FBI accuses indicted Pentagon leaker of sharing classified info with someone living in foreign country The FBI says Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified Pentagon documents, also shared the information with someone living in a foreign country. #FBI #accuses #indicted #Pentagon #leaker #sharing #classified #info #living #foreign #country
ROME − Forty-one people are believed dead after a migrant boat capsized off Tunisia, Italian state RAI television reported, citing four survivors who were rescued and brought to land Wednesday. According to RAI and ANSA news agency, the four were first rescued by the Maltese-flagged bulk carrier Rimona in the Straits of Sicily. They were…
An Idaho man has been indicted on federal charges after prosecutors say he used a rifle to shoot at two hydroelectric power stations along the state’s border with Oregon, damaging both facilities. Randy Scott Vail, 58, of Meridian, is now facing two counts of destruction of an energy facility following the alleged incidents in early…
London CNN — Banking stocks in Italy and elsewhere in Europe rebounded Wednesday after the country watered down a plan to whack its banks with a surprise one-off 40% tax on their windfall profits. The finance ministry said late Tuesday that the levy would be capped at no more than 0.1% of a lender’s total…
Australian police are investigating a “suspected mushroom poisoning” after three relatives died and a fourth is in critical condition following a meal at their daughter-in-law’s home, authorities said. On July 30, four people were taken to area hospitals in Leongatha, Australia, after they got sick after eating a private meal the previous day, Victoria Police…
An uncontained brush fire in Cedar Park, Texas, Tuesday night destroyed an apartment building and damaged two others, according to officials. The Cedar Park Fire Department received a call of a grass fire near 12820 West Parmer Lane at about 6:15 p.m., and fire crews responded to the four-alarm fire within a minute, the fire…
Washington CNN — Pope Francis warned that artificial intelligence could pose a risk to society, highlighting its “disruptive possibilities and ambivalent effects” and urging those who would develop or use AI to do so responsibly. In a statement Tuesday, Francis alluded to the threat of algorithmic bias in technology and called on the public for…
Suspect crashes stolen car into storefront A suspect crashed a stolen Kia into a storefront in King County, Washington and stole cigarettes. The suspect was able to flee the scene with Sheriff’s deputies present. Law enforcement is still searching for the suspect. (Courtesy: Cigar Land) An instructor at a driving school in Colorado made an…
Hong Kong CNN — Investor confidence in China’s troubled property sector has been rocked again this week by reports that one of the country’s largest private building conglomerates missed interest payments on two bonds. China’s vast real estate industry was long an important engine of growth in the world’s second biggest economy, accounting for as…
A Georgia man will spend 20 years behind bars after he was convicted of repeated sexual exploitation of a disabled family member. Troy Hickman, 59, of Canton, was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual battery and two counts of exploitation and intimidation of a disabled adult. He pleaded guilty to the crimes in May….