WorldAssociated PressIsrael, Egypt talk truce with Hamas, rebuilding Gaza Strip
Egypt and Israel held high-level talks in both countries Sunday to shore up a fragile truce between Israel and the Hamas militant group and rebuild the Gaza Strip after a punishing 11-day war that left parts of the seaside enclave in ruins. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry received his Israeli counterpart, Gabi Ashkenazi, in Cairo. The meeting is part of an effort to build on an Israel-Hamas cease-fire reached May 21 and to revive Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, which have been dormant for more than a decade, Shukry's office said.
PoliticsAxiosU.S. plans cryptocurrency crackdown
U.S. financial authorities are preparing to actively regulate the $1.5 trillion cryptocurrency market amid growing concerns of a lack of oversight, the Financial Times reports. Why it matters: New efforts under the Biden administration reflect a break from the Trump-era approach, in which the administration at times encouraged cryptocurrency use within the financial system. Michael Hsu, who was appointed this month as acting U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, told the FT that he wants U.S. officials to work together to set a "regulatory perimeter" for crypto.
TechnologyThe ConversationDoes ignoring robocalls make them stop? Here's what we learned from getting 1.5 million calls on 66,000 phone lines
More than 80% of robocalls come from fake numbers – and answering these calls or not has no effect on how many more you'll get. To better understand how these unwanted callers operate, we monitored every phone call received to over 66,000 phone lines in our telephone security lab, the Robocall Observatory at North Carolina State University. Contrary to popular wisdom, we found that answering calls makes no difference in the number of robocalls received by a phone number.
U.S.NBC NewsTexas man accused of planning mass shooting at Walmart is arrested
A man accused of plotting an "unthinkable" attack on a Texas Walmart has been arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat, officials said. Last week, investigators intercepted a message indicating that Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, of Kerrville, Texas, was planning a mass shooting, and had mentioned Walmart, according to a news release from the Kerr County Sheriff's Office. After arresting Blevins on Friday, authorities discovered firearms, ammunition and "radical ideology paraphernalia, including books, flags and handwritten documents" in his home, the news release said.
WorldThe TelegraphBenjamin Netanyahu's rivals vow to form new government within a week
Benjamin Netanyahu's rivals branded him “dangerous and unhinged” as opposition leader Yair Lapid vowed to remove the Israeli prime minister from power and swear in a new government within a week. In a speech on Monday, Mr Lapid, the leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party, confirmed that an agreement had nearly been reached on forming a cross-party coalition to replace Mr Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister. We can end this next week.
U.S.BBCTarzan actor Joe Lara, 58, presumed dead in plane crash
US actor Joe Lara, best known for playing Tarzan, is presumed dead after a plane crash in Tennessee. The 58-year-old is among seven people believed killed when a light aircraft crashed into a lake near the town of Smyrna on Saturday. His dietician wife, Gwen Shamblin Lara, who founded a weight-loss church, is also among the victims.
U.S.Lexington Herald-LeaderKentucky man pardoned by Matt Bevin for 2014 homicide is back in jail, held for Feds
Federal authorities have jailed a Kentucky man who received one of former Gov. Matt Bevin's controversial pardons in December 2019. Patrick Brian Baker, 43, was convicted of reckless homicide in the death of Donald Mills during a Knox County home invasion in 2014. In his pardon, Bevin described the evidence against Baker as “sketchy at best” even though an appeals court rejected Baker's appeal with a judge noting the “evidence of Baker's guilt was overwhelming.”
U.S.Fort Worth Star-TelegramDeputies awake to surprise guest in Wisconsin. ‘Found the one Airbnb…loaded with cops’
A drunk man in Wisconsin got quite a surprise when he reportedly woke up in an Airbnb full of sheriff's deputies. Deputies with the Flathead County Sheriff's Office in Montana rented a house in Milwaukee while they were in town for police training, KULR reported. About 2:30 a.m., one of the deputies heard some crashing upstairs but thought it was one of this colleagues, he said in a video posted to TikTok.
U.S.The State‘Illegal’ piranha found in Louisiana lake has officials worried there are more lurking
A piranha mysteriously turned up in a Louisiana lake — and officials are on the hunt for others that may be skulking in the water. The red piranha, a species native to South America, was caught last week in University Lakes in Baton Rouge, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries. But piranhas aren't supposed to be found anywhere near Louisiana, leading wildlife officials to believe it was illegally kept as a pet and released into the lake.
HealthThe TelegraphCancer patients who didn't seek treatment during lockdown overwhelming A&E
Cancer patients who decided not to seek treatment during lockdown are now overwhelming emergency units at hospitals across the country, health chiefs have warned. Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, said A&E units were struggling to cope with the number of people seeking emergency treatment for cancer, hip and knee operations and other serious ailments after deciding not to come forward for help during the pandemic. It comes after the NHS put some treatments on hold to allow hospitals to cope with an influx of Covid patients and to protect vulnerable cancer patients from infection.
U.S.Fort Worth Star-TelegramBear attacks and seriously injures man in his own garage, Colorado officials say
A man in Colorado was seriously injured Sunday night when a bear attacked him in his own garage, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say. Around 11 p.m., the man noticed the garage door at his Steamboat Springs home was open, and went to close it, officials said in a news release.
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Ex-porn star Mia Khalifa's Israel bashing continues: 'My wine is older than your apartheid state'
Twitter users came down heavily on former-adult film star Mia Khalifa over the weekend after she referred to Israel as an"Apartheid" state and appeared to mock its young history on Twitter. My wine is older than your apartheid state, the Lebanese-American actress and vocal pro-Palestinian supporter wrote alongside a photo of herself sipping French wine. The tweet comes less than a month after Khalifa labeled one of Israel's best-known actresses Gal Gadot a "genocide barbie" over her position on the Israeli-Palestinian violence that reached the most fierce escalation of the conflict in almost a decade.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderThe Texas governor said he plans to strip the Legislature's pay after Democrats staged a walkout to prevent restrictive voting laws from passing
Abbott is expected to call a special session to address redistricting and the voting legislation. See more stories on Insider's business page. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared in a tweet on Monday that he would suspend the pay of the Texas Legislature after state Democrats staged a walkout to prevent Republicans from passing restrictive voting legislation.
U.S.The IndependentBiden to honour son Beau at Memorial Day service: ‘The very best of what America has to offer’
Joe Biden is due to mark his first Memorial Day as commander-in-chief at the Arlington National Cemetery, with a service in honour of both US veterans and his late son, Beau. The US president and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Arlington, Virginia, for the service on Monday, after an appearance at commemoration service in New Castle not far from Wilmington, Delaware, on Sunday. The service fell six years to the day that Beau Biden — a former army officer and US attorney — died of brain cancer aged 46.
U.S.INSIDERA Black woman in Michigan was issued a $385 ticket after her new neighbor called the police on her for loudly talking on a cellphone
The police in Michigan issued a woman a $385 ticket for talking too loud on the phone in her neighborhood on Thursday, according to local reports. Diamond Robinson was walking down her street in Eastpointe when her neighbor asked her to "get off your phone or talk lower," Robinson told Fox 2 Detroit. Robinson said she told the neighbor to "get out of my face" and continued walking.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderAn adviser to Trump ally Roger Stone appeared to gesture for Hillary Clinton to be hanged at a conference with QAnon attendees
Jason Sullivan, social media adviser to Roger Stone, seemd to imply Hillary Clinton should be hanged. Sullivan made a gesture appearing to resemble a noose while talking about Clinton at a QAnon conference. The conference, lasting three days, has attracted crowds of supporters who cheered at Sullivan's gesture.
CelebrityTODAYRaven-Symoné says she lost 28 pounds: 'I got a whole different face going on'
Raven-Symoné has been open regarding her struggles with body image, but now the star is losing weight on her own terms and she posted about it in an Instagram Live video. "Pounds Down (Ear update)," posted the 35-year-old "Raven's Home" and former "Cosby Show" star in the caption for a live video she filmed in the car over the weekend with her wife, Miranda Pearman-Maday, whom she wed last year. In the video, Raven-Symoné gave her 2.4 million Instagram followers an update on her curly hair routine and ear piercing done by Pearman-Maday before sharing the news of her weight loss success.
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Shelter in place issued for parts of Deptford Township, NJ: Officials
A shelter in place has been issued for parts of Deptford Township, Gloucester County. The area impacted is Pasadena Avenue and Hurffville Road.
U.S.The IndependentSarm Heslop: Police on British Virgin Islands still searching for missing woman
Police are continuing to investigate the disappearance of Sarm Heslop after she went missing on the British Virgin Islands in March. The 41-year-old, originally from Southampton, was on an extended holiday with her American boyfriend Ryan Bane at the time she vanished. She was last seen having dinner in St John with Mr Bane on 7 March, hours before he claims he woke up on the luxury yacht they were sharing at 2am to find she was gone.
HealthINSIDERRebel Wilson showed off her beach body while celebrating Memorial Day weekend in Florida
Rebel Wilson posed in a black, low-cut bathing suit over Memorial Day weekend. Wilson hired a top Australian personal trainer and followed the Mayr Method diet. Rebel Wilson is celebrating Memorial Day weekend "Palm Beach-ing" in a figure-hugging black bathing suit, an Instagram post on Monday revealed.
U.S.Business InsiderFormer Trump advisor Michael Flynn said the US should have a coup like Myanmar, where the military overthrew the democratically elected government
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn spoke at a QAnon conference in Dallas this weekend. When asked about the coup in Myanmar, Flynn said that "it should happen here." Myanmar's military overthrew the democratically elected government and has killed hundreds.
BusinessBusiness InsiderWest Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is reportedly on the hook for $700 million in loans from collapsed lender Greensill
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is reportedly on the hook for $700 million in loans from Greensill, the collapsed financial firm. Justice personally guaranteed loans Greensill made to his coal companies, The Wall Street Journal reported. Credit Suisse is trying to claw back cash for people who invested in its Greensill-linked funds.
U.S.USA TODAYUFO filmmaker releases 46-second video allegedly showing swarm of objects hovering near Navy ship
A UFO filmmaker shared a video clip on Thursday depicting radar footage he claimed shows a swarm of unidentified flying objects near a Navy ship off the coast of San Diego almost two years ago. Jeremy Corbell posted the 46-second clip on Twitter, saying it was taken from the USS Omaha on July 15, 2019. Corbell, a UFO enthusiast and filmmaker behind the 2018 documentary "Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers," said the footage showed a "significant UFO event series."
WorldThe IndependentUS defence secretary hits back at Ted Cruz claim that Biden wants 'weak and emasculated' military
Texas senator Ted Cruz has been attacking the Biden administration, claiming the Democrats want to promote a "woke" military that downplays masculinity. "Perhaps a woke, emasculated military is not the best idea," Mr Cruz complained in a tweet. The senator became incensed after seeing a series of US army recruitment videos, titled "The Calling", that promotes diversity.
U.S.The IndependentPolice investigate ‘playing with pistol’ claim as Tory peer’s daughter-in-law held in Belize after death of officer
Police in Belize who arrested the daughter-in-law of billionaire Tory donor Lord Ashcroft over the death of an officer are said to be investigating whether the 38-year-old American suspect had been playing with the victim's pistol before the fatal shooting. Jasmine Hartin was found on a dock near where police superintendent Henry Jemmott was discovered dead early on Friday in the town of San Pedro, and has been held in custody over the weekend. A police source said investigators were working on one theory that she had been playing with a pistol belonging to the 42-year-old victim while under the influence of alcohol, according to The Times.
“It may seem desperate at this point, but I can’t be mad at any and all efforts to get people vaccinated.”
“I won’t get rich, but I will get to live my life. That seems like reward enough.”
“Offering incentives may encourage people who are not actively opposed to vaccination but may have put it off.”
“At some point, the government is simply rewarding irresponsible behavior.”
“Sure, people should do it without needing an incentive. But what’s the alternative? Not enough people get vaccinated.”