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Minneapolis daycare owner charged with fraud tried to flee country days after closing center, prosecutors allege

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Federal fraud charges were unsealed Wednesday against a Minnesota daycare owner who prosecutors allege tried to flee the country just two days after shutting the daycare center down. Federal prosecutors said Future Leaders Early Learning, a site sponsored by Feeding Our Future, pretended to feed children during the pandemic, but pocketed much of the money instead.Fahima Mahamud, the daycare's owner, was charged with one count each of wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States through Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program, or CCAP,

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Board of Peace envoy warns UN that Gaza division risks becoming permanent

The Board of Peace's lead envoy for Gaza warned the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the enclave's current division could become permanent, leaving more than 2 million people crowded into less than half its territory, unless a ceasefire takes hold.U.S. President Donald Trump set up the Board of Peace to oversee his ambitious plan to end Israel's two-year war in Gaza and rebuild the shattered territory.But its implementation has stalled, with Hamas refusing to lay down arms and Israel maintaining troops in a large swathe of Gaza representing around 60% of the 365-square-kilometre (140-s

Modal Labs valued at $4.65 billion as AI coding takes off

US Treasuries selloff exacerbated as mortgage investors hedge against rising yields

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US moves closer to prohibitive tariffs on Russian palladium

The United States has moved closer to slapping prohibitive tariffs on imports of Russian palladium after the Department of Commerce made a final determination on a countervailing duty of 109.1%. In April 2026, it also issued a final ruling setting an anti-dumping duty on Russian palladium at 132.83%.The duties will take effect if a parallel investigation conducted by the independent International Trade Commission determines that the U.S. industry has suffered harm.These decisions support a petition by Johannesburg-based Sibanye-Stillwater, which last summer, together with the United Steelwor

US HHS launches AI initiative to detect fraud and waste in health programs

US Senate abandons Trump immigration enforcement funding deadline, Republican senators say

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Divided Supreme Court decision bars Alabama from executing an inmate who may be intellectually disabled

The Supreme Court on Thursday let stand an appeals court decision that barred Alabama from executing a man that lower courts found is likely intellectually disabled. The Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion, took the unusual step of dismissing an appeal, filed by Alabama, after it heard arguments in the case. A lower court decision barring the execution of Joseph Clifton Smith will stand, and the Supreme Court will save for another day the questions about intellectual disability that the appeal raised.Four justices dissented from the decision: Chief Justice John Roberts as well as Justices Cl

Trump eases refrigerant rule in a bid to address surging grocery costs

The Trump administration on Thursday loosened federal rules that require grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment, a step President Donald Trump said would help lower grocery costs. Trump, at a White House ceremony, said the action by the Environmental Protection Agency would “substantially lower costs for consumers” by delaying costly restrictions that limit the type of refrigerants U.S. businesses and families can use. The move to relax the Biden-era rules on harmful pollutants known as HFCs emitted by

Judge dismisses charges against former school official in case of 6-year-old who shot teacher

The most powerful rocket ever built is now even bigger and more powerful. But will it work?

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US Republican senator says Trump ballroom funding removed from spending bill

U.S. Republican Senator John Kennedy on Wednesday said there was insufficient support in the Senate to spend $1 billion on a planned White House ballroom and related security measures, and that the proposal would not be included in a $72 billion immigration enforcement bill.Speaking to reporters after leaving a meeting of Republican senators, Kennedy, of Louisiana, said: “We were told that, and again, I haven't looked at the text, but we're told that the ballroom money is out.”Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters that there were "a couple snags" that his 53 Republicans were tr

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First on CNN: James Talarico endorses in House runoff to try to block Democrat who made antisemitic remarks

James Talarico, Texas Democrats’ US Senate nominee, has thrown his support behind Johnny Garcia in the state’s 35th Congressional District, where Democrats are ramping up their efforts to block a rival candidate who made antisemitic comments ahead of a runoff election next week.“Born and raised in a working class household in San Antonio, Garcia is a deputy sheriff with a track record of protecting the communities he’s running to represent,” Talarico said in a statement first reported by CNN. “Garcia knows how to fight for working Texans because he is a working Texan, and his battl

A year on from Washington museum attack, two women battle with survivor’s guilt

Colorado governor censured by own party over his decision to free election denier Tina Peters

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Supreme Court revives damages suit against cruise ship companies that docked in Cuba

The Supreme Court subjected the world’s largest cruise ship companies to a stiff headwind on Thursday, reviving a claim that alleged they trafficked in property confiscated by the Cuban government when they docked their ships in Havana.The court’s decision is a loss for Royal Caribbean Cruises, Carnival Corporation and other companies and lands at a moment when the Trump administration is ramping up economic and political pressure on Cuba.Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the majority opinion for an 8-1 court. Liberal Justice Elena Kagan was the sole dissenter.The decision comes a day after th

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Supreme Court dismisses Alabama's bid to execute inmate with borderline intellectual disability

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Alabama's bid to be allowed to execute a convicted murder who was found by lower courts to be intellectually disabled. The court's action leaves in place lower court rulings in favor of Joseph Clifton Smith, 55, who has been on death row roughly half his life after his conviction for beating a man to death in 1997. The Supreme Court prohibited execution of intellectually disabled people in a landmark ruling in 2002. The justices, in cases in 2014 and 2017, held that states should consider other evidence of disability in

New record set as 274 climbers scale Everest’s south side in single day

Attack on Russian drone pilot training camp kills at least 66, Ukraine says

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A third of National Park island home to rare wildlife has burned in spate of Southern California wildfires

A large wildfire has burned a third of Santa Rosa Island in California’s Channel Islands National Park — an area home to dozens of rare plants and animals, including some found nowhere else in the world.Officials believe the blaze, which ignited Friday and grew to 17,554 acres as of Thursday morning, may be the largest wildfire ever documented on Santa Rosa Island, National Park Service spokesperson Ana Cholo told CNN. It is also the largest fire in California this year, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.“Fires of this size and magnitude are not consi

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Thank El Niño for NOAA’s latest forecast for Atlantic hurricane season

Time is ticking down to the June 1 start of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s first forecast for it is finalized.NOAA’s team of experts is predicting a below-average hurricane season, similar to other experts’ forecasts in recent weeks. The anticipated return of El Niño — and its potential to become historically strong — is a major driving force behind the outlook.Overall, NOAA says this season has a 55% chance of being a below-average hurricane season with 35% and 10% chances of near-average and above-average seasons, respe

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As CFP barrels toward 24 teams, the questions remain: Who's paying for this, and how much?

The Big Ten is pushing to expand the College Football Playoff to 24 teams, but the question is who will televise it

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‘This is long overdue’: Jan. 6 rioters and election deniers celebrate Trump’s $1.8 billion compensation fund

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Barney Frank, liberal icon who regulated a ‘too big’ financial industry, dies at 86

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls