A potential battle between Apple and Twitter appears to have been averted after a meeting between Elon Musk and Tim Cook. Mr. Musk, the new owner of Twitter, said in a set of tweets Wednesday that he had met with the Apple chief executive.“Good conversation,” Mr. Musk wrote. “Among other things, we resolved the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from the App Store. Tim was clear that Apple never considered doing so.”The suggestion of detente was first raised when Mr. Musk tweeted a video that appeared to be taken in a parklike setting on the

The owners of one of the longest-running gambling operations in Florida are selling Magic City Casino in Miami to an Alabama-based Native American tribe for an undisclosed price and on Thursday will ask the state to transfer its lucrative gambling permit. The transfer of the gambling permit from Miami’s Havenick family to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians would allow the tribe to own and operate Magic City Casino and retain control of the casino’s greyhound permit, which was first issued by the state in 1931 when racing was

has been a rush of spending on TV ads for the pivotal Georgia U.S. Senate runoff, which is just a shortened four-week campaign. In that period, some $79 million has been poured in to buy airtime. And spending by groups supporting Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock has more than doubled contributions from groups backing Republican challenger Herschel Walker, according to data from the ad-tracking firm AdImpact and analyzed by NPR. The contest, which will be decided Tuesday, went to a runoff because no candidate got above the 50% threshold in last month’s general

Florida backup quarterback Jalen Kitna, the son of retired NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with two counts of distribution of child exploitation material and three counts of possession of child abuse images. Gainesville police said the 19-year-old Kitna shared the images via a social media platform. Kitna was booked into a local jail, where he was awaiting the first appearance before a judge on Thursday morning. It was not immediately known if he had an attorney who could comment on his behalf. The Gators suspended Kitna indefinitely

Authorities investigating the slayings of four University of Idaho students walked back a key detail in the grisly case — revealing Wednesday that detectives actually aren’t sure if the quadruple homicide was a targeted attack. The stunning revelation came after local police told the public from early on in their investigation that they believe a killer or killers targeted the victims in the brutal knife attack last month at an off-campus house in the college city of Moscow. In a news release posted to their website and Facebook, the Moscow Police Department blamed the apparent change

Elon Musk has announced that a wireless device developed by his brain chip company Neuralink is expected to begin human clinical trials in six months, and one of its first targeted applications is restoring vision. The new Twitter CEO held a ‘Show and Tell event on Wednesday where he spoke about how the brain chip interfaces could enable disabled patients to move and communicate again.’It’s like replacing a piece of the skull with a smartwatch,’ he said. The first two human applications targeted by the Neuralink device will be in restoring vision and enabling movement of

Sam Bankman-Fried, the once-celebrated crypto entrepreneur whose empire now faces bankruptcy, said Wednesday at his first public appearance since he stepped down as CEO of FTX that he did not “try to commit fraud on anyone.”Bankman-Fried, appearing at the New York Times DealBook Summit, insisted in an interview with CNBC anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin over a video call that he was “shocked” by his firm’s collapse.”I was excited about FTX a month ago. … I was shocked by what happened,” Bankman-Fried said, adding, “I substantially underestimated what the scale of

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said in a tweet on Wednesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms.The 76-year-old said is ‘doing fine overall’ and is ‘grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, which has kept my case mild’.Clinton was last seen on the campaign trail in late October ..His wife, former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary, tested positive in March and said she experienced cold-like symptoms. In October 2021, he was diagnosed with sepsis and spent a week in hospital in California. In 2004 he had a quadruple

Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company. There’s a “show-and-tell” event coming at 6PM PT / 9PM ET today, November 30th, and ordinarily I would be providing you with the service of telling you where to watch it. But frankly, I don’t know, and like most Musk companies, Neuralink does not have a PR department.One thing to keep in mind during the presentation is that the Food and Drug Administration specifically regulates medical devices — not just brain implants. That means clinical trials to get the agency’s approval. Now, I see that Neuralink has a job

A Democratic-led House committee is now in possession of six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns after a multiyear court fight. The Treasury Department said Wednesday that it has complied with last week’s Supreme Court decision that paved the way for the disclosure of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee. The House panel didn’t immediately return a request for comment.CNN first reported that the committee had received the tax returns. Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., evaded questions

The House Jan. 6 committee will release transcripts of interviews investigators conducted in the course of their investigation into the attack on the Capitol, the panel’s chairman, Bennie Thompson, said Wednesday.”We plan to make available transcripts and other materials,” Thompson, D-Miss., told reporters on Capitol Hill. The transcripts will be made public at the same time as the committee’s long-awaited report summarizing and detailing the probe, Thompson said, adding that he expects they would be released before the Christmas holiday. Thompson indicated transcripts

Christine McVie, the co-lead vocalist, and keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac has died aged 79 following a ‘short illness, her family revealed. In a statement, McVie’s family said she was a revered musician who was loved universally’. ‘She passed away peacefully at the hospital this morning, Wednesday, November 30th, 2022, following a short illness. She was in the company of her family.’We kindly ask that you respect the family’s privacy at this harrowing time and we would like everyone to keep Christine in their hearts and remember the life of an incredible human being.’Her

Al Roker was rushed back to the hospital via ambulance the day after Thanksgiving amid his ongoing health scare due to blood clots. The beloved “Today” anchor fell ill on Friday — just a day after he missed hosting the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time in 27 years due to having just been released from the hospital. The popular weatherman, 68, was taken away by ambulance as his frantic wife, Deborah Roberts, attempted to break into their malfunctioned Tesla to retrieve her mobile phone to follow her husband to the uptown Manhattan hospital, sources

The House voted Wednesday to head off a nationwide freight rail strike by imposing a contract opposed by tens of thousands of unionized workers — just days before the threatened work stoppage is likely to begin affecting the economy. The action, which still needs a vote in the Senate, is meant to prevent a freight shutdown that would cost the U.S. an estimated $2 billion per day. But the deal doesn’t address sick leave policies, a disappointment for unions that form one of the Democrats’ core constituencies. The bill, H.J.Res 100, passed 290-137. Despite broad support,

Kraken, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, is laying off about 30% of its headcount, or 1,100 people, “in order to adapt to current market conditions,” co-founder and CEO Jesse Powell said Wednesday. Powell wrote in a blog post that slowing growth, prompted by “macroeconomic and geopolitical factors,” had muted customer demand, lowered trading volumes, and cut sign-ups.“We had to grow fast, more than tripling our workforce, in order to provide those clients with the quality and service they expect of us,” Powell said. “This reduction takes our team size back to where

Airbnb Inc. is launching a listing service for rental apartments with some of the biggest landlords and property managers in the country, a bid to expand its business in multifamily buildings where owners often shun short-term rentals. The new service will feature more than 175 buildings managed by Equity Residential, Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC, and 10 other companies, Airbnb said on Wednesday. The site will act as a listing platform for rental apartments, similar to Zillow or Apartments.com, but it will only include units where short-term sublets are allowed. Tenants who sign a

Democrats elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries as their leader, making him the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress. The New Yorker succeeds House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), who has led the Democrats for two decades. Jeffries will carry the title of minority leader when Congress returns in January with Republicans in control of the House as a result of the midterm elections. Approved by acclamation, Jeffries, 52, and two other lawmakers in leadership — Reps. Katherine M. Clark (Mass.), 59, and Pete Aguilar (Calif.), 43 — will represent a generational change for

Cristiano Ronaldo agreed on a record-breaking £172.9million-a-year contract with Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia.The 37-year-old had his Manchester United contract terminated earlier this month, following a tumultuous relationship with club chiefs that only worsened when he made a number of controversial statements in a TV interview with Piers Morgan.And now Ronaldo is said to have sensationally agreed to a two-and-a-half year deal with Al Nassr – worth an eye-watering £172.9million per year – that will see him play until the age of 40, according to Spanish newspaper outlet

Gov. Ron DeSantis put his weight behind dozens of conservative school board candidates across Florida during the midterms. Now they’re in the office — and are purging some educational leaders who enforced Covid-19 mandates.New board members in two GOP-leaning counties essentially sacked their school superintendents over the span of one week. The ousters were spurred by how the superintendents carried out local policies like efforts to support the rights of parents, an issue inflamed by schools imposing student mask mandates last fall in defiance of DeSantis.And while

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West finalized their controversial divorce Monday, ironing out their custody and property issues, according to court documents obtained by The Post. The proposed 58-page settlement reveals Kardashian and West will get joint custody of their four children, though a source reportedly told TMZ Kardashian will have the kids most of the time. The Atlanta-born rapper will pay Kardashian $200,000 a month in child support starting Thursday, per the court filing. He will also be responsible for half of their kids’ healthcare expenses not covered

A male warden is on trial for allegedly running a “rape club” at the California women’s prison where Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman, and Allison Mack all have served time. In a shocking abuse of power, Ray J. Garcia, 55, was the top official at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin when the FBI caught him with naked pictures of inmates in their cells on his government-issued phone in 2021. At the opening of his trial on seven counts of sexual abuse conduct involving three female inmates, the court heard how the alleged incidents by Garcia and his staff were so open

Genting Malaysia Bhd., the Southeast Asia casino operator, is marketing 15.5 acres of waterfront land in downtown Miami with an asking price of about $1 billion, according to the brokerage firm handling the sales process. “There’s never been a property of this size ever available, at this kind of location,” said Michael T. Fay, the principal and managing director of Avison Young‘s Miami office, which is marketing the parcel. Recent parcel sales in the area show that land can command a high price. Ken Griffin, chief executive of the hedge fund firm Citadel, paid $363 million for

A federal jury on Tuesday convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and a top deputy of seditious conspiracy for leading a months-long plot to unleash political violence to prevent the inauguration of President Biden, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.The panel of seven men and five women deliberated for three days before finding Rhodes and lead Florida Oath Keeper Kelly Meggs guilty of conspiring to oppose by force the lawful transition of presidential power. But three other associates were not convicted of the historically rare and politically freighted

Chinese authorities warned of a sweeping crackdown on “zero covid” protesters and security forces conducted random spot-checks on the streets of major cities, amid widespread confusion over whether Beijing was making a serious attempt to relax its harshest coronavirus measures.Communist Party leaders, who had otherwise avoided directly mentioning the mass rallies challenging their zero covid policy, said for the first time that they would “resolutely crack down” on the demonstrations.Chen Wenqing, a former intelligence officer who is head of the Central

The former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, who led his country out of isolation after the crushing of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square and supported economic reforms that led to a decade of explosive growth, has died aged 96. Jiang died from leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at 12.13 pm local time, the official Xinhua news agency said. A surprise choice to lead a divided Communist party after the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, Jiang saw China through a revival of market-oriented reforms, the return of Hong Kong from British rule in 1997, and

Suspended prosecutor Andrew Warren took his battle against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to a federal court on Tuesday on the first day of a trial that’s exposing the machinations in how the governor’s office operates. Gov. DeSantis suspended the Hillsborough County state attorney in August over a handful of moves the Democratic elected official made, including signing a pledge in June that he would not enforce the state’s abortion laws. Florida recently enacted a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy without exceptions for rape or incest.Warren contends that DeSantis’

South Carolina’s Supreme Court has unanimously ordered former White House Chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify to an Atlanta-area grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the election in Georgia.“We have reviewed the arguments raised by [Meadows] and find them to be manifestly without merit,” South Carolina’s Supreme Court justices wrote in a brief opinion. The decision affirmed a lower court’s ruling requiring Meadows to testify to the Fulton County grand jury investigation led by District Attorney Fani Willis. Meadows was initially scheduled to appear for

The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to enshrine same-sex marriage protections in federal law, bringing the bill a critical step closer to President Joe Biden’s desk. Senators spent months negotiating adding language to the bill related to religious liberty, a bid to attract the necessary 10 GOP votes to break a filibuster. The legislation still needs to clear the House, a likely easy lift since a previous version was approved by nearly 50 House Republicans and all Democrats.A total of 12 Republicans voted with all Democrats in support of the bill. House Majority Leader Steny indicated

Two members of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration were named Tuesday in a lawsuit related to the flying of Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in September. Attorneys from Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) based in Boston filed an amended complaint in their federal class action suit against DeSantis and others, claiming the migrants were lured onto the flights under false pretenses. The new complaint added multiple defendants to the case including Lawrence Keefe, known as Florida’s “public safety czar,” and James Uthmeier,

A federal jury in Washington has reached a verdict in the seditious conspiracy trial of five members of the right-wing Oath Keepers organization charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was on trial alongside Jessica Watkins, Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson and Thomas Caldwell; Caldwell was the only one of the five who was not detained while awaiting trial. All five defendants faced felony counts of seditious conspiracy, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and

The United States beat Iran, 1-0, on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, to secure a spot in the World Cup’s round of 16. The Americans needed to win their Group B finale to move on, and they got the result to avoid elimination after surviving some incredibly tense moments in second-half stoppage time and injuries to Christian Pulisic and Josh Sargent. The U.S. squad finished second in the group behind England and will face Group A winner Netherlands on Saturday at 10 a.m. Eastern. Continue reading for highlights from the game. The United States got the only result that would

Attorneys for former NFL star Brett Favre filed court papers in Mississippi on Monday seeking to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him tied to a state welfare fraud scandal. Favre was sued in May by the state welfare agency after he received $1.1 million in federal welfare funds intended to lift children out of poverty in the poorest state in America. Instead of helping families, the state says, Favre was paid to “speak at three different public events and one keynote address.” But it says no speeches ever occurred. Favre’s attorneys say that he and his organization, Favre Enterprises LLC, repaid the

A Walmart employee who survived last week’s mass shooting at a store in Virginia has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the company for allegedly continuing to employ the shooter — a store supervisor — “who had known propensities for violence, threats and strange behavior.”The lawsuit, which appears to be the first to stem from the shooting, was filed Tuesday in Chesapeake Circuit Court by Donya Prioleau. Walmart, which is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, did not immediately respond to a written request seeking comment on the litigation. Prioleau’s suit alleges

Rolls-Royce and European airline easyJet announced that they’ve successfully tested a hydrogen jet engine — technology the companies hope might eventually help erase aviation’s greenhouse gas emissions. The ground test marks “the world’s first run of a modern aero engine on hydrogen,” Rolls-Royce said in a press release yesterday. Aviation is considered one of the most difficult industries to clean up because it’s much harder to make electric planes than electric vehicles. Batteries charged with renewable solar and wind energy are still too bulky for long flights. So airlines and plane

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that House lawmakers will take up legislation on Wednesday to stop a nationwide strike by railroad workers, saying Congress needs to intervene to prevent devastating job losses. In a press conference, Mrs. Pelosi said that the House will aim to quickly pass legislation that accepts the original labor union agreement negotiated by Biden administration officials plus additional railway worker benefits added from subsequent negotiations.“I don’t like going against the ability of unions to strike, but weighing the equities, we must avoid a strike. Jobs

Controversial radio host Howard Stern accused Oprah Winfrey, 68, of “showing off” her wealth on social media.“Oprah’s not embarrassed by her wealth at all,” Stern, 68, said during his radio show on Monday, adding she “loves showing it off” on social media.“It’s f – – king mind-blowing you when you follow her on Instagram. You see her estates, her gardens, the people who service her and, you know,” he added.“Service her? She’s not a car,” his co-host Robin Quivers, 70, interjected.“Well, she kind of is,” Stern rebutted. “She’s got servants and like people cooking, and it’s f – – king wild.”

A Russian billionaire has become the latest cryptocurrency businessman to die in mysterious circumstances after his helicopter crashed in good weather near Monaco. Entrepreneur Vyacheslav Taran, 53, died after the helicopter plunged near the resort town of Villefranche-sur-Mer after taking off from Lausanne in Switzerland. Taran is the third cryptocurrency entrepreneur to die unexpectedly in the past few weeks. Tiantian Kullander, 30, died ‘in his sleep’ last week, while fellow crypto millionaire Nikolai Mushegian, 29, drowned on a Puerto Rico beach after tweeting that he feared the

The US Air Force is planning to unveil the most advanced aircraft ever created early next month after spending nearly $203 billion on the program. The B-21 Raider stealth bomber will be unveiled at the Northrop Grumman facility in Palmdale, California, on December 2. The bomber was designed to carry out long-range bombing and nuclear missions employing cutting edge stealth technologies. There are currently six bombers being built in Palmdale at the cost of about $2 billion per aircraft. They are expected to be flying in 2023. The Air Force and Northrop developing the bomber

Rep. Donald McEachin, a Virginia Democrat, recently elected to a fourth term in Congress, died Monday after nearly a decade with cancer. He was 61.McEachin was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2013, his chief of staff, Tara Rountree, said in a statement Monday.“We are all devastated at the passing of our boss and friend, Congressman Donald McEachin,” Rountree said. “Valiantly, for years now, we have watched him fight and triumph over the secondary effects of his colorectal cancer from 2013. Tonight, he lost that battle, and the people of Virginia’s Fourth

A Biden administration employee – and one of the federal government’s first gender non-binary officials – has been accused of stealing a traveler’s luggage from the Minneapolis airport in September. Sam Brinton, the deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition at the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy, was charged with felony theft after allegedly snatching a Vera Bradley suitcase reportedly worth $2,325 from baggage claim at the Minneapolis St. Paul Airport on Sept. 16, according to court documents. Brinton, who uses they/them

Protesters in Chinese cities, angry over Beijing’s “zero covid” policy, are using blank sheets of paper to get their message across. As demonstrations flared over the past few days, participants have raised the white pages as a symbol — and protest — of government censorship. The sheets have also signaled a measure of unity among protesters, whose demonstrations now mark one of the greatest displays of public dissent in China in decades. Protests are not actually rare in China. But authorities, who tightly control media and the internet, regularly go

President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to intervene to prevent an economically crippling freight rail strike, even though it means delivering a defeat to his allies in the labor movement.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi immediately announced she will call a vote this week to carry out Biden’s request, which will mean that paid sick leave for the 115,000 workers involved in negotiations won’t be included in the deal.Biden had held out for months on seeking congressional action, instead opting to give the freight rail industry and 12 of its unions more time to negotiate a

A cannibalistic double-murderer from Florida could end up walking the streets again — without ever going to trial.Former Florida State University fraternity member Austin Harrouff, 25, was deemed not guilty by reason of insanity Monday after randomly hacking John Stevens and his wife Michelle Mischon to death with a machete in 2016.Deputies said they found Harrouff kneeling over Stevens and gnawing on his face, noting that he spit out pieces of flesh before being taken into custody.After six years of delays, friends and relatives of the slain couple expected the case to go to

The coronavirus pandemic has become a plague of the elderly, with nearly 9 out of 10 deaths in people 65 or older – President Biden may have declared the coronavirus pandemic “over,” but from John Felton’s view as the Yellowstone County health officer in Billings, Mont., it’s not over, just different.Now, more than ever, it is a plague of the elderly.In October, Felton’s team logged six deaths due to the virus, many of them among vaccinated people. Their ages: 80s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 90s. They included Betty Witzel, 88, described by her family as a tomboy who carried snakes in her

Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway appeared Monday before investigators of the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. Conway spoke to the committee on the record, two sources familiar with her appearance said. The panel did not publicly issue her a subpoena, and aides refused to comment on whether she was issued one privately. The committee declined to comment on her appearance Monday. Conway was seen entering a conference room in the O’Neill House Office Building with attorney Emmet Flood, who was a lawyer in former President Donald

Former President Donald Trump again rejected the result of Arizona’s gubernatorial election Monday, calling for Republican Kari Lake to be declared the winner due to a supposed “criminal voting operation.”Massive numbers of ‘BROKEN’ voting machines in Republican Districts on Election Day. Mechanics sent in to ‘FIX’ them made them worse,” Trump, 76, said in a Truth Social post without offering evidence. “Kari had to be taken to a Democrat area, which was working perfectly, to vote. Her opponent ran the Election.”Trump added it was “SO OBVIOUS” that Lake, 53, should

Judge Juan Merchan reprimanded lawyers for the Trump Corporation for filing motions and new exhibits late Sunday night that they want to introduce Monday morning when they question Mazar’s accountant Donald Bender, telling them he will no longer accept any motions from the attorneys. Defense attorneys had submitted 18 exhibits to the prosecution around midnight.“It’s inconsiderate at a minimum,” the judge said. At worst, it’s “good old-fashion sandbagging.”At times, the judge raised his voice and told defense attorney Susan Necheles to be seated.“It’s almost as though

Buffalo Tops supermarket shooter Payton Gendron pleaded guilty to state charges stemming from the Tops supermarket shooting in a predominantly Black neighborhood of East Buffalo. Gendron pleaded guilty to 15 charges in all, including domestic terrorism motivated by hate, murder, and attempted murder. He still faces more than two dozen federal charges, some of which carry the possibility of the death penalty. His sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 15, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.Domestic terrorism motivated by hate carries a mandatory life sentence. Gendron fatally shot 10

Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi filed for bankruptcy Monday, making it the latest major digital assets company to fail since FTX, with which BlockFi is financially intertwined. BlockFi was founded in 2017 by Zac Prince and Flori Marquez. The company lends money to customers using their cryptocurrency assets as collateral.BlockFi halted withdrawals and limited activity on its platform earlier this month after saying it was affected by the downfall of FTX, which filed on Nov. 11 in the largest crypto bankruptcy to date. BlockFi has said it had “significant exposure” to FTX and its sister

A former FBI investigator said he believes that the Idaho quadruple murders were a targeted attack and that someone in the slain college students’ ‘orbit’ caused it to happen. Bill Daly explained his chilling theory to Fox News on Sunday as police revealed there had been an increase in reports of ‘unusual circumstances’ and requests for welfare checks since the horror stabbings.’There are a couple of things that are starting to suggest that there was someone in these people’s orbit that caused this incident to come about by this murderer,’ Daly said. University of Idaho students

Argentina’s soccer superstar Lionel Messi is not in negotiations to join Inter Miami next season; his representative tells CNN. On Sunday, Britain’s Sunday Times reported that the 35-year-old Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) forward was close to agreeing on a deal with the MLS side and would sign after the conclusion of the FIFA World Cup.“It’s false; it’s fake news. There is no negotiation for Lionel to join Inter Miami next season,” Messi’s representative, Marcelo Méndez, said in a statement to CNN. The Argentina captain, who is currently representing his country in Qatar

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby, authorities said Monday. The eruption began late Sunday night in the summit caldera of the volcano on the Big Island, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Early Monday, it said lava flows were contained within the summit area and weren’t threatening nearby communities. The agency warned residents at risk from Mauna Loa lava flows should review their eruption preparations. Scientists had been on alert because of a recent spike in earthquakes at the summit of

A huge drugs ‘super-cartel’ that controlled a third of Europe’s cocaine trade has been busted by police officers, with 49 people arrested in various countries including France and Dubai.The huge international operation seized 30 tons of cocaine, as well as the gang’s supercars, luxury villas, and piles of cash in the ‘historic’ raids. Spanish police said the leader of the organization is a ‘British national’ who fled his former base on the Costa del Sol for Dubai, where the Kinahan Organized Crime Group is based, after a kidnap attempt. He was later arrested in Dubai Another British

“Gaslighting” — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Lookups for the word on Merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But something else happened. There wasn’t a single event that drove significant spikes in curiosity, as it usually goes with the chosen word of the year. The gaslighting was pervasive.”It’s a word that has risen so quickly in the English language, and especially in the last four years, that it actually came as a surprise to me and to many of us,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s