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US files proposed deal with Keystone pipeline owner over 2022 Kansas rupture

The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it had filed a proposed settlement with the owner and operator of the Keystone oil pipeline to resolve Clean Water Act violations related to a 2022 rupture in Kansas.Keystone ships Canadian crude from Alberta to the U.S. Midwest and on to the Gulf Coast, and is a key part of Canada's oil export network.In December 2022, the pipeline spilled about 14,000 barrels of oil into a creek in Washington County, Kansas, the biggest U.S. oil spill in nine years. A resulting probe concluded the pipeline ruptured due to a crack in a weld, which progressed due to

UK police launch murder investigation following death of former minister Widdecombe

Shein's secretive founder Sky Xu faces biggest public test with Hong Kong IPO

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Baker Hughes wins conditional EU nod for $13.6 billion Chart deal

U.S. oilfield services ‌firm Baker Hughes BKR.O secured EU antitrust approval on Friday for its $13.6 billion acquisition of Chart Industries GTLS.N after agreeing to sell a Chart business.Baker Hughes announced the deal in July last year ⁠to boost its presence in industrial technology servicing liquefied natural gas and data centres and to leverage its industrial and energy technology portfolio.The European Commission, which acts as the EU competition enforcer, said concessions offered by Baker Hughes addressed its concerns about the company's ability and incentive to favour Cha

Fed report cites 'stepped-up' inflation due to tariffs, Iran war, AI buildout

Meta AI image detector fails to identify some of its own cropped AI images, Reuters analysis finds

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Fatal shooting during Houston traffic stop renews public scrutiny of ICE

Federal officials are refusing to release the name of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot a Mexican man during a traffic stop in Houston, and scrutiny of the shooting is growing after authorities said the man killed was not the person ICE was trying to find. The shooting in Houston has revived critical voices deriding the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and how ICE operates, especially after immigration arrests around the country surged to 10,000 over a recent five-day period, fueled in part by massive Congressional funding.

Georgian opposition politician sentenced to 13 years on terrorism charge

Trump admin strikes $26 million settlement deal with Keystone Pipeline operator for 2022 oil spill

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The Latest: Defense lawyers question reliability of evidence in killing of Charlie Kirk

A weeklong preliminary hearing concludes Friday for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Prosecutors aim to show they have enough evidence against Tyler Robinson to proceed to a trial. The 23-year-old Robinson is charged with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 assassination of Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. State District Judge Tony Graf is not expected to rule immediately. The hearing resumed Friday with Robinson’s lawyers planning to call a final witness as they try to

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Trump says he won’t sign housing bill that’s set to become law at midnight

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will not sign a bipartisan housing bill in protest of Republicans’ inability to advance separate elections overhaul legislation, dealing a major political blow to vulnerable lawmakers in his own party.The housing bill is set to become law at midnight even without Trump’s signature. But GOP leaders had originally hoped to tout the moment as a historic economic achievement ahead of midterm elections that are likely to be defined by Americans’ concerns over the cost of living.Instead, the sweeping legislation will now advance with minimal fanfare f

McConnell was loaded into ambulance on a stretcher, according to eyewitness and new video

Trump fires Election Assistance Commission leaders

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Trump fires Election Assistance Commission members ahead of midterms

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday terminated the last three members of the Election Assistance Commission, the independent, federal commission that assists election administration officials nationwide, the White House confirmed.The remaining three commissioners of the four-member bipartisan commission were forced out of the commission on Thursday in different ways. The one Republican appointee resigned and the other two Democratic appointees were fired via an email from the White House Presidential Personnel Office, according to one person familiar with the decision and two other people

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Victor Marx, a self-described ‘high-risk humanitarian,’ will win GOP nomination for Colorado governor, CNN projects

Marine veteran Victor Marx, whose wild claims – including saying he was forced to kill a man at age 7 – have drawn widespread attention and significant skepticism, will win the Republican nomination for governor in Colorado, CNN’s Decision Desk projects.Marx, a ministry leader and martial arts enthusiast with a devoted social media following, prevailed over two more experienced rivals, state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer and state Rep. Scott Bottoms, both of whom have said they wouldn’t endorse him if he’s the party’s nominee.He faces difficult odds, however, in the general election to succe

Suspect in Kirk killing expressed regret after shooting, roommate says

Nolan Wells’ body was found after a July 4 boat trip. His death has fueled speculation, grief and racial tension

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Passenger sucked out of airplane ‘to his shoulders’ after window breaks

A passenger on a Ryanair flight was sucked halfway out of the plane after the window he was sitting next to became dislodged in midair.The budget airline flight to Memmingen in Germany was forced to return to Thessaloniki in Greece, from where it departed on Friday morning, after a window broke soon after takeoff.The unidentified man is thought to have been sitting by the window when he was suddenly pulled out, head-first and up to his shoulders, according to Greek public broadcaster ERT. Fellow passengers managed to hold him down and stop him being dragged out further, the outlet reported.The

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Child’s rape and murder in India sparks mob and police killings

The shocking rape and murder of a girl in eastern India has sparked widespread unrest that led to the mob-killing of an innocent man and police killing their main suspect in custody.The grim chain of events lays bare the nation’s problems not only with sexual violence, but also with attempts to bring perpetrators to justice.On Sunday, the child’s body was pulled from a pond in the city of Baruipur in West Bengal state, according to local media reports. She was believed to be either 11 or 12, according to news reports.Her family had reported her missing the day before, the reports said. Ind

Elon Musk’s plans refer to an idea conceived in the 1960s. What is the Kardashev scale?

Soccer-Mission creep: FIFA's embrace of technology backfires in controversy-riven World Cup

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Men who witnessed deadly Houston shooting say ICE statement is false, attorney says

Federal officials’ version of what led to the fatal shooting of a man in Houston during an immigration operation this week doesn’t match that of three men detained during the incident, an attorney who spoke with them says.Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have said an agent opened fire Tuesday after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican national, rammed a law enforcement vehicle and refused to follow verbal commands during a traffic stop that was part of a “targeted operation.”But the three men who were detained told attorney Hugo Balderas-Ibarra the version of even

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Victims of Spanish wildfires killed while trying to escape along river bed ‘trap’

At least 12 people have been killed in one of southern Spain’s worst-ever wildfires, local officials said Friday, as dozens remain missing and tragic stories emerge of victims’ attempts to flee the inferno.Around 150 emergency workers were deployed to battle the forest fire near the town of Los Gallardos on the Costa de Almería, where several residents had been evacuated from their homes, a statement from the regional government of Andalusia said.“The most devastating fire to date in our region,” said Antonio Sanz, the minister for health and emergencies in the region, which is popula

Quills and conflict: How protection in the Strait of Hormuz is bought and sold

Twelve people killed as firefighters battle ‘the most devastating fire to date’ in Spain

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Iran’s supreme leader missed his father’s momentous funeral – now what?

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Jet fuel costs have plunged. Here’s why Delta says cheaper flights aren’t on the way

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British police investigate donations to Farage's Reform party

British police are investigating at least £500,000 ($671,000) in donations to Nigel Farage's populist Reform UK party made by the mother of a close

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Wall Street banks rule on staff betting on prediction markets, sources say

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A once-obscure chip maker has landed the largest US listing by a foreign company

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US EPA proposes easing Biden heavy-truck emissions rules

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Mortgage rates are stuck near 6.5%. A new housing law may make buying easier – eventually

News outlets urge a judge to sanction OpenAI in a high-stakes AI copyright fight

The New York Times, the Daily News and other media outlets are asking a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, escalating a legal fight over artificial intelligence and copyright that could shape the future of a struggling news industry

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Turkey's Erdogan gives NATO leaders revolver conundrum after summit

Belgium's prime minister was a little surprised on landing back home from Wednesday's NATO summit in Turkey to find that he had a handgun and ammunition in his luggage.

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Iran says it hits U.S. military targets in Gulf, buries slain leader Khamenei

Iranian armed forces launched attacks on U.S. military infrastructure in Gulf states on Thursday following U.S. strikes on

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls