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Restaurant Where Nvidia Was Born Removes Commemorative Plaque After Jensen Huang's Exit
Denny's removes a commemorative plaque after Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO amid affair allegations.
'Kidnapping and torture' survivors to hammer Trump admin with major lawsuit: report
The Trump administration is facing a lawsuit from 16 Ecuadorian fishermen who allege U.S. forces abducted and abused them after a military drone strike sank their boat in March, the Guardian reported Saturday.The crew of the La Negra Francisca Duarte II plans to file the complaint Monday in federal court in western Pennsylvania, according to the outlet, which reviewed the legal filing. The men say they have never trafficked drugs.According to the complaint, two armed drones destroyed the boat March 17 some 385 nautical miles from Manta, Ecuador, and two crew members “were themselves set on fire and burned on their legs, arms and back.”The survivors say uniformed U.S. personnel took them into custody after they rowed lifeboats toward a nearby ship, binding their wrists and hooding them before jailing them for weeks in El Salvador. They are seeking unspecified damages for the strike and their alleged “kidnapping and torture.”“It was catastrophic for them,” said Dan Kovalik, the Pittsburgh attorney representing the fishermen, speaking with the Guardian, adding that none of the men have been able to work since losing the boat.Captain Hernán Flores told Al Jazeera in September that the vessel was worth roughly $400,000 and that he is still paying off the loan he took out to buy it. The filing says Ecuadorian officials had searched the boat shortly before the strike and found no drugs, and it argues the attack lacked congressional approval. “There is no actual armed conflict that could justify the use of military force,” the complaint states.The suit targets Operation Southern Spear, the administration’s boat-strike campaign launched in late 2025, which the Washington Office on Latin America says has killed at least 238 people.A Defense Department spokesperson declined to comment on pending litigation. In June, U.S. Southern Command denied that its forces were involved in incidents involving Ecuadorian fishing boats.
Russian Couple Faces Deportation After Empire State Building Climb And Proposal
Russian couple who climbed the Empire State Building faces deportation after prosecutors withdrew plea deal.
Trump's 'mummified bureaucrat' hounded for 'hilarious' tough-guy 'posturing': journalist
Independent journalist Caitlin Johnstone ridiculed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after he vowed on live television Friday that alleged Iranian death threats would not intimidate him.Appearing on CNBC, Bessent confirmed reports that he had left his home for a military base on Secret Service instructions amid the U.S. war with Iran. “F the Iranian leadership,” Bessent said, which Johnstone likened to a “little kid describing something he heard a grownup say.”Bessent argued the threats showed that Operation Economic Outcast — Treasury’s campaign against those doing business with Iran, launched in August — is succeeding, and he compared Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to “a dangerous cornered animal.” He also noted that U.S. troops in the Gulf and President Donald Trump routinely face death threats. Tehran has denied plotting attacks against officials on U.S. soil, according to Arab News.In an analysis published on Substack Friday night, Johnstone argued that it was “hilarious to see this mummified bureaucrat posturing as a tough guy for the cameras and acting like he’s being unjustly targeted by an evil regime.”“You don’t get to start an unprovoked war of aggression, assassinate the leaders of a sovereign nation, massacre schoolchildren, deliberately target civilian infrastructure, deliberately immiserate the entire population with the goal of provoking civil war, and then posture as an innocent widdle victim if you get back what you dished out,” Johnstone wrote.Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald issued a similarly brutal condemnation of Bessent’s commentary.“Oh my god I started a war against a country and killed their leaders and blew up their schools and bridges and massacred their kids and now I am morally outraged that I feel [scared] and moved to a military base because of what they might do in response,” Greenwald mockingly wrote in a social media post on X.At the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, Bessent credited U.S. sanctions with collapsing Iran’s economy, calling the effort “economic statecraft. No shots fired.” Weeks later, he told the Senate Banking Committee that Treasury had engineered a dollar shortage that tanked Iran’s currency and helped drive protesters into the streets. Iran’s crackdown on those protests left at least 7,000 people dead, NPR reported.
Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang "Quite Arrogant, Humility Was An Act": Biographer
Stephen Witt, Witt alleged that Huang's affair with Kimberly Powell, an executive in the health care group at Nvidia and his direct subordinate, was common knowledge in the company.
Milder weekend forecast in UK as autumn freeze eases off
Met Office says overnight frost to give way on Saturday to ‘fine day with some sunshine’ in most regionsThe UK should have a milder weekend as the unusual autumn freeze eases off, after cold health alerts were issued and temperatures plummeted overnight, forecasters have said.After frost on Saturday morning, most of the UK should enjoy a “fine day with some sunshine”, the Met Office said. However, it will not be blue skies for everyone, as torrential rain and showers are predicted to move in from the west, bringing patchy rain and strong winds across the north and far west of the UK. Continue reading...
Health is wealth? Polymarket and Kalshi now host bets on measles and other US health crises
Experts warn of risks of platforms hosting bets tied to US public health – including vaccine mandates and drug trialsThe sign was pasted on a construction fence next to an elementary school in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. “Vaccines,” it proclaimed in bold capital letters against a blue star-spangled background – appearing, at first glance, to be like any other public health message on the importance of getting vaccinated.But at the bottom of the sign, in smaller letters, it read: “Will any state end vaccine markets?” It was accompanied by the logo for Polymarket, an online prediction market where users can log in to wager on the outcomes of nearly any event – including, now, public health. Continue reading...
‘Enough is enough’: rising number of deadly ebike battery fires spark fear in New York City
City has failed to build infrastructure that could reduce threat, and saw 400 fires, 83 injuries and 12 deaths this yearFires from lithium-ion batteries, which power ebikes and scooters, have become regular occurrences in New York, causing deaths and fear among residents, but the city has failed to build infrastructure that could reduce the threat.New York has seen a dramatic uptick this year in fires from the batteries. In 2025, there were 292 fires, 51 injuries and one death, according to the New York fire department (FDNY). This year, there have already been more than 400 fires, 83 injuries and 12 deaths. Continue reading...
'This Is My First Time': Student Pilot Caught Midair During US Ground Stop, Audio Clip Viral
A student pilot flying solo cross-country for the first time had to ask an air traffic controller what to do during the nationwide ground stop.
Microsoft says services fully restored after global outage hits governments
Tech company says operations restored to all customers and regions affected by one of worst IT failures in yearsMicrosoft has said its service has been fully restored after a massive outage that saw widespread disruption to governments, businesses and public services around the world.The technology company said on Saturday morning it had restored service to the remaining customers affected by one of the worst IT failures in years. On its Microsoft 365 status page, the US-based firm said: “We have completed our efforts to address the underlying issue of the incident and restored service to the remaining impacted customers and regions. Continue reading...
Eisenkot condemns Netanyahu’s ‘racist’ campaign against Israel’s Arab citizens
Prime ministerial hopeful calls Arab minority ‘an integral part of the Israeli story’ as he seeks to form governmentIsraeli prime ministerial hopeful Gadi Eisenkot condemned a “racist and aggressive campaign of delegitimisation” against the country’s Arab citizens, after the caretaker prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accused Arab parties of electoral fraud without evidence.Netanyahu has repeatedly targeted Arab parties and Palestinian citizens of Israel after his party received a disappointing electoral showing, accusing them of manipulating the election and being linked to Hamas. Israeli electoral authorities have rejected these claims as not being backed by evidence. Continue reading...
SpaceX not being honest about ‘political’ reasons for slowing Starshield, says Zelenskyy
Throttling of Elon Musk’s military-grade satellite system affecting whole frontline, says Ukraine’s presidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy has accused SpaceX of not telling the truth over restrictions to Ukraine’s Starshield satellite system, saying the decision to impose speed limits appears to be “political” rather than “technical”.Speaking on Friday, Ukraine’s president said the restrictions affecting Ukrainian drones had been in place for five days. They could no longer fly at speeds of more than 161km/h (100mph), he said, with connections at higher speeds lost. Continue reading...
