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Reparations advocates spoke Tuesday at Kennedy-King College in Chicago, Illinois, arguing that the federal government has a “moral” responsibility to reparate black Americans for slavery. An attendee waited in the hallway with dozens of students outside the University Theater auditorium waiting for the event to begin. Grace, a student at Kennedy-King College, told Fox Digital…
AllUnity, a joint venture backed by DWS, Flow Traders and Galaxy Digital (GLXY), is bringing its euro-backed stablecoin EURAU to the Solana blockchain, extending the token’s reach to high-speed networks typically used for payments and transactions. EURAU, which debuted on Ethereum last July, has been fully retained and issued under a regulated e-money framework that…
The Georgia Bulldogs earned the commitment through a familiar connection. Running back Nick Peal, the half-brother of former Georgia cornerback Chris Peal (now with the Syracuse Orange), has committed to the Bulldogs, according to Benjamin Wolk of 247Sports. Peal is a 2026 recruit who is 6 feet tall and weighs 210 pounds. He spent his…
MARA Holdings (MARA) has agreed to acquire Long Ridge Energy & Power in a deal valued at approximately $1.5 billion. MARA will also assume at least $785 million in debt, supported by a bridge loan. Sell-side FTAI Infrastructure (FIP) rose 12% in pre-market trading. MARA leads by 3%. The deal includes Long Ridge’s 505-megawatt combined…
A bomb that killed a soldier in a remote Russian town was likely targeting the notorious Russian commander “Butcher Butcher” of Russia, Russian and Ukrainian media and military bloggers said. Russian authorities said a bomb attack in the far eastern Khabarovsk region on Tuesday killed one person and injured several others. Russian media and military…
North Korean government-backed hackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated and more precise, currently responsible for more than 76% of cryptocurrency losses, or nearly $600 million, this year alone. For example, the $285 Drift Protocol vulnerability involved what TRMLabs described as a long-term and “unprecedented face-to-face social engineering” attack. These included months of face-to-face meetings between North…
Jasprit Bumrah is widely regarded as one of the best bowlers in the world today, but surprisingly, his average is currently the worst in the IPL this season. Bumrah went wicketless in the first five matches and did not get his first wicket until the sixth match against the Gujarat Titans, dismissing Sai Sudharsan on…
Senators and their staff are now banned from trading on prediction markets. The change follows a unanimous addition to Senate rules Thursday. The resolution also urges the House of Representatives, the executive branch and the judiciary to do the same. As of Thursday afternoon, the senator and his staff were unable to trade on prediction…
The Rockets will play Game 6 of the series tonight in Houston LeBron James Lakers lose again Kevin Durant… They were expected to enter a Game 7 after posting impressive back-to-back wins without their Hall of Fame teammate. The Lakers still led 3-2 entering Game 6, but after two straight losses, the tone of the…
Republican Mark Sanford, the former governor and congressman of South Carolina, is abandoning his latest bid to retake his former seat, a month after declaring his candidacy. Instead, he will launch a nonprofit dedicated to solving the nation’s debt problem. Sanford, 65, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he would stop campaigning to focus…