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Telegram Is Still Hosting a Sanctioned $21 Billion Crypto Scammer Black Market
For three and a half years, the messaging platform Telegram has served as the home of a sprawling black market known as Xinbi Guarantee, an anarchic, Chinese-language bazaar offering money laundering services to crypto scammers, products like electrified batons and tasers for those same scammers’ human trafficking operations, and even at times other assorted criminal
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Redistricting battle narrows for U.S. House as states seek partisan edge in November elections
The battlefield is narrowing and the timeline is tightening in a congressional redistricting contest among states seeking a partisan advantage ahead of the November midterm elections. The end of Maryland’s legislative session this week marked the demise of Democratic efforts to reshape the state’s U.S. House districts. But Florida lawmakers are to begin a special
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Trump’s new purge could devastate nursing homes — and put his own state in crisis: analyst
President Donald Trump’s attack on Haitians living in the U.S. could devastate the elder care system — and his adopted home state of Florida could be especially vulnerable, a legal expert warned. Per Christopher Rowland of The Washington Post, the Supreme Court is considering “a fight over the Trump administration’s effort to strip 353,000 Haitian
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Ex-UCLA doctor admits to sexually abusing five patients after previous conviction overturned
A former UCLA gynecologist pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexually abusing five of his patients during examinations, and the once-renowned cancer expert was sentenced to 11 years in state prison. James Heaps, 70, pleaded guilty to 13 felonies, including multiple counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious person, and must register as a sex offender for
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GOP senator blasts ‘grotesque’ sex abuse from lawmakers — and hurls Trump under the bus
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) had a word of warning for any “older guy” who did not “leave young women alone.” After Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) announced he was resigning from Congress in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, MAGA influencer Benny Johnson asked the Wisconsin Republican to reflect on the Democrat’s ouster. “If you’re, again,
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Porto’s to open first location with table service and full bar at Downtown Disney
A beloved Southern California bakery known for its cult-favorite pastries and Cuban comfort food is heading to the Disneyland Resort — and it’s bringing some firsts with the opening. Porto’s Bakery and Café is set to open a new location in the Downtown Disney District, marking a major milestone for the family-run brand that has built
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‘Bye Bye Birdie’ actress Ann-Margret, 84, suffers painful elbow injury in home fall
Ann-Margret isn’t hitting the brakes — even after her latest painful fall. The legendary Hollywood star revealed she recently broke her elbow in an accident at home, offering a candid update on her recovery. “I fell the other day and so now my right elbow is broken,” Ann-Margret told Parade magazine. “That’s OK. … I have fallen
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Elon Musk Is Banking on Fanboys
Elon Musk likes to do everything on a grand scale. When he takes SpaceX public in the coming months, it will likely be the biggest initial public offering in history. Although SpaceX’s recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing for the IPO was confidential, indications are that the conglomerate is looking for a valuation of $2
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Gik Acoustics SoundBlocks Review: Good-Looking Acoustic Treatment
For audiophiles like me, achieving the highest possible sound quality is the top priority—but I still care about how my space looks. This aesthetic component is the failure point of many acoustic panels, which are wall attachments or modular blocks designed to absorb background noise, reduce echo, and improve the general sound of a given
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There’s Something Fundamentally Wrong With LLMs
Once you familiarize yourself with the characteristics of ChatGPT’s writing, it becomes impossible to miss. The internet has been flooded with AI-generated text that often features distinctive language patterns, from liberal use of em dashes and repetitive sentence structures to specific turns of phrase and tone. The trend has become so ubiquitous that experts are