Tuesday, July 1, 2025

As Musk melts down over budget bill, Trump threatens his government contracts

Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-musk-subsidies-contracts-1.7574786?cmp=rss

Trump says Israel agrees to 'necessary conditions to finalize' 60-day Gaza ceasefire

A child stands amid the rubble next to a destroyed building.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced the development — upon which Israel has yet to comment — as he prepares to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks at the White House on Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-israel-hamas-ceasefire-terms-gaza-war-1.7574999?cmp=rss

Non-profit run by 23andMe co-founder gets court approval to buy the genetic testing company

A sign outside a building that says 23andMe

Anne Wojcicki's nonprofit TTAM Research Institute will purchase "substantially all" of San Francisco-based 23andMe's assets. The sale comes amid a lawsuit filed by a number of U.S. states that sought to block 23andMe from selling genetic data without customers' consent.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/23andme-court-approval-1.7574842?cmp=rss

Monday, June 30, 2025

Family of Idaho stabbing victim 'furious' after accused killer strikes deal to avoid execution

A jumbotron shows a picture of four people and their names.

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty, an attorney for one victim's family said Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bryan-kohberger-plea-deal-university-idaho-1.7574689?cmp=rss

No verdict after day one of jury deliberations in Diddy sex trafficking trial

A courtroom artist's sketch of a man in a light brown suit sitting in court looking at a screen with the message "Hey KK - I need more baby oil" typed on it.

Jury deliberations got underway on Monday in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' federal sex trafficking trial and hit a snag almost as soon as they started. But, by the end of the day, jurors indicated they were making progress weighing complex charges that could put the hip-hop mogul in prison for life.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/diddy-trial-deliberation-starts-1.7574223?cmp=rss