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National security watchdog punts $15B steel deal decision to Biden
The future of Nippon Steel’s $15 billion bid for U.S. Steel is in the hands of President Joe Biden. The president now has 15 days to decide whether to block the deal or do nothing, effectively approving it. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which reviews deals involving foreign entities in the… -
5 sentenced in riot-related violence between Dutch and Israeli soccer fans
The first criminal sentences related to riots at a soccer match between a Netherlands club and an Israeli club in Amsterdam last month have been handed down. A judge leveled the sentences on Tuesday, Dec. 24. The judge handed down a six-month prison sentence to one man, while giving another defendant two and a half… -
Peru’s Grinch tackles ‘naughty list’ leading to 3 drug arrests
The Grinch is busy as Christmas approaches, not stealing gifts, no, he’s cracking down on the naughty list, according to Peru’s National Police. On Sunday, Dec. 22, a police officer in Lima, Peru, disguised as the Grinch, reportedly led a law enforcement operation aimed at putting suspected members of a drug trafficking gang behind bars.… -
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs facing two new sexual assault lawsuits
Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing two new sexual assault accusations. The new lawsuits comes as the rap mogul already faces a list of allegations that came to light earlier in 2024. In one instance, Latroya Grayson filed a $15 million lawsuit in New York Federal Court accusing Combs of sexual assault at one of his… -
Panama Canal, Canada, Greenland: Trump’s early foreign policy targets
In a series of posts over the weekend of Dec. 21, President-elect Donald Trump criticized the tolls that ships must pay to use the Panama Canal, a key waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The fees, set and collected by the Panamanian government, can range from $3,000 to $500,000 depending on a vessel’s size… -
Former DC police officer convicted of feeding information to Proud Boys leader
A retired Metropolitan Police officer has been found guilty by a District of Columbia judge on Monday, Dec. 23. Shane Lamond was convicted of tipping off a leader of the Proud Boys group and then lying about it. Lamond now faces up to 45 years in prison for feeding Proud Boys leader, Enrique Tarrio, information… -
Iran hiring kids to attack Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe: Report
Intelligence officials said Iran is paying teens as young as 13-years-old to attack Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe, and there are concerns Tehran’s efforts may spread, according to a report from Bloomberg on Saturday, Dec. 21. Investigators said that several attacks in 2024 across Sweden, involving the Israeli Embassy and an Israeli defense firm,… -
Social media could use facial recognition to root out underage users in UK
Social media platforms in the U.K. could be tasked with using facial recognition technology to “drive out” underage users. Ofcom, Britain’s communications regulator, will officially lay out plans next month to keep kids off social media, as research shows an increased number of young children on the sites. “The sort of thing that we might… -
Texas sues NCAA for ‘deception’ over transgender athletes in women’s sports
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the NCAA. In the lawsuit, Paxton accuses the organization of misleading fans by allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s college sports. Paxton claims the NCAA is deceiving fans who want to support athletes assigned female at birth. In the lawsuit filed Sunday, Dec. 22,… -
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo push to keep sugary drinks in food stamp program
Some major corporations, including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Keurig Dr. Pepper, are urging lawmakers to keep allowing food stamp recipients to buy sugary drinks. The push comes as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Health and Human Services Department, pledged to remove soda and processed foods from the Supplement Nutrition Assistance… -
Trump open to keeping TikTok ‘around for a little while’ after 2020 sanctions
President-elect Donald Trump is rethinking his opposition to TikTok with less than a month before it faces an outright ban in the U.S. Trump’s comments come after his electoral victory in November, which saw significant gains with young voters. “I’m going to have to start thinking about TikTok,” Trump said at a conservative conference in… -
Alabama inmates sue state, say alleged forced labor is ‘modern-day slavery’
Current and former inmates in Alabama are suing the state, alleging they were forced to work at jobs for “next to nothing.” The lawsuit claimed the prisoners were forced into “modern-day slavery” by working jobs at fast food restaurants, meat packing plants and city offices. Though inmates make at least $7.25 an hour, the state siphons… -
Trump will pull out of WHO on day 1 in office: Report
President-elect Donald Trump plans to pull the United States out of the World Health Organization (WHO) on day one of his second administration on Jan. 20. The plans were first reported on Sunday, Dec. 22, by the Financial Times. Meanwhile, global health officials warn of the potentially “catastrophic” consequences of the United States leaving the…
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