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Facebook Parent Meta Initiates Dividend as Growth Continues

The company’s sales increased to $40.11 billion in the three months through December, up 25% compared with the year-earlier period.

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‘She’s a loser’: Ex-Trump White House lawyer on Trump’s attorney Alina Habba – CNN

‘She’s a loser’: Ex-Trump White House lawyer on Trump’s attorney Alina Habba  CNN

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Israelis and Palestinians See Problems With Sanctions on West Bank Settlers

Reactions ranged from denouncing the penalties to saying they didn’t go far enough.

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Austin apologizes for failing to tell White House about his cancer and hospitalization

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin offered a full apology for failing to disclose his battle with prostate cancer. The military’s second-in-command kept President Biden in the dark when he was initially diagnosed in December and during subsequent hospitalizations. That prompted new

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Former CIA employee sentenced to 40 years in prison after carrying out largest data leak in agency’s history – CNN

Former CIA employee sentenced to 40 years in prison after carrying out largest data leak in agency’s history  CNN Former CIA hacker sentenced to 40 years in prison for leaking documents to Wikileaks  The Independent Ex-CIA software engineer sentenced to 40 years

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Russian politician denounces Ukraine war, wants to be ‘free from Putin’s shackles’

In Russia today, it is extremely rare to find someone willing to publicly criticize Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine which is now nearing its third year. But it’s even rarer for that criticism to come from an elected official. Nick

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AP investigation reveals secret U.S. spy program that targeted top Venezuelan officials

The revelation comes at a fraught moment in U.S.-Venezuela relations and offers a rare window into the lengths the DEA was willing to go in a country that banned U.S. drug agents nearly two decades ago.

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Lawmakers move to help veterans at risk of losing their homes

Senators are introducing a new bill to help thousands of veterans who, through no fault of their own, were left facing foreclosure when a VA COVID-assistance program ended abruptly. (Image credit: Imani Khayyam for NPR)

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Child’s body found encased in concrete as police search for two kids missing since 2018

A child’s body has been found encased in concrete in a storage unit – as police in the US continue to search for two youngsters missing since 2018.

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‘Fascist violence’: Internet erupts after GOP lawmaker calls for murdering immigrants

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) caused a blowup on the social media site X on Thursday following a post in which he suggested immigrants should be given rides on “Pinochet Air” — a reference to a Chilean dictator whose armed forces

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