Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, serving a 25-year sentence for his role in misusing user funds at the crypto exchange, has dropped a motion in federal court requesting a new trial for his criminal case, but still has a pending appeal of his conviction and sentence. In a Wednesday filing in the US District Court…
A British naval agency said the two vessels had come under attack near the strait, as a U.S. blockade on Iran’s ports continued. Source link
The Trump administration is reorganizing the National Weather Service (NWS) and making changes to forecasting, while a key union representative warns the reorganization could involve potential staff cuts. Federal employees at the NWS’s Weather Forecast Offices, which provide everyday Americans with local forecasts and severe weather warnings, have learned about impending changes to their baseline……
Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola is frustrated with the decision to not rule out Sean Longstaff’s 97th-minute equaliser for Leeds as a player was “offside in front of his goalkeeper”. Source link
Bacterial genomic datasets compiled for this study Several bacterial genomic datasets were compiled for this study, and different selections of these datasets were used, as appropriate, for the analyses described herein. We refer to these datasets as: ‘NCBI complete genomes’, ‘NCBI long-read assemblies’, ‘NCBI short-read E. faecium assemblies’, ‘SHC long-read Enterococcus isolates’ and ‘SHC long-read metagenomes’….
In brief A top U.S. military official said the government runs a Bitcoin node to test cybersecurity uses of the network. Admiral Samuel Paparo said the military sees Bitcoin mainly as a tool to help secure networks. He also praised stablecoin legislation for helping ensure the global dominance of the U.S. dollar. A top military…
Also in today’s newsletter: an acid attack shakes Indonesia and Tesla profits rebound Source link
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) sent a Wednesday letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) strongly opposing the possibility of a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime partner and accomplice of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I am writing to express my disgust at the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) reported willingness to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell,” Krishnamoorthi……
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Avinash Mehrotra, co-head of Americas M&A and global head of activism & takeover defense at Goldman Sachs, discusses the current landscape of activist landscape investing with Dani Burger on “Bloomberg Deals.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source link