French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk and X over child sexual abuse images

French prosecutors are bringing charges against Elon Musk and his social platform The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into X on charges including conspiracy to possess and distribute child sexual abuse images and illegal collection of personal data. It is also investigating allegations of distributing non-consensual images or other…

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US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe huge amounts of unpaid child support. The department told The Associated Press on Thursday that rescissions would begin on Friday, focusing on people who owe $100,000 or more. This will apply to approximately 2,700 U.S. passport holders,…

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California farmers must destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte closes its canneries and cancels more than $550 million in long-term contracts

For many warm-weather fruit lovers, the prospect of endlessly ripe, rosy peaches is a mouth-watering prospect. For farmers in central California, it’s more of a waking nightmare. To stay afloat, these farmers are now weighing whether to destroy about 3,000 acres, or about 420,000 peach trees, following the closure of the Del Monte Food Cannery…

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Coinbase (COIN) news: weak crypto markets cause Q1 earnings miss

Coinbase (COIN) shares fell more than 5% in after-hours trading Thursday after the cryptocurrency platform reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter results as falling cryptocurrency prices dampened trading activity in one of the company’s main sources of revenue. The company reported a loss of $1.49 per share, while analysts expected a profit of $0.27 per share. Revenue was…

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Stablecoin news: AI agents and large corporates will lead the next stablecoin boom

Large companies looking to modernize payments and artificial intelligence agents conducting autonomous transactions are emerging as the two biggest growth drivers for stablecoins, executives from Bridge and Deus X Capital said Thursday at the Consensus 2026 conference in Miami. Lindsey Einhaus is responsible for the strategy and operations of stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge, which was…

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