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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that concerns over national security risks posed by Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel can be resolved if the companies fulfill certain conditions that his administration has laid out, paving the way for the deal’s approval. Shares of U.S. Steel rose …
Read More »South Carolina executes man who was serving death sentences in two murders
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months. Stephen Stanko, 57, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m. He was executed for shooting a friend and then cleaning …
Read More »Battle over Jimmy Buffett’s $275 million estate highlights risks of family trusts
A court battle over the late singer Jimmy Buffett’s $275 million estate has highlighted the growing litigation over the trillions of dollars in wealth being passed down to spouses and families, experts said. Jimmy Buffett’s widow, Jane Buffett, filed a petition last week in a Los Angeles court to remove …
Read More »Indiana has always had a special connection to basketball — and now it’s the center of the hoops universe
INDIANAPOLIS — There’s a phrase that’s ubiquitous in Indiana. You see it on chalkboard signs outside of bars. You hear it from fans, coaches and players. It was emblazoned on T-shirts at Game 3 of the NBA Finals. It’s even the slogan for the state’s basketball Hall of Fame. In …
Read More »Map of Israel’s strikes on Iran: See attack locations
Israel’s major early-morning attack on Iran killed military leaders and scientists, damaged the country’s nuclear facilities and escalated long-running tensions in the region. More than 200 Israeli jets fired on targets across Iran. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian promised a “powerful response,” before Iran launched a round of retaliatory missile attacks …
Read More »Consumer sentiment reading rebounds to much higher level than expected as people get over tariff shock
Consumers in the early part of June took a considerably less pessimistic view about the economy and potential surges in inflation as progress appeared possible in the global trade war, according to a University of Michigan survey Friday. The university’s closely watched Surveys of Consumers showed across-the-board rebounds from previously …
Read More »How Israel’s Iran attack could open ‘Pandora’s box’ for the Middle East — and the U.S.
There are American bases in Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain. Trump has not shied away from the U.S.’s close ties to Israel’s military. The “United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of …
Read More »David Beckham receives knighthood in King Charles’ birthday honors list for services to sport
LONDON — British soccer legend David Beckham, a sporting icon and one of the world’s most recognizable faces, has received a knighthood from King Charles III for services to sport and charity, Buckingham Palace announced on Friday. The award, the highest Britain’s antiquated honors system can bestow, seems inevitable given …
Read More »Four detainees at Newark ICE facility are missing, senior officials say
Four people detained at an immigration detention center in New Jersey have gone missing, according to two senior officials. The detainees were being held at the Delaney Hall facility in Newark, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been holding individuals who are facing possible deportation. The four people were …
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