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Rapper Twista pleads guilty to not paying taxes and faces potential prison time

The Chicago rapper known as Twista has pleaded guilty to five counts of willfully failing to pay his income taxes and faces up to five years in prison. The IRS Criminal Investigations division, the crime-fighting arm of the IRS, says Twista, whose legal name is Carl Mitchell, failed to pay income tax from 2019 to 2023 and owes more than $440,000 in back taxes. Last week, Mitchell pleaded guilty to five counts of willfully failing to pay income tax. He is scheduled for sentencing on Oct. 22. Best known for his 2004 album ’Kamikaze,” Mitchell has co

Fed's Lisa Cook made history even before battling Trump

New York Stock Exchange opening bell to be rung from Oval Office for Trump Accounts launch

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US Supreme Court rejects Trump's unprecedented bid to fire Fed's Cook

The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to let Donald Trump fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook as it stood firm to preserve the central bank's cherished independence against an unprecedented challenge by the Republican president.The court, in a 5-4 ruling, blocked Trump's bid to become the first president to remove a Fed official since Congress created the central bank in 1913. In his second term as president, Trump has tested the limits of presidential power in numerous other ways as well.Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts and fellow conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh were in th

Supreme Court backs Trump's firing of FTC member, overturns precedent

Fed's Cook says Supreme Court decision defends central bank's independence

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US Supreme Court to issue final rulings of term on Tuesday

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to issue the final rulings of its nine-month term on Tuesday, including cases involving President Donald Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship, a Republican challenge to campaign finance limits and a dispute involving a crackdown by states on transgender athletes. (Reporting by John Kruzel; Editing by Will Dunham)

Serbia's Vucic eyes new political chapter as he steps down from presidency

US SEC fines BofA's Merrill Lynch $7.5 million for not flagging enough suspicious activity

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Supreme Court rules states can count late-arriving mailed ballots, rejecting Trump-led challenge

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day, a persistent target of President Donald Trump. The 5-4 decision rejected a Republican-led attack on laws in more than half the states and the District of Columbia that permit mailed ballots to arrive and be counted some number of days after the election, provided they are postmarked by Election Day. The outcome spares officials the headache of changing their ballot rules just a few months before the 2026 midterm congressional elections. In just over half those states, th

Supreme Court won't revive Alan Dershowitz's $300 million suit against CNN

The Supreme Court refused Monday to revive a $300 million defamation lawsuit filed against CNN over its coverage of a prominent attorney's remarks made while defending President Donald Trump during his 2020 impeachment. The majority declined to take up the case in a brief, unexplained order. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas dissented, calling on the court to reconsider the legal standards for public figures who claim defamation. Alan Dershowitz said the news network aired only a portion of the comment made during his defense of the president, distorting h

Supreme Court will weigh Trump-backed Republican push to enforce Arizona voting laws

Former NBA players Malik Beasley, Ed Davis are latest to be charged in gambling scandal

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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s push to toss $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a push by President Donald Trump to throw out a jury’s $5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her. The high court declined to take up the case in a brief, unexplained order, as is typical. There were no noted dissents. Trump also plans to appeal another $83.3 million verdict awarded to Carroll by a different jury after a second defamation trial, his lawyers have said. The decision comes as the court hands down its biggest opin

The Supreme Court nears the end of its term with momentous cases about Trump's power to be decided

The Supreme Court is wrapping up a term that has focused on President Donald Trump's expansive claims of presidential power. Trump's efforts to restrict birthright citizenship, fire the heads of most independent agencies at will and remove a sitting Federal Reserve governor are among the remaining eight cases the justices are expected to decide this week, beginning Monday. The court also is weighing, in cases from West Virginia and Idaho, whether to uphold laws in roughly half the states that prohibit transgender girls and women from playing on their public school

Thousands of immigrants got scammed by an attorney exploiting humanitarian visas, lawsuits say

Comcast says it will spin off NBCUniversal

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Venezuelans search more earthquake ruins as aftershock rattles rescuers in disaster zone

With the window for finding survivors shrinking fast, Venezuelans combed Monday through more ruins of buildings toppled by last week’s devastating back-to-back earthquakes, and a 4.6 magnitude aftershock rumbled through the disaster zone in the northern state of La Guaira. Five days have passed since the twin earthquakes struck northern Venezuela, killing more than 1,450 people, according to the government. Relief organizations say the first 72 hours after a natural disaster is the most crucial time period for rescues, though survival can be extended if people have access to f

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Six killed in shooting at German youth facility, police say

Six people have been killed in a shooting at a youth welfare facility in the northern German city of Stade, police said on Monday.Stade police said several others have been injured in the shooting. Five people died at the scene, while a sixth person succumbed to their injuries in hospital, police said. All are adults.The alleged “main perpetrator” of the shooting has been arrested, while two others remain in custody, police said Monday evening. The involvement of the two other people in custody is being investigated.An investigation into the circumstances is ongoing.The area has been clear

Dangerous and likely record-setting heat wave to scorch millions July Fourth week

Kate, Princess of Wales, climbs Britain’s three highest peaks in 24 hours to raise money for cancer hospital

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Alex Murdaugh’s second murder trial will start next spring, judge rules

Alex Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina attorney accused of killing his wife and son, will face his second murder trial next spring after his murder convictions were overturned on appeal.Murdaugh, 58, appeared in court Monday, shackled in an orange jumpsuit, for his first court appearance since his convictions were overturned. Circuit Court Judge Debra McCaslin ruled the new trial will begin April 5, 2027.Murdaugh’s attorneys filed several pretrial motions last week, including requests for a change of venue, for further independent testing of DNA evidence and for Murdaugh to get access t

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Oil rises on US-Iran strikes; cautious hopes for shipping cap gains

Oil prices gained more than 1% on Monday after attacks by the U.S. and Iran underscored the fragility of their interim peace deal, while cautious hopes of a continued recovery in energy shipping through the Strait of Hormuz limited gains.Iranian and U.S. technical teams working on the implementation of an interim peace deal are expected to meet in Doha in the coming days, a source told Reuters on Monday, after the tit-for-tat weekend strikes threatened to derail the accord.Brent crude futures were up 90 cents, or 1.25%, at $72.89 a barrel by 11:36 a.m. EDT (1537 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermed

‘Leave or return in a coffin’: The threat driving migrants out of South Africa

Netanyahu’s emerging challenger represents his polar opposite, and that may be his appeal

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Korea taps Samsung, SK Hynix in $576 billion AI-chip drive to cement global leadership

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Capricious, violent, arbitrary: Venezuela's twin quakes

I was lying on my bed, thinking about watching the Brazil soccer game — I can't even remember who they were playing — when the bedframe

Comcast plans to split into two public companies by spinning off NBCUniversal and Sky

Comcast is planning to split itself into two separate publicly traded companies by spinning off NBCUniversal and Sky

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Medicare will start covering weight-loss drugs on July 1 for the first time. Here’s what you need to know

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UC Berkeley is establishing the Nancy Pelosi Institute to address democracy's challenges

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the University of California, Berkeley, are partnering to form a new nonpartisan academic institute they say will be dedicated to strengthening democracy

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Pakistan says ground operation and strikes along Afghan border killed 29 militants

Pakistani officials say security forces have targeted militant hideouts in a major operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border

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Oil rises on US-Iran strikes; cautious hopes for shipping cap gains

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Israel destroys Hezbollah underground infrastructure in southern Lebanon

The Israeli military has destroyed underground infrastructure used by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in a village in southern Lebanon, according to a joint statement by

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Iran canceled participation in technical talks over recent attacks, official tells state TV

Iran did not take part in technical talks slated for Sunday due to recent attacks on the country and unfulfilled conditions of the MoU with the United States, a member of

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South Korea coach quits after early World Cup exit prompts fierce criticism from president

South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo resigned Sunday after the team’s quick elimination from the World Cup drew a harsh condemnation from the country’s president, who called the coach “incapable” and ordered a complete review of the national team program

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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