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EU's Kallas says Leipzig attack had hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism

The attempted attack in Leipzig had all the hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism, the European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday, adding that Europe needs to coordinate on what more can be done given the escalation of Russia's attacks on Ukraine. The German government said on Tuesday that it had concluded that Russia was responsible for the attempted drone attack last month.Speaking ahead of an informal gathering of European foreign ministers in Ireland, Kallas also said that work is ongoing on 1,600 sanctions listings related to Russia's military complex and "may

Army leadership void fuels fears about Hegseth’s culture war fixation

Russian attacks wound 8 Ukrainian civilians as Moscow and Kyiv threaten to raise the stakes

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German cabinet approves €10 billion income-tax reform

Germany's cabinet approved a €10 billion ($11.58 billion) income-tax reform package on Wednesday designed to ease the burden on low- and middle-income households, particularly families with children.The measures will be introduced in two stages and take full effect in 2028, the finance ministry said."We are providing relief to families with children," Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said. "We are ensuring that a little more is left at the end of the month."A middle-income family with two children will have more than €600 extra per year available from 2028, according to the ministry.Child

South Korean FX authorities bought $20 billion in repatriated SK Hynix funds, source says

Dell shares gain after strong AI server demand boosts annual forecast

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Greenland foreign minister says dialogue with US to resolve situation is ongoing

Greenland's Foreign Minister Mute Egede said on Wednesday that negotiations with the United States over the Arctic island's future were ongoing, but declined to give details of the talks.U.S. President Donald Trump's assertions that the U.S. must acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, sparked tensions between Washington and Copenhagen, both founding NATO members, and more broadly across Europe, although the issue has since moved to a diplomatic track."The officials are working hard to resolve the situation. Unfortunately, I cannot share the details of those talks, but what I c

Too weak, too strict: India's food warning labels draw fire from all sides

US stock index futures subdued as oil, Treasury yields rise on Iran tensions

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Edouard brings heavy rain, gusty winds to southeast Texas

The fifth named storm of the El Niño-stunted Atlantic hurricane season has weakened to a tropical depression, but is still dumping heavy rain on parts of Texas and Louisiana after making landfall Tuesday afternoon near the two states’ shared border on the Gulf Coast.🌧️ In the storm’s path? Track it, get local insights from meteorologists and more, only in the CNN Weather app ⛈️Up to 10 inches of rain have fallen in some locations in southeast Texas since Edouard made landfall near Johnson Bayou in neighboring Louisiana just after 2 p.m. Tuesday. The storm swept across the Beaumon

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Hate crime probe opened after two killed outside Tucson gay bar by suspect with a list of LGBTQ businesses, police say

Police have launched a hate crime investigation after a deadly shooting early Monday morning in the parking lot of a gay bar near downtown Tucson.The suspect, identified as 44-year-old Ousman Ceesay, had a note listing several LGBTQ-associated businesses, Tucson police said.Ceesay confronted Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, 42, and Cameron Davis Capara, 33, in the parking lot of Venture-N, a longtime Tucson gay bar, before fatally shooting them, police said. Ceesay was also wounded and died at a local hospital.“It’s just heartbreaking. Such a senseless, tragic shooting,” LGBTQ community member

The long wait: Inside the courthouse where Lindsay Clancy’s fate hangs in the balance

Iran retaliates after US strikes, defying Trump’s warning it could be hit ‘much harder’

Whistleblower says USPS mail-in voting restrictions could discard thousands of legal ballots

A whistleblower told Congress that the U.S. Postal Service is moving forward with plans to restrict mail-in voting that could result in thousands of legitimate ballots being discarded.Senator Richard Blumenthal asked U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner to answer questions and provide documents on the claims detailing "USPS’ seemingly illegal plot to interfere in November’s midterms. Their system is set up to fail – and risk the right to vote for millions of Americans who cast their ballots by mail."Blumenthal said USPS has also reportedly implemented an "impracticable zero percent fai

USPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public

The US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*t show,” according to a new whistleblower report released Tuesday by a Democratic senator.The unnamed whistleblower is alleging that some of the procedures USPS is planning – under mandates put forward by President Donald Trump – have been hidden from the public. Those procedures will make an already complicated and risky plan even more vulnerable to potential mass disenfranchisement, the

State Farm sued by Los Angeles County for allegedly mishandling wildfire claims

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The USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand following its Middle East deployment

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier docked at a port in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after its grueling deployment in the Middle East. Associated Press journalists watched the Lincoln, which is carrying about 5,000 service members, as it made its way into the Laem Chabang port in Chonburi province shortly after the destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. sailed past the area. The Lincoln has been supporting the U.S. war against Iran. Its deployment included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 250 days. Concerns have grown about the Lincoln’s

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Tucson, Arizona, police investigate gay bar shooting as a possible hate crime

Police in Arizona say a shooting at a Tucson gay bar that left three people dead, including the shooter, is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, 42, and Cameron Davis Capara, 33, were shot in the parking lot of Venture-N shortly after midnight Monday, and both died at the scene, the Tucson Police Department said. The suspect, Ousman Ceesay, 44, also suffered a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at a local hospital, according to the department. Ceesay was carrying a note that listed several LGBTQIA+-associated busi

Germany blames Russia for drone attack on Leipzig airport

Mass burials in Nepal as death toll from flash floods exceeds 1,000

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation after tension with Hegseth

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation to President Donald Trump, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN.One source said the decision was unsurprising given tension between Driscoll and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.A second source familiar said that in his resignation, Driscoll “brought up concerns with the administration surrounding Army transformation and readiness and Hegseth’s blocking those efforts specifically by firing the generals who were responsible.”An Army official said Driscoll “spoke to the president about the current state of the Army

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DA says a teen who recorded San Diego mosque shooting livestream has been charged with murder

A 17-year-old North Carolina girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and then disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting, a district attorney said Monday. Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill said at a news conference in Winston-Salem that the girl, identified in court records as Sarah L. Santiago, was arrested last week. A grand jury indicted her on three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy Monday. “At this time I

Israel’s far-right competes for votes with increasingly extreme visions

Israeli settlers storm Palestinian village, seizing home with owner inside

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Massachusetts Democrats renominate Senator Ed Markey in race seen as test on generational change

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Markey fends off generational challenge and other Massachusetts primary takeaways

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Inexpensive new cars are becoming tougher and tougher to find

Freedom Fuel won praise from Trump for selling cheap gas. Now a supplier claims it got gas it didn’t pay for

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Democrats shocked after 2 members cross aisle to help Republicans

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Sen. Ed Markey, 80, wins Mass. Democratic primary over opponent who called for generational change

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts has secured the Democratic nomination in his bid for a third term in office

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House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election

Trump's oil deal with Venezuela raises red flags for some major producers, sources say

An unprecedented deal for the U.S. to gain access to a fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves - and the central role a Venezuelan businessman

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Global bonds sell off as Middle East conflict escalates, further stoking inflation fears

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JD Vance confronts Jewish GOP skeptics ahead of a potential 2028 run

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls