WorldUS Indicts Sinaloa Governor Rocha Moya in Sweeping Cartel Case
A five-count SDNY indictment charges a sitting Mexican state governor and nine others with running cover for the Chapitos faction in exchange for bribes and political support.
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WorldU.S. Sanctions Hengli Refinery in Sweeping Iran Oil Crackdown
Treasury hit one of China's largest independent refineries and 40 shadow-fleet vessels Friday, escalating Iran pressure weeks before Trump and Xi meet.
TechnologyAI Deepfake Tool Is Blowing Past Bank Selfie Checks
A darknet tool called JINKUSU CAM is bypassing live ID verification at Binance, BBVA, and Revolut. The selfie-check era just ended.
BusinessNetflix Beat Q1 Easily. Wall Street Sold It Anyway.
Netflix cleared every Q1 2026 number, banked a $2.8 billion Paramount check, and announced Reed Hastings is leaving the board. The stock still dropped 10%.
TechnologyAmazon Buys Globalstar for $11.57B, Takes Over iPhone Satellite
Amazon is absorbing the satellite network behind Apple's Emergency SOS, and the deal may be more about blocking Elon Musk than wiring up the iPhone.
WorldTurkey's Second School Shooting in Two Days Leaves Nine Dead
An eighth-grader with his father's service weapons killed eight students and a teacher in Kahramanmaras, a day after a similar attack in Sanliurfa.
TechnologyASML Beats Q1, Raises 2026 Forecast on AI Memory Boom
ASML posted €8.8B in Q1 sales and lifted its 2026 outlook to €36-40B. Half of new-tool orders went to memory chips, a cycle no one predicted a year ago.
WorldAt Least 25 Dead After Stampede at Haiti's Historic Citadelle Fortress
Overcrowding at a single entrance to the mountaintop UNESCO World Heritage Site during an Easter celebration turned deadly when thousands of visitors, many of them students, crushed into each other on the narrow mountain path.
TechnologyMeta's Muse Spark Closes the Door on Open Source
Meta's new AI model, built by Alexandr Wang's Superintelligence Labs, ships closed-source. The $14.3 billion bet just changed Meta's identity.
PoliticsWisconsin Supreme Court Flips to 5-2 Liberal Supermajority in Landslide
Chris Taylor crushed her conservative opponent by 20 points, giving liberals their biggest court majority since the 1970s and a guaranteed firewall through 2028.
WorldThe U.S. and Iran Just Agreed to a Ceasefire. Here's What's Actually in the Deal.
A two-week truce halts 40 days of strikes, reopens the Strait of Hormuz, and sets the stage for talks in Islamabad on Friday.
Technology71,000 Tech Jobs Gone in Q1: The Real Story Behind AI Layoffs
Companies are cutting workers over AI's potential, not its performance. Only 2% of layoffs are based on actual automation results.