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Europe furious as deadly Russian attack damages prominent Kyiv offices  The Washington Post Russia’s Deadliest Attack on Kyiv Since Trump-Putin Summit Damages EU Building  The Wall Street Journal Russia drone attacks Kyiv  WBUR Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles and drones, hits EU mission  Reuters Survivors Of Russia’s Attack On Kyiv Sort Through Aftermath  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Source link

The U.S. gymnastics world was only just recovering from a devastating sexual abuse scandal when a promising young coach moved from Mississippi to Iowa to take a job in 2018 at an elite academy known for training Olympic champions. Liang “Chow” Qiao, the owner of Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, thought highly enough of his new …

Historian Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, has cancelled plans to teach this fall in response to the school’s recent agreement with the Trump administration. Khalidi made the announcement in an open letter to Columbia’s acting president published in the Guardian on Friday. “Although I have retired, I was scheduled to teach …

New York CNN  —  The Federal Reserve’s independence from political interference, viewed as sacrosanct inside the central bank, is under siege. President Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are so intense that one prominent economist is raising eyebrows by arguing that Powell should quit to protect the central bank’s independence. “The attacks on Chair Powell are …

Prominent Haitian businessman, former presidential hopeful arrested by ICE in South Florida  Miami Herald ICE arrests Haitian engaged in violence and destabilization of Haiti, in support of Department of State  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (.gov) Deportation Actions Against U.S. Legal Permanent Residents Affiliated With Haitian Foreign Terrorist Organization Viv Ansanm  U.S. Department of State (.gov) Legal immigrant’s status revoked over ‘campaign of …

One of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists in the US says he caught measles in west Texas and traveled back home – but he seems not to have alerted local authorities of his illness, which means the highly transmissible virus may have spread onward. Measles is a threat to people who are unvaccinated or immune-compromised. In anti-vaccine communities, it may …

Earlier this week, a prominent venture capitalist named Geoff Lewis — managing partner of the multi-billion dollar investment firm Bedrock, which has backed high-profile tech companies including OpenAI and Vercel — posted a disturbing video on X-formerly-Twitter that’s causing significant concern among his peers and colleagues. “This isn’t a redemption arc,” Lewis says in the video. “It’s a transmission, for …

Nicolae Ștefănuță, one of the sitting Vice Presidents of the European Parliament, posted a call to action on Instagram urging Europeans to sign the Stop Killing Games petition. The topic of games being shut down permanently has been a hotly contested one, with Video Games Europe and creators like Pirate Software voicing potential issues with legislature against sunsetting games. However, …

S.E.C. Accuses Prominent Georgia Republican of Running Ponzi Scheme  The New York Times SEC accuses GOP-linked Georgia lender of $140M Ponzi scheme  AJC.com Georgia Republican apologizes for $140M Ponzi scheme as judge freezes assets  AP News Georgia man accused by SEC of perpetrating Ponzi scheme says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for his actions  Fox News SEC charges Georgia lending firm in $140M Ponzi scheme  FOX …