At least 1 dead as severe storms sweep through the Midwest

At least one person is dead after severe weather hit Butler County, Missouri on Friday night, officials said. There were previous reports of three deaths due to the storm, but Robert Myers with the Butler County Emergency Management Agency confirmed to ABC News that there was some miscommunication in the field and when comparing notes … Read more

On the Ukrainian front, soldiers react to Trump: Reporter’s notebook

ON THE SOUTHEASTERN FRONT, Ukraine — Ukraine’s biggest underground hospital is an astonishing subterranean warren of timber and high-tech medical machinery. Over 4,300 square feet of operation rooms, an ICU, dormitories, nurses’ quarters and even a small gym, all some two stories underground. Not far from the southeastern front line, this extraordinary facility is a … Read more

DHS arrests another student involved in Columbia university protests

The Department of Homeland Security has arrested a second student who was involved with Columbia University protests, the agency announced. Leqaa Korda was arrested by agents from Homeland Security Investigations for allegedly overstaying her expired visa — which terminated on Jan. 26, 2022. She was also allegedly arrested in 2024 for her involvement in the … Read more

Tesla, in a letter, tells Trump administration it’s worried about tariffs

In a letter to the Trump administration this week, electric automaker Tesla raised concerns about President Donald Trump’s ongoing tariffs, warning that the company could be “exposed” to retaliatory tariffs and urging the administration to “consider the downstream impacts.” The comments were made in an unsigned letter on Tesla letterhead to United States Trade Representative … Read more

Bench is charging people for services they already paid for, some customers say

After Employer.com acquired bankrupt accounting startup Bench in a fire-sale late last year, CEO Jesse Tinsley pledged on LinkedIn and elsewhere to honor past customer payments. “We’re honoring all prepaid Bench services even though we will not have the revenue from that directly ourselves,” Tinsley said in an interview with founder and investor Julian Weisser. … Read more

CENTCOM forces kill ISIS’ chief of global operations in precision airstrike

A U.S. airstrike in western Iraq on Thursday killed the ISIS’ chief of global operations who also served as ISIS’ second in command, Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, also known as “Abu Khadijah,” along with one other ISIS operative, U.S. officials confirmed. On Thursday, U.S. Central Command forces, in cooperation with Iraqi Intelligence and Security Forces, … Read more