A Russian court has convictedAlsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, of spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced her to 6½ years in prison after a secret trial, court records and officials said Monday. The conviction in the city of Kazan came on Friday, the same day that a court in …
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President Biden’s exit from the presidential race and move to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic party’s candidate has prompted investors and economists to reassess the campaign’s impact on everything from the stock market to the so-called “Trump trade.” So far, U.S. markets are taking Biden’s announcement to leave the campaign in stride, with thebroad-based S&P 500 index …
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Will Maya Rudolph’s “funt,” aka Vice PresidentKamala Harris, be back on “Saturday Night Live?” Speculation has been running hot since Sunday when President Biden announced he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, but the “SNL” alum is a busy actor these days. Rudolph earned four Emmy nods last week for her work on three different shows: “Loot” (just …
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A man died after being struck by lightning near the summit of Germany’s highest peak, police said Monday, while a family of eight was injured after being hit by lightning in the north of the country. The 18-year-old German resident was one of a group of three young men who took the mountain railway up the Zugspitze late Sunday afternoon …
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Illinois officials and President Joe Biden spoke after bodycam video of the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey was released by Illinois State Police Monday afternoon. The video shows the chaotic scene after a sheriff’s deputy shot Massey in the face during a tense moment over a pot of water in her home. Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson has pleaded …
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An unexpected knee injury didn’t keep actor Aubrey Plaza from her front-row seat to the WNBA All-Star game on Saturday, which the “White Lotus” star attended while icing her leg and using crutches. Plaza, 40, suffereda torn ACL — a notoriously painful medical situation that can sometimes require surgery to fix — while playing “knockout” at the Phoenix Mercury’s practice …
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U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that some Ram pickup trucks and Jeep Wagoneer SUVs can lose power, shift into park and apply the emergency brake. The probe announced Monday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers about 150,000 vehicles made by Stellantis from the 2022 model year. All have the company’s 5.7-liter Hemi e-Torque mild hybrid system …
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An aviator for the United States Navy recently became the first American woman ever to score a victory in air-to-air combat, the servicesaid. The fighter pilot, who was not identified, earned that distinction after knocking down a Houthi drone, one of dozens of attack drones launched by the Yemen-based rebel group that have targeted civilian merchant ships in the Red …
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“The Simpsons” might have done it again – an episode of the show that aired in 2000 seemingly predicted even more details of what could soon be real-life events. In the flash-forward episode “Bart to the Future”, Lisa Simpson becomes president and wears a purple suit and pearls that are uncannily similar to what Kamala Harris – who is now …
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Delta Air Lines canceled flights for a third straight day Monday as it struggles to recover from a global software outage that took down Microsoft systems around the world. The outage, related to a faulty update fromcybersecurity company CrowdStrike, also hindered operations at shipping and logistics companies, retailers and banks. Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in a public letter Sunday …
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