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US soldier pleads not guilty to using intel on Maduro raid to win $400,000 on Polymarket
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. special forces soldier pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he used classified information about the mission to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to win more than $400,000 on the prediction market Polymarket.Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court after he was charged with the unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud and making an unlawful monetary transaction.
He was released on $250,000 bail... Read More
Trump lifts ban on mining near Boundary Waters, clearing way for Chilean company to seek permits
President Donald Trump has lifted a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, clearing the way for a South American company eyeing the region's precious metals to begin applying for permits.Environmentalists fear the move will create a precedent for wiping out other protections for public lands across the country. Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, a subsidiary of Chile-based Antofagasta Minerals, has been looking to dig for copper, nickel and other precious metals in the Superior National Forest since 2019.
The canoe area lies in the... Read More
Agents armed with search warrants keep focus on Minnesota in public fraud probe
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents executed multiple searches in Minnesota on Tuesday, seizing records and other evidence in an ongoing fraud investigation by the Trump administration of publicly funded social programs for children, authorities said.Few details were released, though armed agents were seen at childcare centers in the Minneapolis area. KSTP-TV said one crew even had a battering ram.
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who has been on the defensive amid Trump administration claims that he hasn't done enough to root out fraud, welcomed the raids. The state child... Read More
Students injured in Brown University shooting sue school, alleging security failures
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University is accused in lawsuits from three students who were injured in the Dec. 13 campus shooting that the Ivy League school ignored prior warnings about the shooter and did not provide adequate security that could have prevented the tragedy.The lawsuits, which were filed last week in Rhode Island Superior Court, allege that the unnamed plaintiffs have suffered because Brown failed to maintain “reasonable and appropriate security measures.”
“As direct and proximate result of Brown’s aforementioned acts of negligence,... Read More
Camp Mystic director offers tearful apology to victims' families during legislative hearing
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — One of the directors of Camp Mystic, the all-girls Christian camp along the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country, offered a tearful apology Tuesday to the families of the 25 campers and 2 counselors killed in a 2025 flood.“We tried our hardest that night. It wasn’t enough to save your daughters,” said Edward Eastland, a member of the family that owns the 100-year-old camp. “I’m so sorry.”
Eastland’s apology came as dozens of the girls' family members sat just a few feet behind him during the second day of a special legislative... Read More
Top Stories in US News
- US soldier pleads not guilty to using intel on Maduro raid to win $400,000 on Polymarket
- Trump lifts ban on mining near Boundary Waters, clearing way for Chilean company to seek permits
- Agents armed with search warrants keep focus on Minnesota in public fraud probe
- Students injured in Brown University shooting sue school, alleging security failures
- Camp Mystic director offers tearful apology to victims' families during legislative hearing
- Suspect in killing of 2 Florida graduate students from Bangladesh held without bond
- Taylor Swift files 3 new trademark applications. One expert says it is to curb AI threats
- The Latest: King Charles visits Washington with hopes of restoring the US-UK relationship
- Judge rules that fired prosecutor Maurene Comey's lawsuit belongs in federal court
- âDances With Wolvesâ actor Nathan Chasing Horse sentenced to life in prison for sexual assault
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