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Cracker Barrel CEO departs a year after Trump joined backlash over logo change

Cracker Barrel on Monday said Julie Masino would step down as its CEO, nearly a year after the company faced criticism from conservatives, including U.S. President Donald Trump, for a short-lived decision to change its decades-old logo.Here are the details:• Masino will step down as CEO on August 10 after about three years in the role and will remain with the company in an advisory capacity until October 9.• Cracker Barrel named restaurant industry veteran David Deno as its new top boss.• In August 2025, the company faced backlash on social media for its decision to modernize its logo a

UN human rights chief says Israel must end occupation and house demolitions in Lebanon

Austria plans to extend military service in light of Ukraine war

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US appeals court upholds Colorado congestion fee on rental cars

The 10th U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday upheld Colorado's $3 per day congestion impact charge on rental cars, turning down a challenge from an industry group representing Avis, Hertz, Enterprise and others.Colorado approved the fee in 2024 of rentals 30 days or less to address the impact of rental cars on public roads and the state said investments in transit and rail services would reduce traffic congestion they encounter. (Reporting by David Shepardson)

Baker Hughes flags lower spending by oil and gas producers in 2026

Trump says US is talking with Iran right now

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Romania expels Russian diplomat in protest of airspace breaches

Romania's foreign ministry said on Monday it had expelled a diplomat at Russia's embassy after repeated violations of its national airspace by drones, saying it had notified the ambassador over its decision.Romanian F-16 fighter jet pilots shot down three drones in as many days from Friday as Russia intensifies attacks against neighbouring Ukraine.The Russian embassy in Romania rejected what it called "unfounded accusations", saying Russia had never directed drones at targets in Romania.The embassy also signalled that Moscow would take retaliatory measures. (Reporting by Luiza IlieAdditional

McConnell remains in rehab and says he'll miss key Kentucky political event

Trump says Fed should lower interest rates

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New York Times: Kohberger says he wants to withdraw plea and face trial for murder of Idaho college students

Bryan Kohberger, the man convicted of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students, is seeking to take back his guilty plea, he told The New York Times in an interview from prison.Kohberger said he filed a petition to reopen the case and that he blamed his plea on “false promises” and wrong information.A post conviction relief form was filed Monday in Idaho courts, documents show.Kohberger was convicted last year after entering a guilty plea, during which he publicly admitted to the four killings for the first time.“My actual innocence is my truth, and the plea, hinged on by false

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Chiefs assistant Eric Bieniemy’s son charged in shooting of his mother in Virginia, authorities say

The son of Chiefs assistant coach Eric Bieniemy has been arrested and charged with the shooting of his mother, Mia Bieniemy, the wife of the Kansas City offensive coordinator, authorities in Virginia said Monday. The Loudon County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded late Sunday to a shooting in Ashburn, Virginia, where the couple still had a home from Bieniemy's time coaching the Washington Commanders. They found the 57-year-old Mia Bieniemy with multiple gunshot wounds, and she was transported to a hospital where she was in stable condition Monday. Elijah Zio

Trump is set to defend his economic policies in Michigan, where new Canadian tariffs may sting

Police search for second suspect following Seattle food festival shooting that killed 3

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Georgia school shooter Colt Gray wanted infamy and school shooter’s attention, messages show

Colt Gray, the teenager who killed four people at his Georgia high school in September 2024, wrote in messages before the attack about his desire for infamy and his obsession with Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz.“(I) wanna make history to put it short,” he wrote on the messaging platform Discord more than a year before the shooting. “I want people to remember the pain I caused and research me for hours.”“My love for Nik has formed into something in which I can find no other resort that can prove my love and affection towards him,” he wrote in another message days before the sh

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15-year-old detained in Seattle food festival shooting that left 3 dead and toddler hospitalized

Police confirmed Monday a 15-year-old has been detained in connection with Sunday’s shooting at the Seattle Center. Two men, aged 18 and 44, and a woman, aged 56, were killed and several others — including a toddler — were wounded.Seattle police are working to identify a second suspect in the shooting at a popular food festival at the foot of the city’s iconic Space Needle.Authorities believe two people were shooting at each other, according to Seattle Assistant Police Chief Tyrone Davis, who said there is no ongoing threat to the public.There were at least seven victims caught in the

Trump's border czar says vetting of ICE officer is under internal review after Maine shooting

Graham called yearslong push for war with Iran ‘the best thing I’ve ever done’ in new footage

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Genevieve becomes a major Pacific hurricane off Mexico, but no direct threat to land is forecast

Genevieve strengthened into a major hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday and is expected to intensify well southwest of Mexico but stay far out to sea on a course roughly parallel to the coast. Genevieve had maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 kph), making it a Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. A major hurricane is Category 3, with winds of at least 111 mph (179 kph), or higher. Genevieve’s center was located about 530 miles (855 kilometers) southwest of Manzanillo, and it was headed west-northwest at 14 mph (22

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Mediators see progress in efforts to halt Iran war as drone attacks rattle region

Mediators have achieved progress in getting the United States and Iran back to negotiations, regional officials said Monday, after both sides paused attacks following a period of rapidly escalating tensions. But scattered attacks by armed groups across the region underscored the lingering tensions. Saudi Arabia said it had shot down drones fired by Iran-backed militias in Iraq that had targeted its petroleum facilities. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen meanwhile claimed to have attacked Saudi oil facilities as part of a separate but related conflict. It was unclear if they re

Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of 'fomenting hate' and calls ICC war-crimes charges 'bogus'

Iran foreign minister says Ukraine's attack on Iranian vessel 'cannot go unanswered'

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The Fed confronts an unusually confusing economic moment

Federal Reserve officials have sent mixed signals on the path of interest rates as inflation concerns have intensified, fueling uncertainty about the outlook for the US economy.Policymakers will have a chance to clarify their thinking this week when they convene for their latest rate-setting meeting.Inflation slowed sharply in June, according to the latest Consumer Price Index, largely due to lower energy prices that month as tensions briefly eased in the war with Iran. The encouraging inflation report prompted investors to scale back expectations that the Fed would need to raise interest rate

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Inside the fights to maintain TPS status for thousands after the Supreme Court sided with Trump

Dahlia Doe is holding on to hope.A month after the Supreme Court curtailed lower courts’ ability to block the Trump administration from revoking temporary deportation protections, fresh efforts to halt the government’s plans for the Syrian national and thousands of others fleeing war and natural disasters are heating up around the country.“I feel so much stress and uncertainty,” Doe, who arrived in the US in 2015 as the civil war in Syria intensified, told CNN. “There’s nothing for us to do but to continue fighting and not give up.”Doe, a pseudonym, is one of several Syrians who

French president pledges support on visit to fire zone, vows: 'We will win this battle together'

2 men scheduled to be put to death in Florida Tuesday in rare double executions

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Iran foreign minister says Ukraine's attack on Iranian vessel 'cannot go unanswered'

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Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of 'fomenting hate' and calls ICC war-crimes charges 'bogus'

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu says New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “fomenting hate” by calling the prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested if he visits the city

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Iran says it will halt strikes as long as US bombing pause holds

Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States does the same, a senior Iranian official told

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US and Iran pause their attacks after days of escalation

The US military hasn’t blown up an alleged drug boat in a month. Has the campaign worked?

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Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary sets up a battle of generations

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Michigan, Missouri primaries will again lay bare the Democratic divide over Israel

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‘There is freedom’: Why Asian women are leaving their husbands in their 50s and 60s

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Vance, Caine raised concerns about escalating war in Iran, sources say as US pauses consecutive nights of strikes

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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