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Seven people are dead after a shooting spree across multiple locations in Muscatine, Iowa on Monday, police say. The suspect, 52-year-old Ryan Willis McFarland, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and authorities believe the killings stemmed from a domestic-related dispute.
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Rick Adelman, the Hall of Fame NBA coach who ranks 10th in league history with 1,042 regular-season wins, died Monday at 79, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced. No cause of death has been disclosed.
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One American soldier and one British soldier died during a training exercise Sunday at an air base in Irbil, Iraq, U.S. and U.K. officials announced Monday. Neither government has released further details, including the identities of the deceased.
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The Justice Department said Monday it will comply with a district court ruling that temporarily froze the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund. The statement came amid reports that the administration was already backing away from the controversial fund.
POLITICS
A D.C. Circuit panel ruled Monday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s ban on transgender service members was unconstitutional, blocking the government from discharging active-duty troops. The 2-1 majority found the policy arbitrary and driven by animus toward transgender people, violating equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment.
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Anthropic filed for an initial public offering on Monday, submitting a confidential draft S-1 to the Securities and Exchange Commission and setting up a potential public debut as soon as this fall. The company was valued at $965 billion in its Series H funding round earlier this year and was reported to be in talks…
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OKLAHOMA CITY — The San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-103 in Game 7 on Saturday night to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014. Victor Wembanyama led the Spurs with 22 points and 7 rebounds. Julian Champagnie added 20 points on six 3-pointers off the bench. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had…
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Marcia Lucas, who won an Academy Award for editing the original 1977 ‘Star Wars,’ died Wednesday from metastatic cancer in Rancho Mirage, California, according to a family attorney. She was 80.
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Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map Friday that hands Republicans an extra House seat and leaves the state with just one majority-Black district. Senators voted Friday to accept the House’s version of Senate Bill 121, which passed 66-35 on Thursday. The bill, by Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, now goes to Gov. Jeff Landry,…
WORLD
A drone struck an apartment building in Galați, Romania and exploded early Friday, wounding two people, Romania’s defense ministry said. The strike came as Russian drones simultaneously hit the Izmail port area across the Ukrainian border.
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Anthropic said Thursday it is launching an upgraded Claude Opus 4.8 model while also preparing to release its Mythos models to all customers in the coming weeks. Mythos is the AI lab’s large language model with advanced cybersecurity capabilities that have raised concerns among executives and world leaders about its impact.
WORLD
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he has directed the Israeli military to take control of 70% of Gaza’s territory. Speaking at a conference in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu said Israeli forces are currently holding 60% of Gaza, up from 50%.
