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A Texas man facing charges for allegedly killing his pregnant wife cut off his ankle monitor and fled abroad, according to reports. Lee Mongerson Gilley, 39, is accused of murdering his wife, Christa Bauer Gilley, and their unborn child in Houston in 2024. according to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Gilly was scheduled to appear…
Johann Kerbrat, Robinhood’s senior vice president and general manager of cryptocurrencies, said during a fireside chat at the Consensus 2026 conference in Miami that global demand for U.S. stocks is rising, prompting investors to look beyond the domestic market. “We’re seeing a lot of demand from overseas investors for U.S. stocks, particularly companies related to…
Bitcoin Bitcoin$81,505.59 Bitcoin prices topped $81,000 during the Asian session on Tuesday, rising 6.7% for the week, benefiting from broader risk sentiment, with stocks hitting records on receding tensions over Iran and renewed optimism about artificial intelligence, according to CoinDesk market data. Other cryptocurrency majors also participated in the bid. Solana rose 3% to $87.35….
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, declined to respond to a Minnesota committee’s request for more information about her ties to the state’s massive fraud scandal, leading to a failed subpoena vote on Tuesday, but the committee chair said more options exist. The subpoena required a two-thirds vote of the committee to pass, and despite Republicans’ majority…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A lone coyote paddled to remote Alcatraz Island earlier this year, shocking biologists and others. Alcatraz, a former federal prison in San Francisco Bay surrounded by turbulent waters, is notorious for impeding prisoner escapes. At the time, biologists speculated that the coyotes were traveling from San Francisco, a little more than…
Veteran defensive lineman Zacch Pickens was never expected to be the Kansas City Chiefs’ premier pass rusher next season, but most experts believe he has at least a chance to compete for a spot on the team’s 53-man roster in training camp. Instead, Pickens was one of the veterans who found himself on the outside…
XRP is back above $1.42, with traders beginning to focus on the 2025 chart setup as XRP surges 66% in less than two weeks. news background • Analysts note that the XRP chart fractal is repeating from 2025, when a breakout of a multi-week bull flag sparked a rally to all-time highs above $3. •…
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Tokenized currencies cannot live up to their promise if they remain siled within individual banks, said Ryan Rugg, head of digital assets for treasury and trade solutions at Citigroup. Speaking at the Consensus conference in Miami, Large corporate customers are looking not for a single banking solution but for systems that…
The Texas A&M baseball team ended midweek action with a 16-7 win over Prairie View A&M as the Aggies head toward another must-win Southeastern Conference series this weekend. The Maroon and White dropped from No. 4 to No. 8 in the College Baseball RPI after the program lost to Auburn in the SEC series for…
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — After years of experimentation, today’s cryptocurrencies have boiled down to two core uses: transactions and payments. Speaking during a fireside chat at Consensus 2026 in Miami, Dan Romero, Tempo’s head of marketing, said the industry is forming a “barbell” between speculative trading such as the Hyperliquid market on the one hand…