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The video captures a 130-foot superyacht sinking off the coast of southern Italy

Comment on this story comment A superyacht capsized off the coast of southern Italy over the weekend in a dramatic capsize captured on video and shared on Twitter by the Italian coast guard. The video compilation shows the My Saga, a roughly 130-foot boat, battling the waves before slowly sinking into the water. The yacht …

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Post Politics Now Biden returns to Washington with news on Ukraine aid, possibly student debt

Post Politics Now: Biden returns to Washington with news on Ukraine aid, possibly student debt The Washington Post Biden to announce student loan forgiveness CBS Los Angeles Joe Biden expected to announce $10,000 student loan forgiveness program Wednesday: Fox News reports Thomas Kahn: Why writing off so many student loans is a mistake Chicago Tribune …

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Dow Jones Futures Fall: Market Struggles; Apple, these 5 EV Plays are close to the points of purchase

Dow Jones futures were lower Wednesday morning, along with S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures. The rally in the stock market closed slightly lower on Tuesday after big pullbacks in the previous two sessions. Investors are cautious about placing big bets ahead of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s big speech in Jackson Hole on Friday. X Apple …

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Stock futures are flat after the S&P 500’s third straight day of losses

European markets are flat as global investors await the Fed European markets were muted on Wednesday as fresh comments from a US Federal Reserve policymaker kept investors on edge. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was flat in early trade, with telecoms losing 0.5% while home goods gained 0.2%. – Elliot Smith Morgan Stanley says the …

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Charlie Crist: Florida Democrats pick challenger to Ron DeSantis

Charlie Crist: Florida Democrats Pick Ron DeSantis Challenger BBC Christ projected winner in Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial primary NBC News Live updates: Florida, New York election results 2022 CNN CBS News projects Charlie Crist wins Democratic nomination for governor CBS News Jewish hopeful Fried loses bid to challenge DeSantis for Florida governor The Times of Israel …

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Biden orders airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria after attacks near base housing US troops last week

Airstrikes carried out by the US military targeted Iranian-backed groups in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, US Central Command said in a statement. The attacks targeted “infrastructure facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” Col. Joe Buccino, a CENTCOM spokesman, said in the statement. “At the direction of President Biden, US military forces …

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Twitter is vulnerable to Russian and Chinese influence, whistleblower says

According to Zatko, who was Twitter’s security chief from November 2020 until he was fired in January, a combination of weak cybersecurity controls and poor judgment has repeatedly exposed Twitter to numerous foreign intelligence risks. From taking money from untrustworthy Chinese sources to proposing that the company give in to Russian censorship and surveillance demands, …

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Kevin Durant’s trade saga ends as Nets say he’ll stay in Brooklyn

Comment on this story comment The saga surrounding the next destination of Nets star Kevin Durant came to an anticlimactic conclusion Tuesday, when the team announced it will keep the 12-time all-star in Brooklyn. General manager Sean Marks announced the news in a statement saying that Durant and the Nets “have agreed to move forward …

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Two alleged militia members found guilty of plotting to kidnap Michigan governor

Aug 23 (Reuters) – A jury on Tuesday convicted two men accused of conspiring to trigger “a second American revolution” by kidnapping Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, handing the U.S. government victory in its second attempt to process the case The verdict against Adam Fox, 39, and Barry Croft Jr., 46, comes about four months after …

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Twitter’s ex-security chief files complaint over spam and privacy issues

Twitter’s former security chief filed a lawsuit against the company, accusing it of failing to protect sensitive user data and lying about its security problems, just weeks before the networking platform’s court battle social with Elon Musk. Peiter Zatko, who was fired as Twitter’s security chief earlier this year, filed the complaint last month with …

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