The U.S. Coast Guard says it seized over $220 million worth of cocaine in multiple recent interceptions of alleged drug boats. At least one operation apparently left a small vessel burning. The crew of the USCG Cutter Midgett intercepted four different alleged drug-smuggling vessels off the coasts of Mexico, Central America and South America during August and September, the agency …
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Amazon Will Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle FTC Suit That Alleged ‘Dark Patterns’ in Prime Sign-Ups
In the six-year time frame established in the settlement, anyone who “unsuccessfully attempted” to cancel their Prime subscription online is eligible to get paid up to $51 from Amazon. People who signed up for Prime during that same period can also get up to $51 if they signed up through a “challenged enrollment flow”—a page with a confusing interface that …
Read More »Trump demands investigation into alleged ‘triple sabotage’ at the United Nations
President Donald Trump is demanding an investigation following what he described as a “triple sabotage” during his visit to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, taking to social media to claim that a series of technical mishaps, involving a stopped escalator, a teleprompter failure and audio issues, were deliberate acts meant to undermine him. “A REAL DISGRACE took place …
Read More »Man representing himself in alleged Trump assassination attempt plans to call just 3 witnesses
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Routh texted his three adult children and his fiancee separately to tell them he loved them, according to cellphone records, shortly before authorities say he was spotted by a U.S. Secret Service agent, who identified Routh as the man who tried to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course. READ MORE: Trump …
Read More »Too tricky to cancel: Amazon faces US trial over alleged Prime subscription deceptions | Technology
Amazon went to trial on Monday in a US government lawsuit that accuses the e-commerce giant of using tricks to enroll millions of customers in its Prime subscription service and then making it nearly impossible to cancel. The Federal Trade Commission’s complaint, filed in June 2023, alleges that Amazon knowingly used designs known as “dark patterns” to deceive consumers into …
Read More »Man hit alleged gunman in head with chair at New Hampshire country club shooting, witnesses say
Witnesses at a shooting at a Nashua, New Hampshire, country club say that a man saved lives after he hit the alleged gunman over the head with a chair. “I was talking to a gentleman in there who took a chair, hit him over the head, he dropped the gun, and the man fled,” said Sophie Flabouris, a Lowell teacher …
Read More »Four people arrested in Washington after alleged hate crime attack on trans woman | Washington state
Four people – including three teenagers – are accused of a hate crime in Washington state after being arrested in connection with an alleged attack on a transgender woman that left the victim hospitalized, according to authorities. The Renton police department said the four suspects in the case first argued with the 39-year-old woman on Monday evening – then beat …
Read More »Trump says U.S. military fatally struck another alleged drug-smuggling boat : NPR
President Trump listens to a reporter’s question in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this month. Trump in a social media posting said the strike killed …
Read More »Charlie Kirk assassin’s alleged gun was powerful, vintage and hard to trace
In the frantic hours after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, investigators discovered a gun in a wooded area near the scene in northern Utah. The federal agents seeking to trace the weapon faced a daunting task. It was a decades-old, German-made rifle built for use by the military in both World Wars, according to multiple law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation. …
Read More »Trump says US has carried out another fatal strike targeting alleged drug-smuggling boat
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this month. Trump in a social media posting said the strike killed three and was carried out against a vessel “affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility.” He did …
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