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The NFL has suspended former Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker for 10 games without pay for violating the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy.Tucker’s suspension, which stems from allegations of sexual misconduct that surfaced in January, will go into effect on August 26, but he’s still able to serve the suspension if a team doesn’t sign him.”We are disappointed with the NFL’s decision. Justin has always strived to carry himself in a way that would make his family and community proud. He stands by his previous statements,” Tucker’s agent, Rob Roche, said in a statement, according to NFL Media. “In order to…

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Washington — Some Senate Democrats cast doubt on the Trump administration’s characterization of the strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities after top officials briefed senators Thursday. In recent days, President Trump repeatedly declared “total obliteration” after three nuclear sites were bombed in a secret attack by the U.S. Meanwhile, an initial classified assessment found that the strikes set back Tehran’s nuclear program by a matter of months, while Mr. Trump said the nuclear program was set back “basically decades.” Democrats questioned assertions regarding how much Iran’s nuclear program has been hindered. “I walk away from that briefing still under the belief that we have…

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The S&P 500 is approaching a record high, marking a stunning turnaround from April when stocks nosedived after President Donald Trump unveiled a flurry of tariffs on so-called “Liberation Day.”The S&P 500 has jumped 23% since closing at its 2025 low on April 8. On Thursday, it closed up 9 points, or 0.8%, to 6,141, just three points shy of its record closing high of 6,144 on February 19. The tech-heavy Nasdaq also flirted with its previous record of 20,174, set in December 2024, inching up 195 points, or 1%, on Thursday to close at 20,167.The market could surpass those…

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Tesla executive and longtime Elon Musk confidant Omead Afshar has left the electric-vehicle maker, three people familiar with the matter said on Thursday, another senior departure as the company grapples with slowing global demand. Afshar was part of the CEO’s office and since last year had overseen sales and manufacturing in Europe and North America. After joining Tesla in 2017, he quickly became one of Musk’s trusted lieutenants, playing a central role in major projects like the Texas Gigafactory.The sources, who declined to be identified, had no details on the circumstances of his exit or the reason behind it. Afshar…

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Tyreek Hill has a new challenger. Soon after his race against Olympic gold-medalist Noah Lyles was canceled, Hill called out a new adversary, social media content creator IShowSpeed. Now, you might be asking why would Hill go from trying to race a world-class sprinter to a YouTube sensation?Maybe it’s because Speed has accomplished something that Hill is still chasing — taking down a proven speedster. Two weeks ago, Speed successfully challenged Ashton Hall, a former Alcorn State 800-meter runner and football player, beating him four straight times in head-to-head sprints. In one of the races, Speed dusted Hall at the start so badly…

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When Donald Trump won reelection, Jennifer Hadayia knew she’d need a good lawyer. As the executive director of Air Alliance Houston, an environmental nonprofit advocacy organization that works to reduce the risks of air pollution on public health, she had fought the first Trump administration in court already on a variety of issues.But when Lee Zeldin, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, began terminating environmental justice grants awarded by the Biden-era EPA in January and announced “the greatest day of deregulation” in mid-March to dismantle dozens of environmental policies, Hadaiya was gobsmacked: “We are in the very worst possible situation to…

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EUROPEAN stocks seesawed throughout Thursday before closing largely flat, as investors weighed the latest signals on the US interest rate trajectory.The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed up 0.09 per cent at 537.48 points. Other regional indexes also followed suit with similar moves, with only Germany’s DAX up 0.6%.Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested in his congressional testimony this week that if not for inflationary pressures tied to the Trump administration’s tariffs, the central bank might have kept cutting rates.US President Donald Trump stepped up his criticism of Powell and hinted at a shortlist of potential replacements, while the Wall Street Journal reported…

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