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FTC sues Amazon for enrolling customers into Prime without consent

Amazon was sued Wednesday by Federal Trade Commission for what it called a yearslong effort to enroll consumers without consent into its Prime program and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions. In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, the… Read More

Pentagon admits to $6.2 billion accounting error Tuesday

The Pentagon said Tuesday that it overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion over the past two years — about double early estimates — resulting in a surplus that will be used for future security packages. Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said a detailed… Read More

Rescue crew reportedly heard banging noises near Titanic site

A Canadian military surveillance aircraft detected underwater noises as a massive operation searched early Wednesday in a remote part of the North Atlantic for a submersible that vanished while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. A statement from the U.S. Coast Guard did not elaborate on… Read More

U.S. South suffers power outages amid triple-digit heat wave

More than 300,000 customers in the southern U.S. remained without power Monday following damaging weekend storms, leaving residents searching for relief as sweltering temperatures continued to scorch the region. At least one person in Oklahoma died due to the prolonged outages, officials said. Sponsored: How people achieved an average 123/77… Read More

Pro-life Democrat ousted in Virginia primaries Tuesday

A handful of Virginia incumbents prevailed over challengers in Tuesday’s primary election, but two of the state’s most controversial political figures — Democratic Sen. Joe Morrissey and Republican Sen. Amanda Chase — lost their party’s nomination, along with at least three more of their Senate colleagues. Morrissey, a political centrist… Read More

Blood-red crickets invade Nevada town as residents fight back

Dana Dolan was driving through her small Nevada hometown when she thought she had come upon a gory crash. The ground surrounding Elko’s stretch of Interstate 80 looked as if it had been covered in blood. As the red color shifted and moved, she realized instead it was an infiltration… Read More

4 pedestrians injured in apparent hit-and-run outside White Sox stadium

An apparent hit-and-run collision Tuesday evening injured four pedestrians, two critically, outside Guaranteed Rate Field, where the Chicago White Sox were preparing to play the Texas Rangers, and a related traffic incident injured four others, authorities said. The pedestrians were injured just after 6:20 p.m., Chicago police and fire officials… Read More

Trump’s federal trial set to begin 9 days before GOP debate

Former President Donald Trump has been charged on 37 counts in federal court, including 31 charges of willful retention of national defense information. Now, with his third presidential campaign speeding up, Trump is set to appear in court on Aug. 14, only nine days before the GOP’s first presidential debate. [Study]… Read More