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Jerry Dean McLain first bet on former president Donald Trump’s Truth Social two years ago, buying into the Trump company’s planned merger partner, Digital World Acquisition, at $90 a share. Over time, as the price changed, he kept buying, amassing hundreds of shares for $25,000 – pretty much his “whole nest egg,” he said. That […]

Services on a cross-Channel ferry route will be disrupted on Monday morning due to “adverse weather conditions”, a ferry operator has said. Sailings between Newhaven and Dieppe, in France, will be affected. The 06:30 BST sailing departing Dieppe and the return from Newhaven at 11:00 have been cancelled, DFDS said on Sunday. Posting on X […]

Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel, although almost all were intercepted. Iran has launched a direct attack on Israel for the first time, firing a barrage of drones and missiles in retaliation for a strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria. Most were shot down, but the world is watching with deepening […]

When 19-year-old Sade Robinson didn’t show up for her shift at a Wisconsin pizza restaurant on April 2, her co-workers immediately suspected something was wrong. The evening before, Robinson had planned a first date with Maxwell Anderson, 33, at a local seafood restaurant, according to a criminal complaint against Anderson. He is now facing charges […]

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa man was killed in a crash late Saturday night, troopers said. The Florida Highway Patrol said at 9:20, a 28-year-old Tampa man was riding his motorcycle at a high speed on Hillsborough Avenue. Hillsborough County deputy shot while using taser on suspect, sheriff’s office says When the motorcyclist approached […]

Floodwaters in southern Russia on Sunday threatened to submerge thousands more homes in the Kurgan region, where the governor predicted a “very difficult situation” in the coming hours. There is widespread flooding in the Russian Urals regions and neighbouring Kazakhstan, caused by melting ice swelling rivers, exacerbated by heavy rainfall. In some places, only the […]

Three bakeries in Gaza City resumed operations on Sunday with the help of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). According to eyewitness reports, thousands of people showed up to buy food shortly after the announcement was made that bread would be baked in the bakeries again. Israeli airstrikes have destroyed many of the city’s […]

A homeless man freed without bail after randomly breaking a woman’s nose went on to sucker-punch a 9-year-old girl in the face in Grand Central Station, MTA officials said. Jean Carlos Zarzuela, 30, was busted after he allegedly socked the youngster as she stood next to her stunned mom in the station’s dining concourse at […]

Having threatened to exact a terrible vengeance on Israel, all that Iran appears to have achieved by launching its drone and missile attack is to reveal the true extent of the Islamic Republic’s military impotence. Only one of the estimated three hundred drones and missiles the Iranians fired at Israel succeeded in reaching their targets, […]

As conflicted as our judgements might be about Israel’s conduct of its war in Gaza, there should be no ambiguity about our condemnation of Iran’s attack on Israel. Our outrage should be as deafening as was our outrage when Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine on February 22, 2022. Within our developed world order there is no […]

By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s top commander said on Sunday Russian forces aimed to capture the town of Chasiv Yar by May 9, setting the stage for an important battle for control of high ground in the east where Russia is focusing its assaults. The fall of the town west of the shattered city […]

The US seeking to avoid further escalations in the Middle East following Iran’s attack on Israel, White House spokesman John Kirby said. “We don’t want to see this escalate. We are not looking for a major war with Iran,” Kirby, communications director of the US government’s National Security Council, said on Sunday, adding that the […]