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Authorities in southern Arizona are looking for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of television journalist Savannah Guthrie, after family members reported her missing over the weekend. Detectives with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department have processed the older woman’s residence in the Catalina Foothills and now regard the house as an active crime scene. Last Known […]
Walt Disney Co. is approaching a pivotal leadership transition with financial tailwinds at its back. During Monday’s fiscal first-quarter earnings call, the company detailed performance that exceeded analyst forecasts and emphasized operational improvements achieved since Bob Iger resumed the chief executive post in late 2022. Directors are expected to meet this week to choose Iger’s […]
The landscape for investors focused on rare earths and other critical minerals shifted again after a report released Monday indicated that the United States government could create a dedicated stockpile of these materials. The possibility of federal purchases has attracted renewed attention to MP Materials Corp., one of the few domestic producers in the sector, […]
One Gwinnett County police officer was fatally shot and another was seriously wounded Sunday morning during an exchange of gunfire inside a hotel room near Stone Mountain, roughly 25 miles northeast of Atlanta. The suspect, identified by investigators as 35-year-old Kevin Andrews of Decatur, was also struck by police fire and is receiving medical treatment. […]
New York — Chinese-language money laundering networks transferred roughly $16.1 billion in illicit funds through cryptocurrency channels in 2025, according to a study released Tuesday by blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. The figure represents close to 20 percent of the global illicit-crypto market, which the report valued at just over $82 billion for the year. Scale […]
GeoPark Limited has reached a definitive agreement to purchase Frontera Energy’s oil and gas exploration and production portfolio in Colombia, strengthening the buyer’s position in one of Latin America’s most active hydrocarbon provinces. The deal, announced on January 29, 2026, assigns a cash value of $375 million to the assets, with an additional $25 million payable if specified […]
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon walked the red carpet at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 1, attending the 68th Grammy Awards just three days after a federal judge released him without bail following his arrest linked to a protest in Minnesota. Lemon, who left CNN in 2023 and now works as an […]
Seoul, Feb. — South Korean equities fell sharply on Monday, triggering a temporary halt in derivatives trading and setting the tone for a broad pullback across Asia-Pacific markets. The benchmark Kospi index lost more than 5% to close at 4,949.67, while futures on the Kospi 200 dropped by the same margin, activating an automatic circuit […]
Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) posted a sharp advance in late January, reaching an all-time closing high on January 28. The move capped a 9.68% gain between January 22 and January 29, positioning the company among the strongest performers in the energy sector for the week. The rally coincided with a jump in U.S. uranium futures, which recently traded above $101 […]
Attorneys representing more than 200 individuals who say they were sexually exploited by Jeffrey Epstein are asking two federal judges in New York to order the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to take offline a website that hosts thousands of pages of case records. The lawyers contend that the site repeatedly exposes victims’ names, addresses […]
Gold and silver prices retreated sharply on Monday, deepening last week’s historic sell-off as a stronger U.S. dollar, profit-taking and shifting expectations for Federal Reserve policy continued to weigh on the precious-metals market. Spot gold fell about 5% to $4,611.40 per ounce, widening the near-10% slide recorded on Friday when prices broke below the $5,000 […]
Bloom Energy Corporation’s stock recorded a sharp advance during the final week of January after several research firms initiated or updated coverage, projecting substantial price appreciation for the solid-oxide fuel cell manufacturer. Seven-Day Rally Follows Series of Analyst Actions Between January 22 and January 29, 2026, Bloom Energy’s shares on the New York Stock Exchange […]