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A Texas man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of an 11-year-old boy who played a doorbell prank. Houston police charged Gonzalo Leon Jr., 42, with murder in the death of Julian Guzman, 11. Police said Guzman and his friends were pranking neighbors by ringing doorbells and running away from homes around…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela. The president offered scant details on the operation. “When you leave the room, you’ll see that we just, over the last few minutes, literally, shot a boat…
Space Command’s functions include conducting operations like enabling satellite-based navigation and troop communication and providing warning of missile launches. Alabama and Colorado have long battled to claim Space Command because it has significant implications for the local economy. The site has also been a political prize, with elected officials from both Alabama and Colorado asserting…
In brief BitMine Immersion Technologies recently purchased 153,000 Ethereum. It now owns roughly 1.5% of the asset’s supply, with its stash valued above $8 billion. Ethereum is having a “1971 moment,” Tom Lee said. BitMine Immersion Technologies recently purchased 153,000 Ethereum, taking a $655 million step toward its goal of owning 5% of the asset’s…
Two men connected to a Jacksonville car dealership are facing felony charges in what investigators call a nearly $1 million organized fraud scheme. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says Vladimir Anguelov Rangelov, 48, owner of Bul Auto Sales dba Karma Jacksonville, and Igor David Westerman, 28, a lead salesman, were arrested by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office…
Containers are loaded and unloaded from cargo ships at Port Jersey Container Terminal in New Jersey, U.S., May 1, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s trade war suffered a big setback with many of his administration’s tariffs ruled illegal by a federal appeals court last Friday. Billions of dollars in trade…
President Donald Trump is scheduled to make an announcement on Sept. 2 following a weekend of unsubstantiated social media speculation about his health. After not appearing in public last week with no public events on his calendar for Labor Day weekend, social media ran amok with rumors that he was severely sick or even dead….
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A high court in Congo on Tuesday sentenced a former justice minister to three years in prison after convicting him of embezzling $19 million in public funds intended to finance a prison project in the country. Constant Mutamba, who resigned over the case in June, was found guilty of embezzling funds…
Broadwood holds more than 27% of STAAR Surgical’s shares and does not believe the sale to Alcon represents a fair value for the company’s shareholders. Image credit: MMD Creative via Shutterstock.com. STAAR Surgical’s largest shareholder has said it plans to vote against Alcon’s proposed $1.5bn takeover of the ailing eye specialist. Broadwood Partners, which owns…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge and with no access to legal counsel despite completing criminal sentences in the U.S., their lawyers said Tuesday. The New York-based Legal…