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Suspect arrested in Bob Lee’s death, police say fellow tech executive knew Cash App founder

Suspect arrested in Bob Lee’s death, police say fellow tech executive knew Cash App founder

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Police arrested a fellow tech executive for the killing of 43-year-old Cash App founder Bob Lee, the San Francisco Police Department said on Thursday. Police identified the suspect as Nima Momeni, 38, who appears to be the owner of an Emeryville, California-based company called […]

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Recycling plant fire 90% extinguished, evacuation order still underway, Indiana officials say

Recycling plant fire 90% extinguished, evacuation order still underway, Indiana officials say

KeithBinns/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Ind.) — A large fire at an Indiana recycling plant is now about 90% extinguished, officials said Thursday, while an evacuation order for more than 2,000 residents remains in place. Any resident within a half-mile radius of the plant in Richmond, Indiana, was ordered to evacuate due to […]

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Virginia mom of 6-year-old who shot teacher surrenders to police

Virginia mom of 6-year-old who shot teacher surrenders to police

Billy Schuerman/Daily Press/Newport News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who allegedly shot a teacher at his Newport News, Virginia, elementary school turned herself in to police Thursday. A grand jury returned two indictments charging Deja Taylor with felony child neglect […]

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Discord, used by suspect accused of leaking classified docs, has become more popular with extremists

Discord, used by suspect accused of leaking classified docs, has become more popular with extremists

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Discord, the social media platform on which U.S. classified documents appearing to pertain to the Ukraine war and other parts of the world were leaked over the last several months, is one of a number of platforms that have become popular with […]

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Michigan now requires universal background checks for all gun purchases, safe storage of firearms

Michigan now requires universal background checks for all gun purchases, safe storage of firearms

Chris duMond/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two gun safety bills into law Thursday, requiring universal background checks for all gun sales and the safe storage of firearms and ammunition in homes. The legislation comes after a gunman opened fire at two locations on Michigan State […]

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Trump back in New York for deposition in attorney general’s $250 million civil suit

Trump back in New York for deposition in attorney general’s $250 million civil suit

John Lamparski/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump arrived Thursday at the office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James for a deposition as part of her $250 million civil lawsuit against Trump and his namesake company — his first return to New York City since he […]

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Jury selection underway in Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News

Jury selection underway in Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jury selection is underway Thursday in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, officially kicking off the beginning of the high-stakes case that was first filed over two years ago. Dominion has accused the conservative network of knowingly pushing false conspiracy […]

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Florida travel advisory issued by state LGBTQ civil rights group

Florida travel advisory issued by state LGBTQ civil rights group

Charlie Nguyen Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida’s largest LGBTQ civil rights group has issued a travel advisory for the state. Equality Florida says the advisory, issued Wednesday, was prompted by “the passage of laws that are hostile to the LGBTQ community, restrict access to reproductive health care, repeal gun […]

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Record heat hitting Northeast and Midwest: What to expect

Record heat hitting Northeast and Midwest: What to expect

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Record heat has moved from the Southwest to the Midwest and Northeast, where temperatures could approach 90 degrees in some cities on Thursday. On Wednesday, more than a dozen record highs were reported, including Burlington, Colorado, which hit a whopping 95 degrees; Sioux Falls, South […]

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Jury selection set to begin in Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News

Jury selection set to begin in Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jury selection is set to begin Thursday morning in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, officially kicking off the beginning of the high-stakes case that was first filed over two years ago. Dominion has accused the conservative network of knowingly […]

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