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Golf-BC Partners seeks control of LIV Golf from Saudi wealth fund, FT reports

BC Partners has revived efforts to create a successor to LIV Golf, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, after the breakaway circuit said it would wind down operations following the collapse of a proposed financing deal with the London-based private equity firm.LIV Golf, which shook up professional golf after its launch in 2022, said on Thursday it would liquidate after losing key players and the funding needed to continue operating.BC Partners is seeking to acquire a $50 million bankruptcy loan from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, the debtor-in-possession financing that would all

Sudan detains ex-ruling party head Haroun wanted by ICC

Iran suggests blasts are not US attacks as both sides report ships hit

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Schumer faces skepticism among some Democrats over majority leader role

Chuck Schumer is confident he’ll continue leading Senate Democrats after they captured the chamber’s majority in dramatic fashion on Tuesday. Not all Democrats are so sure.During a post-election gathering Saturday in Washington, DC, two Senate Democrats — Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan — declined to back Schumer for the job, and Slotkin said she would not rule out running herself. A third Senate Democrat who appeared at the conference, Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, said he planned to support Schumer but echoed calls for Senate Democrats “to do things differ

Democrats plan to push clean energy to lower bills and challenge Trump’s fossil fuel agenda

Pope wraps up Uruguay visit and heads to most fraught stop of his tour in Milei's Argentina

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Europeans will join Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, French foreign minister says

Europeans will participate in talks on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi next week, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Sunday. "The Europeans will be well represented; France will be in Abu Dhabi to take part in these discussions," Barrot told French radio station RTL in an interview."I can’t tell you yet who will be representing France on this occasion, but France will certainly be there," he added.US envoy Steve Witkoff said on Monday Washington would bring delegations from Ukraine and Russia together in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11 to discuss ending Moscow's war against Ukraine, post-war

Voters demanded economic relief. Trump and Democrats face tough choices on how to deliver

With Stephen Miller at the helm, Trump charts a course for conflict

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His daughter was abducted during a sleepover and killed. He is among families grappling with Newsom’s death row commutation

On a summer day in 1996, Marc Klaas sat in a San Jose courtroom and clutched the hands of his family as a clerk read aloud the guilty verdict that would eventually place his 12-year-old daughter Polly’s killer on death row. When the man who had fatally strangled Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from a sleepover, Richard Allen Davis, learned of his fate, he turned to the courtroom with his shirt hanging out of his belt, and made an obscene gesture to the room.When Davis was sentenced to death, Klaas thought to himself, “This is what he deserves.”He felt the judge and jury had seen the man

Supreme Court’s trend on church and state is a reminder conservatives have a steady grip on the nation’s laws

� current trajectory protecting the free exercise of religion in January 2016. But after Justice Antonin Scalia suddenly died the next month, creating a possible 4-4 split, the court postponed the hearing for 15 months, past the presidential election.Only when President Donald Trump’s first appointee, Neil Gorsuch, joined the bench in April 2017 did the justices hear Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer. That June, the court issued a decision breaking new ground in requiring direct public funding for religious institutions.That decision continues to reverberate today.At the time, Chief Justice J

Grieving father of Florida Learjet co-pilot defends his daughter's reputation after crash

Houston will limit ICE cooperation in response to Democrats taking power in Texas, mayor says

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‘A beautifully American story’: El-Sayed's historic Senate victory resonates with Muslim Americans

Campaigning relentlessly across Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed didn’t highlight the possibility that he could become the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate. But with victory in hand, he savored his triumph over the vitriol aimed at him and his fellow Muslim Americans. “They tried to demonize people because of how they pray,” he told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “And Michigan — the whole Michigan — clapped back. People don’t want that. They’re sick of it.” He showed his pride in his victory speech, declaring: “My name is Abdulrahman Mohamed

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Cornell faculty vote ‘no confidence’ in university leadership after alleged fraternity gang rape

Cornell University's Faculty Senate approved a resolution Friday declaring “no confidence” in the school's top leaders, a symbolic gesture reflecting deep discontent on campus in the wake of a former student's lawsuit saying she was gang raped at a fraternity party in 2024. The resolution passed 75-50, with five faculty senators abstaining and five others not voting, according to an email sent to Faculty Senate members on Friday afternoon. The vote followed weeks of debate among professors over whether Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff and other

Three Justice Department officials, including man behind Trump’s ‘grand conspiracy’ probe, resign since brutal midterm losses

Colom tells CNN voters showed the country 'Mississippi matters'

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Israel’s president taps opposition candidate Eisenkot to form a government, in setback for Netanyahu

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Saturday night that he was giving opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition following elections on Oct. 27. Eisenkot, a former military chief who ran as the main challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is now a step closer to ousting Israel’s longest-serving premier. “This is the time to establish a national emergency government. I will do anything possible to prove us worthy,” Eisenkot posted on his X account just after the presidential announcement. He h

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Two trains collide in Egypt, killing four people and injuring dozens more, authorities say

At least four people have been killed and nearly 90 injured after two trains collided in Egypt, the health ministry says.Several carriages were derailed after one train collided with the rear of another between Kafr Ammar and Al-Raqqa stations in Giza, near the capital Cairo, the Egyptian National Railways Authority said in a statement.Dozens of ambulances were dispatched to transport the injured to nearby hospitals, while cranes were deployed to remove the wreckage after traffic on the railroad was disrupted, Egyptian authorities said.The Egyptian railway system, the oldest in Africa and the

Israeli president picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu rival, to try to form government

He left NYC after 9/11 for a new life in South America

Washington made Moscow a pariah. Now a tanker of Russian diesel is headed for US shores

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the response from the United States and its allies was swift and brutal. The West launched an economic onslaught against the Kremlin, banning Russian imports, cutting Russia off from its payment systems and imposing a price cap on Russian oil sales to deplete the Kremlin’s coffers.Fast-forward to 2026, and the Malta-flagged Agioi Fanendes is carrying 300,000 barrels of Russian diesel toward the United States, offering a striking image of Washington’s about-face on Moscow.US President Donald Trump’s willingness to provide sanctions relief to R

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Paraguay president impeached and under house arrest following bank collapse scandal

Paraguay’s senate has voted to impeach President Santiago Peña, who is facing a criminal investigation and is under house arrest following the collapse of a major bank he had business links to.The country’s Senate voted to remove him from office on Friday with 44 of the 45 members voting in favor. Vice President Pedro Alliana was sworn in as president soon after the impeachment vote.Peña announced his resignation from office on Thursday after Ueno Bank was shut down overnight due to a solvency crisis, leaving millions of customers unable to access their money and triggering a scandal.Par

Justice Department sends criminal target letters in Alaska probe to people aligned with Democratic party

The Latest: Trump replaces Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller as White House chief of staff

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Trump orders DOJ to look into Democrats for 'threatening' people

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Trump says he wants UFC chief Dana White for White House press secretary

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he had asked mixed martial arts promoter Dana White to serve as White House press secretary and called on him to bring some

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Nithya Raman to take charge in LA amid homeless crisis and political division

In her bid for Los Angeles mayor, Nithya Raman ran as an outsider

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Young voters overwhelmingly backed Democrats this year. The question is whether they'll stay

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We talked to dozens of voters about the midterm results. Here’s what they want to see now

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New Zealand in political limbo after knife-edge election

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Iran’s hardliners see a weakened Trump – and want more to end the war

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Expert gives advice to independent contractors on how to save for retirement

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Why it's still too early to call the US Senate race in Mississippi

Nearly 2,500 votes separate Democrat Scott Colom and Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the tight race for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, and votes are still being counted

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FBI agents served an Alaska Senate candidate with a subpoena just days before election day

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls