Business Times

In a stark warning reminiscent of Cold War-era tensions, Russian President Vladimir Putin has cautioned the United States against deploying long-range missiles in Germany, signaling that such actions would provoke Russia to station similar nuclear-capable missiles closer to Western borders. The warning comes amid escalating geopolitical friction between the two nuclear powers.

Putin Threatens to Station Nuclear Missiles Near Western Borders if U.S. Proceeds with German Deployment

Business Insider

Russia freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan, and 14 others in a massive prisoner exchange with the West.

Videos show the moment Americans were freed from Russian captivity after high-stakes prisoner swap

TheDailyBeast

Nearly a dozen high-profile political prisoners in Russia have been quietly shuffled from their cells in recent days, fueling hopes that a major prisoner swap may be imminent.Rumors flew Wednesday that such a deal between Russia and the U.S. and their respective allies could include Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained by Russian authorities in March 2023. Earlier this month, Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony under espionage charges internationally condemned as fabricated.Moscow previously said that there was no chance of Gershkovich being exchanged until after his sentencing. On Tuesday, the...

Putin Gets Ready to Swap U.S. Captives for Russian Assassin

ASTANA (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he believed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was sincere about wanting to end the war in Ukraine, but that he did not know how Trump planned to do so if elected. Putin, speaking at a news conference in Kazakhstan at the...

Putin Says He Thinks Trump Is Sincere About Ending Ukraine War

Fox News

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to sit for an interview after he was released, the Wall Street Journal reported.

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich asked for Putin interview upon release from Russian prison

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday denounced NATO's summit promise to grant eventual membership to Ukraine and said Russia should work towards the "disappearance" of both Ukraine and the military alliance. In a social media post, Medvedev quoted in English from NATO's declaration at its Washington...

Former Russian President Medvedev Says Moscow Should Seek 'Disappearance' of Ukraine and NATO

NewsNation

"There’s only really three winners: the two families that get their loved ones back and Putin," Dreeke said.

Whelan, Gershkovich, Putin only ‘winners’ in swap: Ex-FBI agent

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

White House National Security Council communications adviser John Kirby unpacks the high-stakes prisoner swap between the United States, Russia and other countries on "Special Report."

Kirby on swap being called 'success' for Putin: No one's 'doing backflips over here' for Russian assassin

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Axios

Secret Service snipers and former President Trump's security detail didn't know there was a gunman on a nearby roof at the Butler, Pa., rally until shots were fired, Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe told lawmakers Tuesday. Why it matters: Rowe detailed communications breakdowns and a faulty counter-drone system at...

"What I saw made me ashamed," Secret Service head says of Trump rally security

The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that the U.S. has disrupted a Russian disinformation campaign involving Artificial intelligence-powered bots that created fake profiles on the X social media platform.It’s President Vladimir Putin’s answer to the terrifying Skynet artificial intelligence network from the Terminator movies.Government officials seized two internet domains and searched through 968 X accounts that they accuse Russia of using to create an AI “bot farm,” which the department said “Used elements of AI to create fictitious social media profiles—often purporting to belong to individuals in the United States—which the operators then used to promote messages in support of...

Putin Set Up Terminator-Style Skynet AI Network to Attack the U.S.

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Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas, a $1.35 billion behemoth of the sea, has recently been introduced to the world since its maiden voyage on July 19th. The ship, boasting nearly 5,700 passengers and a crew of over 2,200, offers an array of amenities designed to cater to multi-generational families on shorter 3- and 4-day itineraries.

Cruise Passengers Not Happy About Feature on World's Newest Mega Ship

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The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday warned the United States that if Washington deployed long-range missiles in Germany then Russia would station similar missiles in striking distance of the West.

Putin warns the United States of Cold War-style missile crisis

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The summer's COVID-19 wave is continuing, with the latest wastewater surveillance data detecting "high" virus activity levels across the majority of the U.S. and "very high" levels in 19 states, per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Why it matters: The virus is especially prevalent across the western U.S....

Mapped: COVID summer continues to heat up

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under cover that their children found out they were Russians only after the flight took off, the Kremlin said on Friday.

Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on the flight, Kremlin says

Carol E. Lee, Aurora Almendral, Keir Simmons and Andrea Mitchell. Four U.S. residents — including journalist Evan Gershkovich and Marine veteran Paul Whelan — were released Thursday, part of a major multinational prisoner exchange the likes of which has not been seen since the Cold War. The massive...

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich freed from Russian prison as part of major exchange

Charisma reveals that Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has been criticized again for what are considered to be insensitive comments. On his Twitter/X account, the Texas preacher said the following.

Virginia ministers weigh in on Joel Osteen's comments about blessings

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Town Talks

Death Disclosure Laws and Property Disclosures in North Carolina. In North Carolina, there is no legal obligation for homeowners or real estate agents to disclose if a death has occurred in a home, whether by natural causes, murder, or suicide. However, if a potential buyer directly inquires about any deaths on the property, the seller is required to provide that information.

If someone dies at your house do you have to tell a potential buyer? What North Carolina law says

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Gershkovich’s release request: An interview with Putin

Before Evan Gershkovich was released from Russian prison Thursday, he asked the Russian government for one thing — the chance to interview the man behind his...

Gershkovich’s release request: An interview with Putin

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