After a student leader of the historic Tiananmen Square protests entered a 2022 congressional race in New York, a Chinese intelligence operative wasted little time enlisting a private investigator to hunt for any mistresses or tax problems that could upend the candidate's bid, prosecutors say. read more
New York judge Juan Merchan has found Donald Trump to be in criminal contempt again. read more
Among registered voters, it's Biden 46%, Trump 45%. Among likely voters, it's Biden 49%, Trump 45%, again not a significant difference. read more
Russia and China are strengthening their military cooperation, including on Taiwan, U.S. intelligence officials warned during a congressional hearing on Thursday. read more
It could save as many as 360 lives a year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says. read more
Air National Guard leaders and enlisted Guardsmen on Friday called a legislative proposal to move units focused on space missions to the Space Force a threat to their existence and also said many of those personnel would rather retire or retrain into another job instead. read more
A genetic analysis and case report reveal new insights and big gaps in our knowledge. read more
A Department of Labor investigation found children as young as 14 years old were using "razor-sharp deboning knives" on the job in a historically significant wage violation probe. read more
From an absurd Senate where California and Wyoming are equal, to Republican voter suppression read more
On May 4, 1949, nearly the entire Torino FC team and staff died in a plane crash returning from a match in bad weather. Eleven days later, Umberto Motto took the field when their entire youth team was promoted. Now 92, Motto remembers the team president telling him in the locker room that day, "Boys, your masters are watching you." "Grande Torino" had won four straight championships and was awarded a fifth after the tragedy. Torino has only one championship since.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Al Jazeera is to be shut down in Israel. Mr Netanyahu accused the Qatari-owned network of "incitement" and said the cabinet decision had been unanimous. read more
Two Israeli officials tell Axios that an ammo shipment bound for Israel was held back last week by the Biden administration.
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Russian military personnel have entered an airbase in Niger that is hosting US troops, a senior US defence official told the Reuters news agency, following a decision by Niger's military rulers to expel US forces from the country. read more
Donald Trump is privately trashing South Dakota's MAGA Gov. Kristi Noem for executing her puppy and writing about it in her forthcoming memoir ... read more
American military forces are building two floating platforms off the Gaza coast as a temporary port for delivering as many as 2 million meals a day to civilians facing starvation amid the Israel-Hamas war. read more
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