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PARIS — A French investigative judge extended police custody for the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Durov was detained Saturday at Le Bourget airport as part of a judicial inquiry opened last month involving 12 alleged criminal violations. They include complicity in selling child sexual abuse material and in drug trafficking, … Read more
ATLANTA — The Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Party of Georgia and several individuals, including county board members, sued the Georgia State Election Board on Monday over new election rules that critics say conflict with state law mandating certification of election results. At the heart of the civil suit, filed in Fulton County, are two … Read more
A female participant died on the first day of the 2024 Burning Man Festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert on Sunday, the event and local authorities announced. Burning Man emergency service personnel responded to a report of an unresponsive individual at 11:29 a.m in Black Rock City, the Burning Man Project said in a news … Read more
Police in Akron, Ohio, released body camera and security video Saturday showing an officer fatally shooting a man suspected of stealing a U-Haul box truck this month. The video shows the moments leading up to the death of Michael Jones, 54, on Aug. 17, including the attempt to arrest him, and the moments immediately afterward. … Read more
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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Hunter Woodhall gears up for Paris Paralympic Games 01:44 UP NEXT Lester Holt’s conversation with Paralympian Ezra Frech 02:34 Paralympic swimmer opens up about Paris Games a year after shark attack 03:43 One-on-one with Olympic gold medalist Noah … Read more
Researchers have begun measuring the impact of legalized sports gambling on American households, and the initial results paint a worrisome picture about how its expansion has affected bettors’ finances. In separate papers released this month, academics have found that households in states where gambling was legalized saw significantly reduced savings, as well as lower investments in … Read more
What would you do for a chocolate muffin? That’s what independent designer Kelin Carolyn Zhang asked herself as she watched Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen proclaim his love for the chocolate muffins served in the Olympic Village on TikTok. Christiansen posted over a dozen videos about his beloved “choccy muffin,” and Olympic stars like “Pommel horse … Read more
Rescuers scouring the wreckage of the superyacht that sank off the Sicilian coast have brought ashore the body of the last person missing from the luxury boat, believed to be the daughter of a British tech magnate. The body believed to be Mike Lynch‘s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, was discovered early Friday, the Italian coast guard … Read more
Elon Musk’s social media app, X, recently had 95 co-owners, including a Saudi conglomerate, the cryptocurrency firm Binance and entities associated with the rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs and the billionaire Bill Ackman, according to a list its lawyers filed in federal court this week. The list is the public’s first complete look at who co-owns … Read more