US not ‘pulling away’ from allies by cutting NATO commitments: Rutte
BRUSSELS (AFP) — NATO chief Mark Rutte said Wednesday that the United States was not stepping back from Europe by announcing cuts to the forces it makes available to the alliance. “In some cases this has been cast as a problem — as the U.S. pulling away from its...
Luigi Mangione will make ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense at New York murder trial
MANHATTAN (CN) — At his upcoming state murder trial in New York City, Luigi Mangione won’t necessarily be arguing that he wasn’t the shooter behind UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s 2024 killing. He’ll instead claim he was under “extreme emotional disturbance”...
Macron ‘rolls out red carpet’ for Trump after months of geopolitical friction
PARIS (CN) — Fresh off the heels of the G7 summit, French President Emmanuel Macron will continue the soft-power diplomacy tour on Wednesday night. Despite months of geopolitical tensions, he invited U.S. President Donald Trump for a banquet at the Palace of...
US drops case against Turkish bank charged with laundering billions to Iran
MANHATTAN (CN) — The United States government’s lengthy prosecution of Turkish state-run lender Halkbank formally concluded Wednesday morning with a New York City federal judge greenlighting a deal that dismisses all decade-old criminal charges implicating the foreign...
A billionaire newcomer and a MAGA warrior win Republican runoff for Georgia’s top seats
ATLANTA (CN) — Rick Jackson, a billionaire and political newcomer, defeated President Donald Trump’s pick for Georgia’s governor in Tuesday’s primary runoff election. The healthcare executive won the Republican nomination by 37,560 more votes than...
Ancient DNA offers clues to one of history’s deadliest diseases
(CN) — Plague may have been devastating human communities thousands of years before the first cities appeared. Researchers analyzing ancient DNA from prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Siberia present evidence of plague outbreaks dating back roughly 5,500 years, making...
Study: Bees change their diets to balance nutrients
(CN) — When it comes to bee nutrition, not all pollen is created equal. A recent study led by Oxford University found that honeybees change how much they eat in order achieve a proper nutrient balance. While honeybees use nectar from flowers for sugar, pollen is their...
Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George inches closer to clinching DC’s mayoral primary
WASHINGTON (CN) — As the sun rose on Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning, residents still weren’t fully enlightened about who would be the capital city’s most likely choice for its next mayor. But while it could be some time before there’s an official winner in...
Astronomers trace ghost particle to a distant star-forming galaxy
(CN) — Every second, trillions of tiny particles called neutrinos pass through your body unnoticed. They carry no electric charge, have almost no mass and rarely interact with anything around them. Scientists have been detecting them for decades, but where the most...