Air Force colonel told reporters: 'We lost eight great Americans'
- LA Times — Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a B-52 bomber crash that killed eight Monday in California. The crash occurred during a 'routine test mission' at Edwards Air Force Base.
- ABC Australia — Eight crew members feared dead after B-52 bomber crashes at California air base
- Drudge Report — Massive plume of black smoke over Edwards base
- South China Morning Post — Crashed 95km north of LA with mixed crew aboard
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California Governor Gavin Newsom disclosed that the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into him and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
- NPR — Newsom ties probe to a possible presidential run
- CNBC — Newsom calls Trump 'most corrupt President in history'
- HuffPost — Newsom calls DOJ probe a 'fishing expedition'
- CBS News — DOJ declines to comment after Newsom claims he is under federal investigation
- NBC News — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday said he and his wife are being investigated by the Justice Department and claims he is being targeted by the Trump White House for political reasons.
- Washington Post — The California Democrat did not detail any allegations against him or his wife, but he accused President Donald Trump of weaponizing the department against him.
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FBI Director Kash Patel confirms explosive-drone threat
- ABC Australia — Five in custody; explosive-laden drones near event buildings
- Washington Examiner — The White House said on Tuesday that it’s making the grass on the South Lawn “stronger than ever before” with ScottsMiracle-Gro after UFC Freedom 250.
- South China Morning Post — Plot during 'fight night' attended by Trump and officials
- Mother Jones — As the UFC fighters left their locker rooms Sunday night and headed out to the Octagon, they strutted through the Oval Office—a space once so revered that Ronald Reagan wouldn’t enter it unless he was wearing a suit jacket.
- Daily Mail — Plot included snipers targeting crowds trying to flee
- New York Post — FBI arrests five in drone attack plot on UFC Freedom 250
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Polish investigators described the shooting as an 'execution'; victim was living in exile
- BBC — Russian opposition artist Robert Kuzovkov shot dead in exile in Poland
- Sky News — An artist critical of Russia's President Vladimir Putin was shot and killed near his home in eastern Poland on Monday.
- CBS News — Semyon Skrepetsky was known for performances and artwork attacking Russian President Vladimir Putin and other authoritarian leaders.
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We don’t really know anything, why it happened or whatever. All we know is that car was shot up and a one-year-old baby was killed," Carolyn Stokes, the tot's great-grandmother, said.
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Newly installed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh signaled an imminent shift in US interest rate policy during his first public remarks in the role.
- DNyuz — Ever since Kevin Warsh was nominated by President Trump in late January to lead the Federal Reserve, a question has lingered: Will he seek to raise interest rates to tame inflation or cut them as Trump has long demanded?
- ABC News — markets watching Warsh's communication style and forward-guidance framing as much as the rate decision
- CNBC — CNBC survey: broad consensus on rate hold; focus on whether Warsh changes Fed's communication tone
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to their highest level in more than 30 years, a significant policy shift with global implications for borrowing costs and currency markets.
- The Independent (UK) — Asian shares are mostly higher and Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 briefly topped 70,000 for the first time before trimming early gains after the Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to 1%
- BBC — BOJ has been lifting rates from near-zero since 2024
- Nikkei Asia — Bank of Japan raises rates as deputy governor flags inflation risks and Iran uncertainty
- Al Jazeera — Bank of Japan hikes benchmark rate to 1 percent, continuing shift away from decades of ultra-low borrowing costs.
- CNBC — Yen weakness alongside inflation drove the timing of the decision
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The European Parliament approved a long-negotiated major trade agreement with the United States, a significant shift in transatlantic economic relations.
- Financial Times — European parliament votes yes to last year’s agreement with Donald Trump to stave off tariff threat
- Deutsche Welle — deal lowers tariffs on key goods; parliament approval follows years of negotiations
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life-threatening impacts specifically named by NWS; storm surge and dangerous winds the primary threats
SearchLeak exploit shows why the industry's approach to LLM security fails over and over.
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Campaign ads featuring AI-generated clips and images once sounded like a laughable concept. Now they're everywhere, with attack ads that place candidates in a wide variety of compromising — and fictitious — situations.
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AN exiled Russian artist who relentlessly mocked Vladimir Putin and his allies in satirical paintings has been shot dead in a car park. Semyon Skrepetsky, 44, whose real name is Robert Kuzovkov, was found dead in Poland with multiple gunshot wounds to his head, chest and back on Monday.
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Trump is turning his attention back to Ukraine — and Kyiv’s allies are worried
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The covert training sessions focused on the use of drones.
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