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Judge rules against lawmakers pressing for monitor to ensure release of Epstein files
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge overseeing Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal case said Wednesday that two members of Congress lacked the legal right to intervene and press their demand for a court-appointed observer to ensure the government complies with a new law ordering release of its files on Jeffrey Epstein.But the lawmakers are free to bring a civil lawsuit or work through the tools they have in Congress to improve oversight, U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ruled.
U.S. Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., had co-sponsored the Epstein Files... Read More
Iconic Coney Island hot dog maker Nathan's Famous is sold for $450 million
Nathan’s Famous, which opened as 5-cent hot dog stand in Coney Island more than a century ago, has been sold to packaged meat giant Smithfield Foods in a $450 million all-cash deal, the companies announced Wednesday.Smithfield, which has held rights to produce and sell Nathan’s products in the U.S., Canada and at Sam's Clubs in Mexico since 2014, will acquire all of Nathan's outstanding shares for $102 each. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026.
Smithfield jumped nearly 9% higher in midday trading, to $100.81 a share.
Smithfield... Read More
Israeli fire kills 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including 2 children, local hospital officials say
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals in the war-battered enclave said.It was one of the deadliest days in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect in October and comes at a time when the U.S. is trying to push the deal forward and implement its challenging second phase.
The two boys were killed in separate incidents. In one strike, a 13-year-old, his father and a 22-year old man were hit by Israeli drones on the eastern side of the central Bureij refugee... Read More
Survivor of Spain's train crash pleads for help finding her dog Boro, and social media users rally
MADRID (AP) — Blanket draped over her shoulders and a bandage on her cheek, Ana García issued a desperate plea: she needed help finding her dog, Boro.Hours earlier, 26-year-old García and her pregnant sister had been traveling with Boro by high-speed train from Malaga, their hometown in southern Spain, to capital Madrid. The tail of their train car jumped the rails for reasons that remain unclear, then was smashed into by a train coming in the opposite direction and that tumbled down an adjacent slope.
At least 43 people died in the crash and more than 150 were... Read More
Trump's threats challenge Europe's security and prosperity, EU chief says ahead of summit
BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland and impose tariffs on its backers pose a challenge to Europe’s security, principles and prosperity, European Council President António Costa said on Wednesday.“All these three dimensions are being tested in the current moment of transatlantic relations,” said Costa, who has convened an emergency summit of the leaders of all 27 European Union member states on Thursday.
Trump’s determination to “ acquire ” Greenland — a mineral-rich, semiautonomous Danish territory in the Arctic... Read More
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