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The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to support strong action to prevent climate change despite recent diplomatic efforts by the United States to have the measure withdrawn. The 193-member world body approved a nonbinding resolution endorsing the landmark advisory opinion by the U.N.’s top court last July that called failure by countries to protect the planet from climate change a violation of international law. The vote was 141-8 with 28 abstentions. The U.S., Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia — some of the highest oil-producing nations and m

UN votes to support strong action on climate change despite US efforts to thwart the effort

SpaceX reveals plans for what could be the biggest-ever initial public offering

Nvidia Q1 results surpass Wall Street expectations thanks to massive AI chip demand

Trump has long kept his tax returns secret. He says that might change now, after IRS deal

President Donald Trump has long kept his past tax returns shielded from public scrutiny, something he insisted was necessary because of ongoing IRS audits. But he says that could change now after his legal team forged a deal with the Justice Department this week that includes permanently dropping tax claims against the president, his family and associates. “I may even release my current returns,” the president told reporters Wednesday. If Trump makes good on that suggestion, it would end years-long speculation over how much the Republican preside

Chud the Builder shows how fast and easy it is to become notorious

‘This is long overdue’: Jan. 6 rioters and election deniers celebrate Trump’s $1.8 billion compensation fund

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Brazil to export record coffee volume, El Nino in focus, trading firm says

Brazil will export a record volume of coffee in the new crop year that starts in July because of likely all-time-high coffee production, an executive for EISA, the Brazilian arm of global soft commodities trader ECOM, said on Wednesday.Farmers and traders, however, will closely watch the development of the weather anomaly El Nino for any potential impact on the next crop, EISA's director Carlos Santana told Reuters on the sidelines of a coffee conference in the port city of Santos."Maybe in July, or August, we are going to start to see this," Santana said about larger volumes of coffee shipme

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EU Commission finds treatment of Gaza flotilla activists unacceptable

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RFK Jr. terminates heads of preventive services task force amid overhaul

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. quietly removed the two top leaders of a key preventive services panel last week as he seeks to overhaul its membership.The US Preventive Services Task Force determines what preventive care – such as mammograms and colonoscopies – Americans can receive at no cost. But it has not met for more than a year, and half of the 16 seats are unfilled.The unusual move comes as the administration is seeking new members for the task force, and its leaders would typically be involved in the vetting process. Their removal has raised concerns o

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Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar to miss Game 1 of Western Conference Final against Vegas

Colorado defenseman Cale Makar will miss Game 1 of the Western Conference Final against Vegas on Wednesday night with an upper-body injury. Coach Jared Bednar announced after the morning skate that Makar was out and called the standout blueliner “day to day.” “I think he's doing a lot better,” Bednar said. “He's on the ice again this morning, feeling pretty good.” Makar left the ice holding his right arm following a collision late in Game 5 against Minnesota last Wednesday but returned as Colorado won the game in overtime. He also briefly

Police officers who guarded Capitol sue to block Trump's $1.8 billion 'slush fund'

The Latest: US indicts former Cuban President Raúl Castro over 1996 downing of planes

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US raises pressure on Cuba with indictment of former leader as island's president condemns charges

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced criminal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the island's socialist government. The indictment accuses Castro of ordering the shootdown of two small planes operated by the exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Castro, who turns 95 next month, was Cuba's defense minister at the time. The charges, which were secretly filed by a grand jury in April, included murder and destruction of an airplane. Five Cuban mil

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‘Paige against the machine’: How a Democrat who bucked her party is now targeting a swing House district

In 2019, Paige Cognetti launched her campaign for mayor of Scranton, where the incumbent had resigned from office before pleading guilty to federal corruption charges.Wary of the county Democratic Party’s closed nominating process, she ran as an independent. That fall, she found herself in a courtroom with her rivals as county Democratic leaders sought to have the special election reclassified, potentially booting her and three other candidates off the ballot.“To sit there in a courtroom and have the local Democrats trying to essentially rig the election, it made me realize how right I wa

Trump-IRS settlement 'forever' bars audits into tax claims for Trump and his family

Barney Frank, a liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights, dies. He was 86

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Florida prosecutor charged with emailing herself the most sought-after documents from Jack Smith’s Trump investigation

A former managing assistant US attorney in the Southern District of Florida has been charged with emailing herself the most sought-after, confidential Justice Department records in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of President Donald Trump, masquerading them as dessert recipes.Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, 62, faces two felony charges related to her handling of Volume II of Smith’s final report, which detailed Smith’s findings that Trump and two co-defendants who worked for him in 2021 mishandled national security documents from his first presidency and attempted to stymy federal

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Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar to miss Game 1 of Western Conference Final against Vegas

US Democrats push to rein in Trump on Cuba as White House steps up pressure

US offers new relationship to Cuba in Rubio message

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Harvard faculty votes to make it more difficult for undergrads to earn A's

At Harvard University, earning straight A’s is about to get harder. Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday that it would limit the number of A grades awarded to undergraduates, adopting one of the most ambitious efforts by a major university to curb grade inflation. The decision was made by faculty vote earlier this month. The move comes after top grades became so common that some Harvard faculty argued they no longer reliably distinguished exceptional work. More than 60% of all grades awarded to undergraduates in recent years were in the A

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Memorial Day sticker shock: Gas prices near all-time highs

Tens of millions of Americans hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend will face historically high gas prices.The war with Iran has destabilized the global energy system, pushing up pump prices across the country despite emergency steps from the Trump administration designed to limit the damage.The sticker shock on Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the summer driving season, adds to the cost-of-living frustrations that have soured voters on the Trump economy.GasBuddy, a crowdsourced fuel price platform, expects the national average will be about $4.48 a gallon this Memorial Day. That wou

Five cave divers slipped beneath the waves in the Maldives. Why didn’t they resurface?

Fed up with bad behavior, Thailand reduces visa-free length for over 90 countries, including the US

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Barney Frank, liberal icon who regulated a ‘too big’ financial industry, dies at 86

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Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper indicted in connection with 'towing corruption scheme'

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Democrat "angered" & "saddened" by Republican's primary loss

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IRS barred from investigating Trump or his family for past tax issues, as part of controversial lawsuit agreement

The Internal Revenue Service cannot ever bring claims against President Donald Trump, his family or businesses for past tax issues under the additional terms published Tuesday in the agreement the Justice Department reached with Trump to resolve his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS for the disclosure of his tax returns.

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Trump discloses thousands of stock trades, some in companies directly influenced by his policies

Recent presidents have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen

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Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements

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Takeaways from Todd Blanche’s Senate testimony: Weaponization fund, Epstein probes and Trump prosecutions dominate

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Trump’s tough-talk foreign policy is hitting a wall with Iran as it grips Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump considers himself an effective dealmaker but appears to have hit a wall with Iran

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Georgia Republicans dig in for runoffs for Senate and governor as campaigns go into overtime

Rep. Mike Collins and Derek Dooley will compete for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in a June 16 runoff, as neither received at least 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s primary to win outright

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls