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A total of 27 young girls and camp counselors died in the 2025 floods at Camp Mystic, Texas. The camp will not reopen this summer, and the state’s governor said the investigation into the camp continues. Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement confirming that Camp Mystic had withdrawn its application to reopen this summer….
Iran has handed over its latest proposal for negotiations with the United States to mediators in Pakistan, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday. President Donald Trump subsequently said he’s “not satisfied” with it, but did not elaborate on the proposal’s apparent shortcomings. The shaky ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran has lasted for three…
Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer by market value, said its net profit in the first quarter was US$1.04 billion, and excess reserves increased to a record US$8.23 billion. The company did not provide figures for the same period last year or for the fourth quarter. The company reported full-year net profit of more than $10…
(Bloomberg) — The pitch is simple: Invest in Donald Trump and his family’s cryptocurrency ventures, back the industry’s most powerful allies at the height of their influence, and share in the spoils. Most read from Bloomberg Investors said yes, investing more than $550 million in two rounds of funding. What happened next has not been…
British stone. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Walker went 4-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 on Friday night. Walker increased his scoring average to .308 and scored twice to help the Cardinals win four consecutive games. St. Louis ended…
Those looking for fresh stories about Bitcoin became so desperate that they bordered on madness. A popular crypto account on X recently stated that gold will be replaced by Bitcoin because we will build data centers on the moon, which I guess will allow us to mine gold on asteroids, or something like that. Satire…
The longtime president of Bard College announced his retirement Friday, months after it was revealed that his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was much deeper than previously known. Leon Botstein, 79, will retire at the end of June after half a century as president of a small liberal arts college in New York,…
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso’s first swing at Yankee Stadium in Baltimore was similar to many of the polar bears’ swings during his seven seasons with the New York Mets. Alonso hit a game-tying homer, walked two and scored two runs in Friday night’s 7-2 loss to the Yankees. advertise “It’s great to come…
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) purchased 1,382,000 shares of Strategy (MSTR) for $172,473,600, according to its first quarter 13F filing. That means the average cost per share is about $125. With MSTR rising to about $175, the position is now worth about $241 million, equivalent to about $69 million in unrealized gains. As of December…
The Ethereum Foundation sold another 10,000 ether (ETH) via an over-the-counter transaction to Tom Lee’s BitMine (BMNR), continuing a series of Treasury sales this year. The final sale price was $2,292.15 per token, meaning proceeds of approximately $22.9 million, the group said in a post on Friday X. The counterparty is BitMine Immersion Technologies, a…