2 teens dead after planned fight between juveniles escalates into a shooting at a public park in North Carolina, police confirm

A planned fight between two “young men” escalated into a shooting at a park in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, killing two teenagers and injuring several others, most of them minors, police confirmed at a news conference Monday. The Winston-Salem Police Department said the incident at Leinbach Park began around 9:52 a.m. when officers responded to a…

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A $300 million borrowing spike on Aave signals liquidity crunch after KelpDAO exploit

The aftershocks of Saturday’s KelpDAO hack are spreading through the stablecoin market, and in ways that aren’t obvious. In the first 24 hours after the attack, Aave users borrowed approximately $300 million from their stablecoin Tether deposits Tether$1.0002 According to Chaos Labs, on the platform. The surge in borrowing is not a sign of demand;…

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Nick Shirley confronts California Democrats over ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act,’ pressing on First Amendment rights

Independent journalist Nick Shirley captured a video released this week questioning Assembly Bill 2624, which California Republicans called the “Stop the Nick Shirley bill” during interviews with Democratic and Republican lawmakers about the scope and intent of the bill, which California lawmakers faced off against at the state Capitol in Sacramento. “If this bill passes,…

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Who is Ahmad Vahidi? Iran’s new IRGC chief tied to global attacks and ‘Death to America’ ideology

As President Donald Trump’s deadline approaches for Iran to decide whether to extend a two-week ceasefire between the two countries, attention is increasingly turning to not just Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, but a shadowy Revolutionary Guard commander with a long history of terror, repression and hard-line ideology. Ahmed Vahidi, who was recently promoted to the…

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Bitcoin conference 2026: BTC price faces sell-the-news risk after rebound

as bitcoin Bitcoin$75,633.31 With this year’s flagship Bitcoin conference taking place in Las Vegas next week, traders will be focusing on a familiar pattern of potential “dumping news” events that have occurred in previous years. The largest cryptocurrency is trading around $75,000, rebounding from a local bottom around $60,000 in early February after it plunged…

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