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Bitcoin bounces to an all-time high after FTX scandal plagued crypto

Bitcoin briefly hit an all-time high Tuesday morning — with the world’s largest cryptocurrency surpassing $68,800, according to CoinMarketCap

Bitcoin bounces to an all-time high after FTX scandal plagued crypto
Europe|News|World

The EU's border agency has a duty to inform Libya's coast guard about migrant boats, official says

Frontex chief Hans Leijtens says the European Union’s border and coast agency has a duty to inform the Libyan authorities about migrant boats in trouble the country’s waters and will continue to do so

The EU's border agency has a duty to inform Libya's coast guard about migrant boats, official says
Sports

Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander to start season on injured list

Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander will open the season on the injured list after dealing with right shoulder inflammation during the offseason

Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander to start season on injured list
Crime|News|US

Fire chief in Texas city hit hard by wildfires dies while fighting a structure blaze

Authorities say a Texas fire chief whose small town was among the hardest hit last week by historic blazes sweeping across the Panhandle died Tuesday while fighting a structure fire

Fire chief in Texas city hit hard by wildfires dies while fighting a structure blaze
Americas|Asia|Crime|Health|News|World

Illegally imported goose intestines hidden under rattlesnakes, federal authorities say

Six people have been arrested in New York on charges of illegally importing goose and duck intestines from China

Illegally imported goose intestines hidden under rattlesnakes, federal authorities say
Americas|Election|News|World

Venezuela sets presidential election for July 28 as opposition candidate remains blocked

Venezuela’s top electoral official has announced that the country's highly anticipated presidential election will take place July 28

Venezuela sets presidential election for July 28 as opposition candidate remains blocked
Arts|News

Alice McDermott and Claire Jiménez are among 5 finalists for PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction

Alice McDermott’s novel about military wives in Vietnam, “Absolution,” and the Jamel Brinkley story collection “Witness” are among the finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award

Alice McDermott and Claire Jiménez are among 5 finalists for PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
Americas|News|Political|World

State funeral for former Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney to be held March 23

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a state funeral for former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will be held on March 23 in Montreal

State funeral for former Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney to be held March 23
Crime|News|US

Arizona's Democratic governor vetoes border bill approved by Republican-led Legislature

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill approved by the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature that would have made it a crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at a location other than a port entry

Arizona's Democratic governor vetoes border bill approved by Republican-led Legislature
Environment|News|World

Mexico City drought causes rainwater catchment basin to catch fire and burn for a day

Mexico City's drought and water shortage is so bad that one of the capital's rainwater catchment basins has caught fire, scorching 75 acres of dried-up vegetation

Business|Economy|News

Teamsters vote to ratify a 5-year labor agreement with Anheuser-Busch, avoiding strike

Teamsters working for Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch have voted to ratify a labor agreement with the company

Teamsters vote to ratify a 5-year labor agreement with Anheuser-Busch, avoiding strike
Europe|News|Science|Technology|World

The UN atomic watchdog’s director arrives in Russia for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine

The U.N. atomic watchdog agency’s director has arrived in Russia for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine, where Europe's largest nuclear power plant is at risk amid fighting, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported Tuesday night

The UN atomic watchdog’s director arrives in Russia for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine
Crime|Europe|Sports

Spanish prosecutors accuse Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti of alleged tax fraud

Spanish state prosecutors have accused Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti of alleged tax fraud during his first stint at the club, claiming he used shell companies to hide parts of his income

Spanish prosecutors accuse Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti of alleged tax fraud
Arts|Europe

A painting by Denmark's artistic Queen Margrethe exceeds expectations at auction

A painting by Denmark’s Queen Margrethe, who stunned the public by abdicating earlier this year, has been sold at auction in Copenhagen for $23,300 — exceeding the estimated price

A painting by Denmark's artistic Queen Margrethe exceeds expectations at auction
Europe|News|Sports|World

Paralympics organizers bar Russians and Belarusians from opening and closing ceremonies in Paris

Russian and Belarusian athletes have been barred from marching in this year's Paralympics opening ceremony in Paris even if they are approved to compete as neutrals

Paralympics organizers bar Russians and Belarusians from opening and closing ceremonies in Paris
Entertainment|Lifestyle|Travel

Las Vegas' Bellagio pauses fountain show when rare bird visits

A visit from a rare, fine-feathered tourist has interrupted one of Las Vegas’ prominent shows

Las Vegas' Bellagio pauses fountain show when rare bird visits
Crime|News|US

Multiple injuries in Philadelphia bus shooting, following 3 fatal gunfire incidents in as many days

Authorities in Philadelphia say another shooting involving a city bus resulted in multiple bystanders being injured Wednesday

Multiple injuries in Philadelphia bus shooting, following 3 fatal gunfire incidents in as many days
Europe|News|World

France seeks personal accounts of liberation from the Nazis, 80 years after the D-Day landings

The French president is appealing to the public to collect photos, films, personal journals and testimony from witnesses to liberation from the Nazis, as the country prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings in 1944

France seeks personal accounts of liberation from the Nazis, 80 years after the D-Day landings
Crime|Europe|News|World

The Czech parliament toughens gun laws after the worst mass shooting in the country's history

The Czech Parliament has approved changes in the gun law that tighten requirements for owning a weapon following the worst mass killing in the nation’s history

The Czech parliament toughens gun laws after the worst mass shooting in the country's history
Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|US

New York Community Bancorp stock sinks further after report it's trying to raise cash

New York Community Bancorp’s stock is plunging even more

New York Community Bancorp stock sinks further after report it's trying to raise cash
Europe|News

A Polish soldier injured during a training exercise has died, raising the death toll to 2

Polish military authorities say that a soldier seriously injured during a training exercise has died

Crime|US

No video voyeurism charge for ousted Florida GOP chair, previously cleared in rape case

Prosecutors say the ousted former chair of the Republican Party of Florida will not face a video voyeurism charge for recording a sexual encounter with a woman who accused him of rape, a case in which he was also not charged

No video voyeurism charge for ousted Florida GOP chair, previously cleared in rape case
Crime|News|Opinion|Sports|US

Missouri governor offers 'deepest sympathy' after reducing former Chiefs assistant's DWI sentence

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has offered his “deepest sympathy” to the family of a 5-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a drunken driving crash, after facing criticism for releasing from prison the driver who caused the crash, former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid

Missouri governor offers 'deepest sympathy' after reducing former Chiefs assistant's DWI sentence
Crime|News

4 are charged with concealing a corpse, evidence tampering in Long Island body parts case

Four people have been charged with concealing a human corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with the discovery of body parts in parks on Long Island

News|US

Luck strikes twice for Kentucky couple who lost, then found, winning lottery ticket

Luck struck twice for a Kentucky couple who thought they lost a winning Powerball ticket

Luck strikes twice for Kentucky couple who lost, then found, winning lottery ticket

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