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CNN Founder Ted Turner Has Died at Age 87
(Headline USA) Ted Turner, the television pioneer who created a media empire and transformed the news business by creating CNN and introducing the 24-hour cable news cycle, died Wednesday. He was 87. He died surrounded by his family, according to Turner Enterprises, the company that oversees his vast businesses and investments. Turner was the force…
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Man Charged in DC Shooting Was Near JD Vance’s Motorcade
(Headline USA) A man accused of firing a gun at law enforcement officers near the Washington Monument this week was walking along the path of Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade before the shooting and made a vulgar remark about the White House after the confrontation, according to a court filing Wednesday. Michael Marx, 45, of…
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Georgia Prosecutor Won’t Reveal What Her Pursuit of Trump Cost Taxpayers
(Johnny Edwards, The Center Square) The Georgia district attorney who took on Donald Trump, only to be removed from the case over a romance with her lead co-counsel, likely spent millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money on the years-long racketeering prosecution. And taxpayers might be on the hook for millions more. But DA Fani Willis…
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FBI Searches Properties Tied to Virginia Senate Leader
(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square) Federal agents executed court-authorized search warrants Wednesday at properties in Portsmouth tied to Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas, according to the FBI. In a statement, the FBI confirmed it was conducting “court-authorized law enforcement activity” tied to an ongoing investigation in Portsmouth and said there was no threat…
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Mike Maharrey’s Money Metals Field Trip Reveals More Than Vaults and Bullion
(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey reflects on a recent trip to Money Metals’ main facility and bullion depository in Eagle, Idaho. The visit was technically a work trip. Maharrey said the team filmed well over 100 marketing and social media videos. But it also felt like the…
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Government Red Tape Causing Gold Shortage in India
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Government red tape is creating havoc in India’s gold market. For the last five weeks, gold imports have virtually stopped. According to the Economic Times of India, this is pushing domestic gold prices higher and threatening shortages in the world’s second-largest gold market. The gold price premium in India…
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Central Banks Added More Gold in March But Big Sales Sent Net Purchases Negative
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central banks continued to buy gold in March; however, big sales by Turkey and Russia sent net purchases negative by 27 tonnes. Officially, central banks globally bought 37 tonnes of gold in March, led by Poland. The Gold Buyers Despite rumors that the country might tap into its gold…
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FBI’s Secret ‘Burn Bag Room’ Isn’t Even in the Hoover Building Blueprints, Director Says
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Shortly after FBI Director Kashyap Patel and then-Deputy Director Dan Bongino took office, they found a trove of classified Russiagate records and other damning documents inside “burn bags” in a secret bureau room—or so the story goes. Patel provided more details about this purported burn-bag room in a recent interview with…
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US Marshals Contractor Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Targeting Girls Online
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department announced last month that a “Chantilly man” was sentenced to 27 years in prison after being convicted of sexual exploitation and coercion and enticement of minors to engage in illegal sexual activity. What the DOJ’s press release didn’t say—and what’s not mentioned in court records—is that the defendant…
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2 Killed and 3 Injured in Shootings Near a Shopping Mall North of Dallas, Police Say
(Headline USA) A man shot five people in Texas on Tuesday, killing two of them, at a shopping center north of Dallas, police said. It was not a random act of violence and the victims knew the attacker, Carrollton Police Chief Roberto Arredondo said. “We don’t know exactly what the meeting was about, but we…
