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The 5 key takeaways from the Twitter whistleblower

Twitter's former head of security is blowing the whistle on company practices that he says have jeopardized US national security and misled investors and regulators. With a nearly 200-page disclosure to the US government, Peiter "Mudge" Zatko has become the …

Gen Z candidate will win Democratic nomination in Florida's 10th District, CNN projects

Maxwell Frost, a 25-year-old community organizer, will win the Democratic nomination in Florida's 10th Congressional District, CNN projects, and could become the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress.

Sen. Graham tells judge that grand jury should not be allowed to question him on any topics laid out in subpoena

Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday told a federal court that it should bar a grand jury's questioning of the South Carolina Republican "on all the topics" sought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in the subpoena for Graham's testimony …

Artemis launch could help NASA secure early lead in moon race with China

For the first time in 50 years, NASA is on the precipice of launching a rocket that is designed to fly astronauts all the way to the moon. But instead of leaving just flags and footprints in a mad dash …

Meghan says she didn't realize ambition was considered bad until she started dating Harry

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has said she did not realize ambition could be considered a "terrible" quality in a woman until she started dating her future husband, Prince Harry.

What Wall Street hopes to hear from the Federal Reserve at Jackson Hole

Inflation talk is expected to dominate the Federal Reserve's annual summer gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, later this week.

UK energy crisis is 'bigger than the pandemic'

The United Kingdom will have to find an answer to soaring energy bills soon or risk a humanitarian crisis. But freezing gas and electricity prices over the next two winters could cost the government over £100 billion ($118 billion), more …

Federal judge blocks HHS guidance that emergency medical care must include abortion services

A federal judge in Texas has blocked Department of Health and Human Services guidance that medical providers who are required to provide emergency care to pregnant patients regardless of their ability to pay for it under a 1986 law must …

‘It’s time’: Parents of slain woman still searching for answers 14 years later

It’s time. That’s what Carol and Mike Cochran said from their living room 14 years after their daughter’s homicide. They hope now that time has passed someone with vital information will have the courage to break their silence to help …

Tenant ‘terrified’ by police shooting in their neighborhood

At the apartments near the intersection of NE RD Mize Road and NE Sunnyside School Road, people are used to hearing wrecks. What they’re not used to is hearing gunshots.

Biden orders airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in Syria following attacks near base holding US troops last week

President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in Syria on Tuesday, a little over a week after a number of rockets struck near a military base in northeastern Syria housing US troops.

Paramedic delivers two babies in one week

Montgomery County Lieutenant Dustin Hass helped deliver two babies in just one week.

Biden announces student loan relief for borrowers making less than $125,000

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced new steps to address student loan debt, which includes forgiving $10,000 for borrowers who make less than $125,000 per year and extending the payment freeze one final time until the end of the year.

Timeline: The Justice Department criminal inquiry into Trump taking classified documents to Mar-a-Lago

The federal criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's potential mishandling of classified documents ramped up this week in significant and unprecedented fashion, with the FBI executing a search warrant at Trump's home at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Former police officer charged in 2020 death of sergeant hit, killed during police chase

Nearly two years later, a former police officer who allegedly struck and killed a Moline Acres officer with his squad car during a pursuit has been charged, the St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney’s office announced.