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BREAKING NEWS
President Trump told Fox News on Saturday that U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will no longer travel to Pakistan for talks with Iran, saying the American side holds all the leverage in the conflict. Trump said the Iranians can pick up the phone anytime they want.
BREAKING NEWS
Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, was charged Saturday with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder in connection with the deaths of two University of South Florida doctoral students. Human remains recovered near the Howard Frankland Bridge were identified Friday as belonging to Zamil Limon, 27, while the body of Nahida Bristy, 27, has not yet been found.
BREAKING NEWS
Mali’s army said Saturday that unidentified armed groups have attacked multiple military positions in Bamako and across the country’s interior, with fighting still ongoing. Witnesses and journalists on the ground reported two explosions and sustained gunfire near the country’s main military camp.
WORLD
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman issued a public apology Friday for his company’s failure to alert police about the online activity of Jesse Van Rootselaar, the 18-year-old who killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, in February. Altman’s letter, dated Thursday, acknowledged OpenAI had identified and banned Van Rootselaar’s account in June 2024 for ‘furtherance…
BREAKING NEWS
The Justice Department announced Friday it will add firing squads as a permitted method of federal execution, a first in the department’s history, as the Trump administration moves to accelerate capital punishment. The announcement also restores pentobarbital lethal injections, which the Biden administration had pulled over pain and suffering concerns.
WORLD
Iran ruled out direct negotiations with U.S. representatives Saturday even as envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Islamabad for a new round of ceasefire talks, according to AP. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Pakistan on Friday night, but his ministry quickly clarified that any exchange would be indirect, with Pakistani officials…
POLITICS
The Pentagon announced Wednesday that Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving the Trump administration immediately, with Undersecretary Hung Cao stepping in as the U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continues.
WORLD
A hydrogen sulfide release at the Catalyst Refiners plant in Nitro killed two workers and sent more than 30 others for medical treatment Wednesday morning, authorities said.
