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The sell-off for AI stars worsens, while oil prices keep jumping
The sell-off for winners of the artificial-intelligence boom deepened Friday and yanked stock markets lower worldwide. Oil prices, meanwhile, continued to jump because of the war with Iran. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 1% to finish its first losing week in the last three and only its third since the end of March.…
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Chris Hayes reveals ‘nightmare scenario’ in red state that keeps him up at night
The November midterm elections are coming closer, and President Donald Trump has signaled his intent to interfere with them as much as possible as he fears a wipeout for the GOP. But MS NOW’s Chris Hayes has one big fear about a scenario that could happen. Hayes elaborated on his fear in discussion with UCLA…
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If California has nothing to hide, it will open the voter rolls
President Trump opened a new front in the election integrity debate Thursday night, saying the Department of Homeland Security had found “approximately 278,000 non-citizens who are registered to vote in federal elections.” California was one of four states he specifically named. Gov. Gavin Newsom immediately rejected the claim. Fine. Then prove it. President Trump opened…
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A Putin critic is convicted on charges that will keep him from campaigning for Russia’s parliament
MOSCOW — Boris Nadezhdin, who criticized Moscow’s military action in Ukraine and tried to challenge President Vladimir Putin in the 2024 election, was convicted Friday of displaying “extremist symbols” — an action that will keep him out of this year’s parliamentary race. The verdict underlined the determination by authorities to stamp out any remaining sign of dissent…
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‘Bond villain-level lunacy’: Astonishment as Trump inspires crocodile-ringed prison
The Israeli government this week stripped Nile crocodiles of their protected status in order to advance a proposal that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said was inspired by the Trump administration’s now-shuttered Alligator Alcatraz to build a prison for Palestinians surrounded by a moat full of the ravenous reptiles. “You read that right,” the liberal…
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‘Everything’s destroyed’: Buzzy Sunset Strip cafe closes indefinitely due to water main break
Tadeh Ghazalian woke up on Thursday morning and scrolled Instagram, where he saw a video of a broken water main and a deluge of water spilling onto the street — right by his restaurant. Then he noticed the flurry of unread texts and unheard voicemails from friends, family and staff, who were all concerned about…
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Red state’s GOP election chief blows a hole in Trump’s primetime speech scare
President Donald Trump used a primetime address Thursday night to sound the alarm about foreign threats to American elections, and one of his own party’s top election officials responded that, in effect, his state hasn’t heard about any. West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner, a Republican, former state GOP chairman, and a Trump appointee…
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Forest Service workers taken hostage, held at gunpoint in remote NorCal trailer, feds say
Two U.S. Forest Service employees working in a remote area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest were kidnapped, zip-tied and held inside a trailer for more than 17 hours before being rescued Friday morning, authorities said. The bizarre hostage crisis unfolded like a scene from a movie. Law enforcement teams from across Northern California, and even…
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WSJ hurls Trump’s memo back at him after ‘outburst’: ‘We can quote the part he didn’t’
The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board tore into President Donald Trump on Friday over his stubborn fixation on passing the SAVE America Act, a controversial piece of legislation that would put new restrictions on the right to vote and has hit dead ends every time it is considered in the Senate. This comes after…
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Ex-LA schools boss Carvalho failed to report $107,000 side hustle — as FBI probe continues
Former Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho — who last month resigned after dramatic FBI raids of his home and offices — failed to report at least $107,000 he was paid in a lucrative side hustle, according to a shocking new report. The embattled ex- leader of the nation’s second-largest district, who was…