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Fifteen men have been convicted in Sri Lanka for their roles in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, marking a significant step toward justice for one of the country's deadliest terror attacks.
Fifteen men have been convicted in Sri Lanka for their roles in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings targeting Christians and tourists, marking a significant step toward justice for one of the country’s deadliest terror attacks. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Sri Lanka ’s High Court has convicted 15 men over their alleged roles in plotting the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 270 people, including five U.S. citizens, and wounded more than 500. Among those convicted was Naufer Moulavi, whom prosecutors identified as a mastermind of the coordinated suicide attacks, while nine other defendants were acquitted. DETAIL: The bombings targeted three churches and three luxury hotels and marked the deadliest attacks in Sri Lanka since the…Open
British Columbia sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, in California over a mass shooting at one of its schools. According to the lawsuit, the February massacre could have been prevented if the company had warned local law enforcement that the shooter had used ChatGPT to discuss gun violence. CNN’s Clare Duffy reports.
In a letter, John Curtis of Utah called for the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena the sons of President Trump and former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
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A nor’easter in September is unusual. As its forecast took shape on Tuesday, there was still uncertainty over what it would do.
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With six weeks to go until Election Day, the two candidates in the Maine Senate race remain neck and neck.
A new AARP survey of Alaska voters finds a competitive Senate race and a major turnout gap between older and younger voters. Larry talks with AARP's John Hishta about what voters 50+ are saying about the race, affordability, Social Security, Medicare and prescription drug costs. For more information on the election and how you can vote in your state, visit https://www.AARP.org/votes.
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It's funny, how those things we keep hearing from the left never happen, keep happening. The latest comes to us in an election issue, in a state, Utah, where mail-in ballots are used. That's a system that just invites fraud and tampering, and that is precisely what has happened; Acting Deputy Atty. General Trent McCotter, on Tuesday, announced the indictment of a United States Postal Service (USPS) worker who has been indicted for the destruction of over 300 ballots.
For the first time, the federal government is moving to test drinking water for traces of abortion drugs. The EPA is adding mifepristone and misoprostol to a new screening project that will test water samples alongside more than 1,000 other pharmaceuticals, PFAS, and other chemicals, the result of years of pressure from anti-abortion advocates, attorneys general, and members of Congress.
Also, El-Sayed campaigned with Harris, unlike many other Democrats. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.