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The U.S. imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than a dozen people, a Mexican restaurant and a security firm linked to Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and its fentanyl trafficking activities. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas, a fugitive known as Chuy Gonzalez, who is alleged to be involved in trafficking narcotics into the U.S. and laundering funds for the cartel. The State Department has been offering a $5 million reward for information leading to his arrest since 2024. Additionally, Armando de Jesus Ojeda Aviles, wh

US sanctions hit alleged Sinaloa cartel fentanyl network, including a Chihuahua restaurant

S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher as chip stocks gain ahead of Nvidia results

Colombian presidential candidate Valencia vows end to 'total peace' policy, will be tougher on security

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Intuit to cut 17% of global jobs to streamline operations, memo shows

Intuit is laying off about 17% of its workforce, or about 3,000 employees worldwide, to streamline operations and sharpen focus on its key bets including its AI efforts, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Wednesday. CEO Sasan Goodarzi sent an email to staff earlier in the day, saying that reducing complexity and simplifying the structure would help it deliver better products, according to the memo and a source familiar with the matter. Intuit, which is scheduled to report third-quarter results later on Wednesday, did not immediately return a request for comment. Its shares were

Barney Frank, architect of landmark Wall Street reforms, dies at 86

South Carolina lawmakers advance US House map targeting powerful Democrat Clyburn

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GameStop increases stake in eBay to more than 6%

GameStop has increased its stake in eBay to about 6.55%, the videogame retailer disclosed in a filing on Tuesday, days after the e-commerce company rejected its $56 billion takeover bid.GameStop previously owned around a 5% stake in eBay and some analysts said its CEO Ryan Cohen could eventually push for a special shareholder meeting or seek board representation more supportive of his proposal.In an interview with journalist Piers Morgan last week, Cohen had said eBay's board had a responsibility to engage with his offer in the best interests of shareholders, adding that "we'll do whatever we

Stellantis, JLR to explore jointly developing vehicles in US

ASML CEO sees tight supply in booming chip market as AI demand soars

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Target’s comeback strategy is working

American shoppers are brushing off higher gas prices and finally spending money at Target again.Target’s comparable sales, which include both those at stores and online, grew 5.6% during its latest quarter — its best results in four years. The company raised its sales guidance for the year, signaling it believes customers will keep coming.Target said Wednesday that its gains were spread evenly across income groups and merchandise, including nonessential categories like toys and beauty.Target’s results were consistent with broader strength in the retail sector. Retail sales have climbed f

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Police officers who defended US Capitol on January 6 sue to stop Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Law enforcement officers who protected the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, sued the Trump administration on Wednesday to block implementation of a newly created $1.8 billion fund for allies of President Donald Trump who say they were unfairly investigated by previous administrations.The lawsuit brought in federal court by Harry Dunn, a former member of the US Capitol Police, and Daniel Hodges, a current member of the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department, claims that the new fund runs afoul of the US Constitution and federal law.The men say the fund will potentially be used to pay indi

US expected to unveil criminal charges against Cuba's Raul Castro

Trump endorses Ken Paxton in Texas GOP primary, boosting his challenge to incumbent Sen. Cornyn

A major chunk of Chicago-area home listings just went dark on Zillow. Here’s why

On Wednesday, hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of home listings in the Midwest were slated to begin disappearing from Zillow amid a mounting legal fight between some of the biggest players in the real estate industry.Midwest Real Estate Data, or MRED, cut off Zillow’s access to its regional home-listing database serving Chicago and its surrounding areas at midnight Central Time.The move by MRED, which has accused Zillow of violating its licensing rules, marks an escalation in the fight over so-called private listings — homes marketed to select buyers before appearing on public home-search

Slain security guard of California mosque engaged gunmen in shootout, hailed as hero

The security guard slain at the Islamic Center of San Diego was hailed on Tuesday as a fallen hero who sacrificed his life to keep 140 school children inside the mosque safe by engaging two gunmen in a shootout that deterred the teenage suspects and helped thwart their attack.Authorities also disclosed that the 17- and 18-year-old assailants, who took their own lives shortly after Monday's shooting, were believed to have met online and were apparently "radicalized" in hate-related ideology on the internet.Late on Tuesday, CNN reported that it had obtained and reviewed graphic video purporte

New settlement term bars IRS from investigating Trump, his family for past tax issues

Georgia Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will aim to become first Black woman governor in US history

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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

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

Deep beneath the crystal turquoise water, white sandy beaches and thatched overwater bungalows of the Maldives lies a deep and narrow system of caves, devoid of light and the colorful marine life that inhabits higher waters.The seas were rough and the wind was picking up late Thursday morning when a team of five experienced Italian divers plunged toward these pitch-black caverns off the Vaavu Atoll, about an hour south by speedboat of the capital Malé.The group included instructor Gianluca Benedetti; Monica Montefalcone, an associate professor of ecology at the University of Genoa; her daught

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

Should you worry about the Ebola outbreak? Here’s what the numbers tell us

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China’s Xi gives Putin a red-carpet welcome – and makes a veiled jab at the US

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed ties with Russia as a force of “calm amid chaos” during a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday, days after Xi hosted President Donald Trump for a landmark US-China summit.Xi alluded to an increasingly fractious international situation – and took a veiled jab at the US – as he sat down with Putin in the Great Hall of the People for meetings kicking off the Russian leader’s roughly 24-hour state visit in the Chinese capital.“The international situation is marked by intertwined turbulence and transformation, while unilateral hegemonic cu

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China confirms Boeing purchases and other trade terms from Trump’s visit

China said Wednesday it will buy 200 Boeing aircraft and work with the US to reduce tariffs, confirming some details from the outcome of President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing last week.The deal, which would end a virtual sales freeze on Boeing aircraft to China of nearly a decade, was announced by the Chinese Commerce Ministry on Wednesday.It also said the US and China are negotiating an extension of a trade truce set to expire in November, and will discuss a framework for reciprocal tariff reduction on about $30 billion worth of goods.The Commerce Ministry’s statement echoed the expec

Raúl Castro expected to be indicted Wednesday — a prosecution in the works for 3 decades

HSBC CEO says AI will destroy and create new jobs, urges staff to embrace change

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

After working together to force the release of the Epstein files, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna speaks about Republican Rep. Thomas Massie'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

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Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements

Artificial intelligence has become an unwelcome topic 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

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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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Trump administration proposes admitting more White South African refugees

Trump says he's called off Iran strike planned for Tuesday at request of Gulf allies

President Donald Trump says he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because “serious negotiations” are underway to end the war

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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