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Grand jury says DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million via Hope Florida
A leaked Leon County grand jury report finds $10 million from a Centene Medicaid settlement was routed through Casey DeSantis’s charity to political committees; jurors said they lacked evidence to charge anyone.
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Federal audit says Ohio MEP and Cleveland's MAGNET misused millions
Commerce's inspector general questioned $20.9 million in Ohio Manufacturing Extension Partnership costs. MAGNET CEO Ethan Karp calls the waste-and-abuse findings false and says MAGNET made no profit on pandemic PPE.
Open compositeMilitary judge sets June 2028 trial for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Air Force Lt. Col. Michael A. Schrama scheduled trial for June 5, 2028, for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three co-defendants, later than prosecutors asked, after plea deals were thrown out.
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ICE officer charged in Minneapolis shooting released in Texas after extradition denied
Christian Castro left a Brownsville jail Thursday after a federal judge refused to order Gov. Greg Abbott to extradite him or to keep the sheriff from releasing him at the 90-day limit.
Open compositeArmy awards up to $2.2 billion for nuclear microreactors at five bases
Five vendors will own and operate microreactors at Forts Bragg, Campbell, Hood, Benning and Drum, aiming for a first Army-regulated reactor by September 2028.
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U.S.–Canada trade talks collapse as 50% tariffs lock in
Midnight talks failed. Washington imposed 50% tariffs on about $20 billion of Canadian goods. Ottawa suspended negotiations and vowed to match the levies dollar for dollar. Each side says the other moved the goalposts.
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Kurdish-led SDF says it has dissolved and completed a merger with the Syrian army
Mazloum Abdi announced in Damascus that the U.S.-backed force has ended its independent existence after integrating fighters into state brigades under a January deal with President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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Flash flood on Nepal-Tibet border kills about 160; hundreds of tourists missing
Nepal police recovered 157 bodies after an ice-rock avalanche sent a debris flood down the Bhote Koshi. China reported three dead and hundreds missing in Gyirong.
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Iran and Oman agree a temporary Hormuz shipping corridor; Tehran says the strait is still closed
After Tuesday talks in Tehran, Iran’s deputy foreign minister described a temporary seven-mile transit route with Oman. He insisted the Strait of Hormuz remains militarily closed until Washington meets commitments under a lapsed June deal.
Open compositeFDA approves daraxonrasib, a RAS-targeted pill that nearly doubled survival in metastatic pancreatic cancer
Rasonque, from Revolution Medicines, is the first broad RAS inhibitor cleared for previously treated metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. A 500-patient trial showed median overall survival of 13.2 months versus 6.7 months on chemotherapy.
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