What the Duck? Rubber Birds Left On Jeeps Baffle the Nation
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A Glass House for Elon Musk Sparks Internal Tesla Probe
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How a Houston Oilman Confounded Climate Activists and Made Billions
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The Taliban embrace cultural heritage
Modern man ponders benighted pastimage: Getty ImagesWhen the Taliban barrelled into Kabul in August 2021, the curators of Afghanistan’s national museum sta...
The last, unfulfilled dream of Jamie Dimon, king of Wall Street
JAMIE DIMON is restless. The boss of JPMorgan Chase has just returned from a long July 4th holiday weekend with his large and growing family: his wife, thr...
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Britain’s lighthouses are being transformedWatch the sweep of history along the coastlineJamie Dimon is often described as America’s most famous banker. Th...
Bruce Springsteen turns back the clock—and stops it
image: EPAJust a “One, two, three, four” and he was off, barely pausing for breath and gathering energy over the three electric hours of his show. On stage...
How is Japan changing its approach to Xi Jinping’s China?
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Police investigate possible gang involvement in I-35W highway shooting in Fort Worth
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Clay deputies find Middleburg Dreamette ‘flower bandit’: Stolen blooms recovered
In a surprising turn of events, the notorious “flower bandit” who stole flowers from the front of Dreamette Ice Cream Parlor on July 5 has been identified ...
Placer judge sentences man in California EDD fraud with inmates that took COVID money
A judge on Tuesday sentenced a man to seven years and four months in prison for conspiring with two inmates in Placer County to fraudulently receive Califo...
Justice Department takes unusual step to try to protect Trump from testifying in lawsuit over FBI firing
The Justice Department has taken an unusual step in court to try to protect former President Donald Trump from testifying under oath in a lawsuit from form...
Use of AI in finance likely to trigger rise in fraud, says UK watchdog
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AP Was There: Cult leader Charles Manson and followers convicted for brutal California killings
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Modesto man arrested, second wanted in homicide at Ninth Street motel
Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested a Modesto man on suspicion of a murder at a Ninth Street motel and have issued a warrant for a secon...
Infamous Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten paroled, leaves California prison
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Police identify 19-year-old victim in deadly Dorchester shooting
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Georgia grand juries impaneled as Trump probe decision looms
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Blood found in bedroom leads cops to body of missing mom in car trunk, Florida police say
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Trump seeks to delay classified documents trial beyond election date
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Las Vegas SWAT team captures man who held hostage in Caesars Palace hotel room after tense standoff
Las Vegas police have arrested a man who was barricaded inside a Caesars Palace hotel room with a female hostage, ending a standoff that spanned most of th...
Human skull found after flooding identified as man missing since 2019, Arizona cops say
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Rioter who stormed Capitol while on bail on an attempted murder charge gets 3 years
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Deputy who was attacked known for being part of close-knit Cleveland County community
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4 years after a grandmother vanished, her body is found in a shallow Eastern WA grave
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Suspect arrested in Cleveland shooting which wounded 9
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Ex-Manson follower Leslie Van Houten released from prison after 53 years
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Father sentenced for helping son flee April 30 homicide in west Olympia
A Thurston County judge on Monday sentenced a 59-year-old man on charges connected with the April 30 homicide of a man in west Olympia.Steven William Johns...
Jacksonville church volunteer ‘youth leader’ accused of sex crimes with a minor
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Police investigating fatal shooting in West End
Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting Tuesday in the West End.According to a Cincinnati police news release, officers responded to the 400...
Republican lawmaker blasts State Dept response on US envoy for Iran
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Amazon touts its low-cost cloud computing in generative AI race
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Fresno County youth pastor sentenced to prison for relationship with 16-year-old church member
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Newly charged Jam Master Jay murder suspect Jay Bryant wants separate Brooklyn trial from 2 other accused killers
NEW YORK — The newest suspect in the cold-case murder of hip-hop legend Jam Master Jay wants to have a separate trial from the other two accused killers, s...
Jeff Fortenberry appeal sees some traction
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Coachella man charged with 2020 killing of man found burned in Mecca
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‘It Reads as Confidence’: Why Flaunting Your Keys Is a Hot Menswear Trend
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What the Duck? Rubber Birds Left On Jeeps Baffle the Nation
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A Glass House for Elon Musk Sparks Internal Tesla Probe
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How a Houston Oilman Confounded Climate Activists and Made Billions
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As NATO’s leaders gather in Vilnius, Ukraine will dominate everything
image: AFPEditor’s note (July 10th): This article has been updated since it was first published.A SUMMIT OF NATO leaders in Vilniu...
The Taliban embrace cultural heritage
Modern man ponders benighted pastimage: Getty ImagesWhen the Taliban barrelled into Kabul in August 2021, the curators of Afghanis...
The last, unfulfilled dream of Jamie Dimon, king of Wall Street
JAMIE DIMON is restless. The boss of JPMorgan Chase has just returned from a long July 4th holiday weekend with his large and grow...
The unfulfilled ambitions of Jamie Dimon, Wall Street’s king
Britain’s lighthouses are being transformedWatch the sweep of history along the coastlineJamie Dimon is often described as America...
Bruce Springsteen turns back the clock—and stops it
image: EPAJust a “One, two, three, four” and he was off, barely pausing for breath and gathering energy over the three electric ho...
How is Japan changing its approach to Xi Jinping’s China?
MORE THAN a decade ago, Japan saw that China was becoming a threat to regional security. It sounded the alarm, but it took the Wes...
What would Europe do if Trump won?
image: Getty ImagesDONALD TRUMP’S cant about the war in Ukraine drifts over the battlefields, dark as the pall of Russian bombs. “...
Latin America is set to become a major oil producer this decade
image: Getty ImagesIn deep blue waters off the coast of Guyana, gargantuan ships are sucking oil from reservoirs three kilometres ...
Police investigate possible gang involvement in I-35W highway shooting in Fort Worth
Southbound Interstate 35 in Fort Worth near the Ripy Street exit was closed Tuesday evening as police investigated a shooting on t...
Clay deputies find Middleburg Dreamette ‘flower bandit’: Stolen blooms recovered
In a surprising turn of events, the notorious “flower bandit” who stole flowers from the front of Dreamette Ice Cream Parlor on Ju...
Placer judge sentences man in California EDD fraud with inmates that took COVID money
A judge on Tuesday sentenced a man to seven years and four months in prison for conspiring with two inmates in Placer County to fr...
Justice Department takes unusual step to try to protect Trump from testifying in lawsuit over FBI firing
The Justice Department has taken an unusual step in court to try to protect former President Donald Trump from testifying under oa...
Use of AI in finance likely to trigger rise in fraud, says UK watchdog
FILE PHOTO: FCA signage is seen at its head office in LondonBy Huw JonesLONDON (Reuters) - Applying artificial intelligence (AI) t...
AP Was There: Cult leader Charles Manson and followers convicted for brutal California killings
LOS ANGELES (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE — On Jan. 26, 1971, Charles Manson and three members of his California cult were convicted for th...
Modesto man arrested, second wanted in homicide at Ninth Street motel
Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested a Modesto man on suspicion of a murder at a Ninth Street motel and have iss...
Infamous Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten paroled, leaves California prison
In this Sept. 6, 2017, file photo, Leslie Van Houten attends her parole hearing at the California Institution for Women in Corona,...
Police identify 19-year-old victim in deadly Dorchester shooting
Authorities have identified the victim of a deadly shooting in Dorchester last week.Officers responding to the area of 15 Leyland ...
Georgia grand juries impaneled as Trump probe decision looms
ATLANTA — A Georgia judge on Tuesday seated two grand juries that are likely to be tasked with deciding whether to bring election ...
Blood found in bedroom leads cops to body of missing mom in car trunk, Florida police say
A mother was found dead in a car after she was reported missing by her family, according to Florida cops.Rosemene Decius, 46, was ...
Trump seeks to delay classified documents trial beyond election date
Donald Trump’s lawyers hope to push the trial to December - Mario Tama/Getty ImagesDonald Trump has sought to delay his criminal t...
Las Vegas SWAT team captures man who held hostage in Caesars Palace hotel room after tense standoff
Las Vegas police have arrested a man who was barricaded inside a Caesars Palace hotel room with a female hostage, ending a standof...
Human skull found after flooding identified as man missing since 2019, Arizona cops say
Human remains found after flooding were identified through DNA evidence as an Arizona man who disappeared in 2019, authorities sai...
Rioter who stormed Capitol while on bail on an attempted murder charge gets 3 years
WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 defendant who stormed the Capitol and assaulted police with a flagpole while he was out on bail on a charge ...
Deputy who was attacked known for being part of close-knit Cleveland County community
Cleveland County sheriff’s investigators are following tips they hope will lead to the man accused of ambushing an officer on Mond...
4 years after a grandmother vanished, her body is found in a shallow Eastern WA grave
A tip led investigators to the shallow grave of a mother of nine on an arid remote lot in Eastern Washington.The discovery five mi...
Suspect arrested in Cleveland shooting which wounded 9
A 25-year-old man has been taken into custody in connection with a shooting over the weekend in downtown Cleveland that left nine ...
Ex-Manson follower Leslie Van Houten released from prison after 53 years
Photograph: Stan Lim/APLeslie Van Houten, who was sentenced to life for participating in the infamous murders by the Charles Manso...
Father sentenced for helping son flee April 30 homicide in west Olympia
A Thurston County judge on Monday sentenced a 59-year-old man on charges connected with the April 30 homicide of a man in west Oly...
Jacksonville church volunteer ‘youth leader’ accused of sex crimes with a minor
In newly released documents, a Jacksonville man has been arrested and booked into the Duval County jail on six charges of sex crim...
Police investigating fatal shooting in West End
Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting Tuesday in the West End.According to a Cincinnati police news release, offi...
Republican lawmaker blasts State Dept response on US envoy for Iran
By Arshad Mohammed(Reuters) - A senior U.S. Republican lawmaker criticized as "absolutely unacceptable" a State Department respons...
Amazon touts its low-cost cloud computing in generative AI race
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seen during the 4th annual America Digital Latin American Congress of Busines...
Fresno County youth pastor sentenced to prison for relationship with 16-year-old church member
A former youth pastor in Kingsburg was sentenced Tuesday to serve one year in prison for having an inappropriate relationship with...
Newly charged Jam Master Jay murder suspect Jay Bryant wants separate Brooklyn trial from 2 other accused killers
NEW YORK — The newest suspect in the cold-case murder of hip-hop legend Jam Master Jay wants to have a separate trial from the oth...
Jeff Fortenberry appeal sees some traction
Former Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry gained some traction in court Tuesday as he appealed his conviction on charges that he lied ...
Coachella man charged with 2020 killing of man found burned in Mecca
A 34-year-old Coachella man who is set to go to trial on one murder charge this week has been charged with a second 2020 killing, ...
‘It Reads as Confidence’: Why Flaunting Your Keys Is a Hot Menswear Trend
Cool guys are slinging key chains from their belt loops. Should you join them? THE ANTI-BIKER MOVE Menswear influencer Albert Mu...