moving forward with the cuts.'


The Trump administration in its first month outnumbered deportations with federal job cuts by almost double, even as many of those cuts face legal challenges, according to a new report from Reuters.


A group of prominent military contractors, including former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince, has pitched the Trump White House on a proposal to carry out mass deportations through a network of "processing camps" on military bases, a private fleet of 100 planes, and a "small army" of private citizens empowered to make arrests.


The U.S. Attorney's Office did not sign an arrest warrant for Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) sent by the Metropolitan Police Department Friday over an alleged assault last week, according to multiple news reports. Mills is being investigated over allegations that he assaulted a 27-year-old woman, who is not his wife, on Feb. 19 at an apartment building in Washington, D.C. A spokesperson for the police department told Politico and NBC4 Washington Monday that the force sent an arrest warrant for Mills to the U.S. Attorney's office on Friday, adding that the office never signed the document.


President Donald Trump's executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund requires that the United States come up with heaps of cash quickly, which may make selling out and selling off public lands irresistible.


North Carolina's economy is bracing for a hold on billions in funding to the state government, universities, businesses, and hospitals after the Trump administration announced a sweeping freeze on federal grant and loan programs. Read more


The Iowa State University Police Department is crediting a student for helping bring down a child exploitation enterprise that targeted dozens of young people. Iowa State Police started investigating this case after a freshman called their department in November 2020. She was being blackmailed by a man she met online when she was a minor. CVLT or "764" is an international cult that targets young children for self-mutilation and torture. Please see 16 Dec 2024 entry for more information on these horrendous miscreants: coriolanus.page Read more


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