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Afghan man convicted of conspiracy in deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport during US withdrawal
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An alleged Islamic State group militant was convicted on Wednesday of a conspiracy charge in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.Mohammad Sharifullah faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years after his one-count conviction in an international terrorism case that President Donald Trump heralded last year during a speech to a joint session of Congress. Sharifullah didn’t testify at his weeklong trial.
Approximately 160 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members were 26,... Read More
Russia to hold a Victory Day parade without military equipment for the 1st time in nearly 2 decades
Russia’s traditional parade marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II will take place next week without tanks, missiles and other military equipment, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.It will be the first time in nearly two decades — and in Russia’s 4-year-old war in Ukraine — that no military equipment will rumble through Moscow’s Red Square on May 9, the day Russia celebrates its most important secular holiday. The Kremlin has used it to showcase its military might and global clout, and it is a source of patriotic pride.
Victory Day... Read More
Federal Reserve keeps key rate unchanged even as four officials dissent, most in almost 34 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for the third straight meeting but signaled it could still cut rates in the coming months, moves that attracted the most dissents since October 1992.The Fed on Wednesday kept its short-term rate at 3.6% and retained language in its statement suggesting the next move would be a rate reduction. Three officials dissented in favor of removing the reference to a future cut, while a fourth, Stephen Miran, dissented in favor of an immediate rate cut on Wednesday.
The dissents underscore the... Read More
The Latest: Iran war has cost an estimated $25 billion so far, Pentagon official tells Congress
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing questioning Wednesday from lawmakers for the first time since President Donald Trump’s administration launched the war against Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval.The chief financial official for the Pentagon told lawmakers that the estimated cost of the war with Iran is $25 billion so far. During the hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, Jules Hurst III, the acting undersecretary of war for finances, said that most of the expense has been on munitions, but the... Read More
Elon Musk tells his side of OpenAI's beginnings in trial pitting him against CEO Sam Altman
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Elon Musk took the stand for the second day Wednesday in the landmark trial that pits the world's richest man against Sam Altman, a fellow OpenAI co-founder he accuses of betraying promises to keep the company as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity's benefit.The trial centers on the 2015 birth of the ChatGPT maker as a nonprofit startup primarily funded by Musk before evolving into a capitalistic venture now valued at $852 billion. It started Monday and is expected to last about three weeks.
Musk, who invested about $38 million in OpenAI from... Read More
Top Stories
- Federal Reserve keeps key rate unchanged even as four officials dissent, most in almost 34 years
- Afghan man convicted of conspiracy in deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport during US withdrawal
- Elon Musk tells his side of OpenAI's beginnings in trial pitting him against CEO Sam Altman
- Skeptical Democrats confront Hegseth about Iran war for the first time since conflict started
- King Charles III and Queen Camilla kick off New York trip by honoring victims at the 9/11 Memorial
- Comey appears in court in Trump threat case that's likely to pose a challenge for Justice Department
- Oil hovers near highest level of Iran war and stocks edge lower
- Push for raw milk intensifies across the US, despite illness outbreaks and scientists' warnings
- Supreme Court weakens a landmark Civil Rights-era law and aids GOP efforts to control the House
- The Latest: Supreme Court weakens a key tool of the Voting Rights Act
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