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Moscow — Russia’s security service said Wednesday that it had detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in a Moscow bomb blast. The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen whom the agency said had been recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services.Ukrainian security sources told CBS News on Monday that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) was behind the explosion that killed Lt. General Igor Kirillov. The claim couldn’t be independently verified, but Russian officials quickly vowed to take revenge against Ukraine’s leaders.Russia’s Federal Security Service didn’t name the suspect, but it said he was born in 1995.…

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet flying from the Kazakhstan capital, Baku, to Grozny in Russia crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, the Kazakh transport ministry said.Azerbaijan Airlines, that country’s flag carrier, said the Embraer 190 had “made an emergency landing” around two miles from Aktau, an oil and gas hub on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. Google Maps The Kazakh transport ministry said there were 62 passengers and five crew members on the plane and the country’s emergency situations ministry said preliminary information indicated there were survivors.Crews were putting out a fire at the site, the emergency situations…

Emma Dumont made headlines in late 2024 after changing their pronouns and their name. Learn more about the ‘Oppenheimer’ star’s career. Image Credit: Getty Images for Cadillac Emma Dumont has changed their pronouns from she/her to they/them and revealed their new name. The model, dancer and actor — who rose to prominence after landing a role in Christopher Nolan‘s Oscar-winning film Oppenheimer — recently revealed they are trans masculine non-binary. Fans are now curious to learn more about the talented actor, their rise in Hollywood and more. Hollywood Life has five facts about Emma Dumont below. Emma Dumont’s Oppenheimer Role…

Marc Fogel, an American schoolteacher arrested in Russia on drug charges in 2021, has been formally classified by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained, according to the State Department, as reported by the Associated Press. “The United States has been working to secure Marc Fogel’s release for some time. We have long called for his humanitarian release and tried to include him in the August 1 deal, but were unable to. The Secretary determined Marc is wrongfully detained in October,” the department said in a statement, as reported by AP. The Hill has contacted the State Department for further comment.…

Anna Claire Vollers | (TNS) Stateline.orgOfficials in blue states are vowing to build a “firewall” of reproductive health protections as they anticipate federal and state attacks on abortion access under the Trump administration.“We’re going on offense,” Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, a Democrat, told Stateline. “We are in an unprecedented war on American women and patients. State attorneys general, particularly my colleagues and I who support abortion rights and reproductive freedom, have been building this firewall for some time now.”President-elect Donald Trump has said he would leave abortion access up to individual states in the wake of the U.S. Supreme…

Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Estonia Denys Shmyhal and Kristen Michal signed a joint statement calling for increased sanctions pressure on Russia and a full trade embargo. That is according to the official Telegram account of the Ukrainian prime minister, Ukrinform reports. “Following a meeting with Prime Minister of Estonia Kristen Michal, we signed a Joint Statement. In particular, we declared the strengthening of bilateral partnership cooperation, reaffirmed the determination to confront the Russian aggressor, emphasized Estonia’s unconditional political support for Ukraine on all important issues; called on the EU to increase sanctions pressure on Russia, establish a full trade…

The Nordstrom retail company is about to go private in an all-cash deal worth billions of dollars. Find out how much money the Nordstrom family has. Image Credit: Getty Images for Nordstrom The Nordstrom company is about to go private in an all-cash deal with El Puerto de Liverpool that will reportedly make the family wealthier. The agreement is estimated to be worth more than $6 billion. The transaction is expected to close in early 2025, leaving the Nordstrom heirs, including CEO Erik Nordstrom and CBO Pete Nordstrom, a majority ownership stake in the company, according to Yahoo! Finance. El…

As of December 28, 2024, Russia has suffered approximately 784,200 casualties in Ukraine since the invasion began on February 24, 2022, with 1,690 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Ukraine’s defense forces have destroyed 9,651 (+7) Russian tanks, 19,970 (+19) armored fighting vehicles, 21,408 (+29) artillery systems, 1,256 multiple rocket launchers, 1,032 anti-aircraft warfare systems, and 3,003 cruise missiles. The Russian army has also lost 369 warplanes, 329 helicopters, 21,013 (+14) tactical unmanned…

By Vanessa G. Sánchez, KFF Health News (TNS)LOS ANGELES — President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations and tougher immigration restrictions is deepening mistrust of the health care system among California’s immigrants and clouding the future for providers serving the state’s most impoverished residents.At the same time, immigrants living illegally in Southern California told KFF Health News they thought the economy would improve and their incomes might increase under Trump, and for some that outweighed concerns about health care.Community health workers say fear of deportation is already affecting participation in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program for low-income residents, which was…

Este artículo también está disponible en español. Bitcoin price started a decent increase above the $96,000 level. BTC might continue to rise if it clears the $100,00 resistance zone. Bitcoin started a decent upward move above the $96,000 zone. The price is trading above $96,500 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is a connecting bullish trend line forming with support at $98,500 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair could start another increase if it stays above the $96,000 support zone. Bitcoin Price Could Regain Momentum Bitcoin price started a decent…