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Ethel Caterham is identified as the world's oldest living person.

Video recordings and documents detail how investigators pursued the case and the possibility of abuse for months, but they failed to identify a perpetrator.

A federal audit released this month found that billions in savings claims made by DOGE were unsupported or inaccurate, including $27.4 billion tied to contracts that were still active. This follows Musk's goal to cut as much as $2 trillion from federal spending, whereas the final public tally claimed only $215 billion in savings.

Nine major tech companies have spent roughly $600 billion on capital projects over the past year. Furthermore, a Wall Street Journal analysis found they have an additional $3 trillion in future commitments, mostly tied to AI, that are not yet reflected on their balance sheets.

While Silicon Valley's AI buildout was previously financed almost entirely with cash, Big Tech is becoming a major force in global debt markets. Goldman Sachs projects that debt will fund more than a third of AI spending for "hyperscalers" by 2027, and bond sales by these companies building AI infrastructure are on pace to roughly double in 2026.

The U.S. has spent $963 billion on interest in the first 10 months of the fiscal year, which is $200 billion more than the amount spent on the military during the same period.

Investors are dumping stocks and bonds despite the government's efforts to calm the market.

Trump has threatened an economic pressure campaign against Iran.

A tornado was confirmed in Delaware.

Tornadoes appeared in Queens and on Long Island, and a tornado was also confirmed in Delaware.

Torrential rain in parts of the Northeast impacted New York City, resulting in flooded roads and flooded subway stations.

Storms caused tornadoes and flash flooding in the Mid-Atlantic.