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  • How does a bank collapse in 48 hours? A timeline of the SVB fall

    How does a bank collapse in 48 hours? A timeline of the SVB fall

     

    This week, the go-to bank for US tech startups came rapidly unglued, leaving its high-powered customers and investors in limbo.

    ​This week, the go-to bank for US tech startups came rapidly unglued, leaving its high-powered customers and investors in limbo. 

  • Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Africa later this month

    Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Africa later this month

     

    Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Africa later this month, her office announced Monday, becoming the most senior Biden administration official to visit the continent.

    ​Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Africa later this month, her office announced Monday, becoming the most senior Biden administration official to visit the continent. 

  • Biden will announce sweeping protections preventing new Arctic drilling ahead of Willow decision

    Biden will announce sweeping protections preventing new Arctic drilling ahead of Willow decision

     

    President Joe Biden on Monday is expected to announce sweeping new protections for federal lands and waters in Alaska, according to an administration official, as the administration is poised to soon approve a major oil drilling project in the state.

    ​President Joe Biden on Monday is expected to announce sweeping new protections for federal lands and waters in Alaska, according to an administration official, as the administration is poised to soon approve a major oil drilling project in the state. 

  • Another atmospheric river is coming for California, where neighborhoods are still flooded and hundreds of evacuated residents are in shelters

    Another atmospheric river is coming for California, where neighborhoods are still flooded and hundreds of evacuated residents are in shelters

     

    Still reeling from storms that inundated neighborhoods, forced rescues and damaged roads, storm-battered California is bracing for another atmospheric river that threatens even more flooding Monday.

    ​Still reeling from storms that inundated neighborhoods, forced rescues and damaged roads, storm-battered California is bracing for another atmospheric river that threatens even more flooding Monday. 

  • Manhattan DA: Focus is on ‘evidence and the law’ in Trump-Stormy Daniels case

    Manhattan DA: Focus is on ‘evidence and the law’ in Trump-Stormy Daniels case

     

    New York City prosecutors probing former President Donald Trump’s alleged role in a hush money scheme and cover-up are focused “on the evidence and the law,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said this weekend.

    ​New York City prosecutors probing former President Donald Trump’s alleged role in a hush money scheme and cover-up are focused “on the evidence and the law,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said this weekend. 

  • Pence says ‘history will hold Donald Trump accountable’ for January 6

    Pence says ‘history will hold Donald Trump accountable’ for January 6

     

    Former Vice President Mike Pence made his most blistering comments yet about former President Donald Trump’s role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol during remarks Saturday evening at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner in Washington, DC.

    ​Former Vice President Mike Pence made his most blistering comments yet about former President Donald Trump’s role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol during remarks Saturday evening at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner in Washington, DC. 

  • Mississippi man sentenced to more than 3 years in prison for burning a cross to intimidate Black family

    Mississippi man sentenced to more than 3 years in prison for burning a cross to intimidate Black family

     

    A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for burning a cross in his front yard to intimidate a Black family, according to a news release from the US Justice Department.

    ​A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for burning a cross in his front yard to intimidate a Black family, according to a news release from the US Justice Department. 

  • Death of twin baby boy after suspected kidnapping is ruled a ‘sudden unexplained infant death,’ Ohio coroner says

    Death of twin baby boy after suspected kidnapping is ruled a ‘sudden unexplained infant death,’ Ohio coroner says

     

    A 6-month-old baby who survived an alleged kidnapping alongside his twin brother died one month later in a “sudden unexplained infant death,” an Ohio coroner’s office said Friday.

    ​A 6-month-old baby who survived an alleged kidnapping alongside his twin brother died one month later in a “sudden unexplained infant death,” an Ohio coroner’s office said Friday. 

  • GOP 2024 hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy says US experiencing a ‘national identity crisis’

    GOP 2024 hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy says US experiencing a ‘national identity crisis’

     

    Republican presidential candidate and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy said Sunday he is “running distinctively on my vision for this country” and not his biography or business credentials when asked why he believes he can win the party’s nomination as a political outsider and relatively unknown figure to most Americans.

    ​Republican presidential candidate and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy said Sunday he is “running distinctively on my vision for this country” and not his biography or business credentials when asked why he believes he can win the party’s nomination as a political outsider and relatively unknown figure to most Americans. 

  • Washington Post: Judge keeps plans for medication abortion hearing out of public view for now

    Washington Post: Judge keeps plans for medication abortion hearing out of public view for now

     

    A federal judge has set a hearing for next week in a blockbuster medication abortion case in Texas but took a series of highly unusual steps to delay making the public aware that such a hearing was being scheduled, The Washington Post reported.

    ​A federal judge has set a hearing for next week in a blockbuster medication abortion case in Texas but took a series of highly unusual steps to delay making the public aware that such a hearing was being scheduled, The Washington Post reported.