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$8 BILLION FTX FRAUD / Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge yesterday for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded, the last step in the former billionaire wunderkind’s dramatic downfall.

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Fallen crypto tycoon Bankman-Fried gets 25 years jail

Disgraced cryptocurrency wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in jail on Thursday following his conviction in one of the biggest financial fraud cases in history

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Bangladeshi teen shot dead by police at home in New York

Police were responding to his mental distress call, reports The New York Times

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Freighter pilot called for tugboat help before plowing into Baltimore bridge

The pilot of the cargo freighter that knocked down a highway bridge into Baltimore Harbor had radioed for tugboat help and reported a power loss minutes earlier, federal safety officials said on Wednesday, citing audio from the ship's "black box" data recorder

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Trump in court, Biden in the kitchen: 2024 is a campaign like no other

Though the candidates are the same as last time, the 2024 US presidential election promises to be unique in other ways -- pitting two men facing challenges unprecedented in the 235-year history of US democracy

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Baltimore divers recover two bodies from harbour after bridge collapse

Divers on Wednesday recovered the remains of two of the six workers missing since they were tossed into Baltimore Harbour from a highway bridge that collapsed into shipping lanes when a faltering cargo freighter rammed into the structure, officials said on Wednesday

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US officials board ship that hit Baltimore bridge, divers search for bodies

US federal safety investigators recovered the black box from the freight ship that crashed into a Baltimore bridge, the agency chief said on Wednesday as rescuers searched for the remains of six construction workers lost in the bridge collapse

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Trump faces gag order in New York hush money criminal case

Donald Trump was issued a judge's gag order on Tuesday barring him from publicly commenting about witnesses and court staff ahead of his April 15 criminal trial involving hush money paid to a porn star

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5 million at risk of starvation in Sudan: UN

The United Nations appealed Friday for Sudan’s battling factions to allow delivery of humanitarian relief to fend off looming “catastrophic” hunger.

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Trump hush money trial delayed until at least April, judge rules

Donald Trump's criminal trial stemming from hush money paid to a porn star before the 2016 US election will start no earlier than April after the judge on Friday granted a 30-day delay due to the late disclosure of evidence to the former president

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Biden blasts 'loser' Trump as campaign slugfest intensifies

President Joe Biden needled "loser" Donald Trump Wednesday, in his first battleground campaign stop since the two rivals secured their parties' nominations for what promises to be one of the most rancorous elections in US history

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TikTok ban bill passes US House

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill yesterday that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner or get banned from the United States.

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Biden, Trump clinch nominations, setting up bruising rematch

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both clinched their parties' nomination on Tuesday, kicking off the first US presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years.

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US faces ‘increasingly fragile world order’: spy chiefs

US intelligence agencies said on Monday the country faces an “increasingly fragile world order,” strained by great power competition, transnational challenges and regional conflicts, in a report released as agency leaders testified in Congress.   

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Trump to free Capitol rioters if reelected

Donald Trump on Monday pledged to free people jailed for taking part in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol as one of his first actions if reelected, calling them “hostages.” 

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Trump says will free US Capitol rioters if reelected

Donald Trump on Monday pledged to free people jailed for taking part in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol as one of his first actions if reelected, calling them "hostages."

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Biden's $7.3 trillion budget is campaign pitch for spending, tax goals

US President Joe Biden sketched his policy vision for a potential second four-year term on Monday, unveiling a $7.3 trillion election-year budget aimed at convincing skeptical Americans that he can run the economy better than Donald Trump

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Space station crew bound for Earth

Four astronauts left the International Space Station yesterday and were bound for Earth following a more than six-month mission.

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