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The case of Karmelo Anthony continues to gain national attention.In April 2025, at track meet in Frisco, Texas, Anthony (then a 17-year-old Centennial High School student) allegedly fatally stabbed fellow high school student 17-year-old Austin Metcalf in the chest with a pocketknife during a confrontation. Anthony turned himself in shortly after the incident, but he pled not guilty to his charge of first-degree murder, claiming he acted in self-defense.On June 3, a jury was seated. No black jurors were selected.BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock admits he was thrilled by the news.“I am overjoyed there are no black people on this jury,”…

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(Image credit: Getty Images)All three main equity indexes closed lower on Friday, as the AI trade unwound a little more in the wake of weak guidance from a major chip player. Meanwhile, a much stronger-than-expected nonfarm payrolls report sapped almost all hope for lower interest rates this year.The front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures contract was down 2.9% to $90.32 per barrel on Friday but rose 3.4% this week. The U.S. and Iran are in a stalemate in the Middle East, and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, with Saturday marking 100 days since the war began on February…

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Tank Dell isn’t back entirely for the Houston Texans, but at least there’s a step forward in his official return.After missing an entire season due to a dislocated knee and multiple ligament tears, Dell began to make strides on Thursday afternoon. During the early stages of OTAs, the Texans’ fourth-year wide receiver caught passes in individual drills and later caught several passes against the team’s secondary.AdvertisementNo, Dell is far from back to full speed, but it was a good sign to see him do more than just drills off to the side. Houston remains patient in the big-picture approach, with…

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Shares of Lucid Group (LCID 10.04%) fell 22% this week, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. An electric vehicle (EV) brand that once had a market cap of over $75 billion in late 2021, Lucid is now teetering on the brink after another poor quarter and an abrupt CEO transition this week. It is also trying to raise funds to stem the holes in its balance sheet. Here’s why the stock was falling this week, and whether investors should consider buying the dip. Today’s Change(-10.04%) $-0.57Current Price$5.11Key Data PointsMarket Cap$2.2BDay’s Range$5.09 – $5.7052wk Range$5.09 – $33.70Volume21MAvg Vol14.3MGross Margin-9560.18%…

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Damu Sherpa believed that her husband, Dawa Sherpa, a guide helping climbers summit Mount Everest, was dead.Mr. Sherpa, 57, had been missing on the world’s tallest peak since May 29, when he was descending with the last group to climb the mountain for the season. On Wednesday, her husband’s employer told her that he was dead, and that she and her daughter could start mourning rituals.Then on Thursday morning, six days after he went missing, Damu Sherpa received a call: Her husband had been found alive, crawling on a glacier near base camp, by workers on foot who were collecting…

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President Donald Trump says he wants acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte to slim down the nation’s sprawling intelligence bureaucracy and begin removing holdovers from the Obama and Biden administrations, taking advantage of a legal loophole that allows his new intelligence chief to bypass Senate confirmation. Under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, Bill Pulte can temporarily serve as the nation’s top intelligence official without undergoing a confirmation battle, giving him immediate authority over the 18 agencies overseen by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, including the CIA and FBI. Trump told The Wall Street Journal the intelligence…

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Tyrrell Hatton is looking to make a statement in his first start since becoming a father. The Englishman carded a 2-under 69 in Round 2 to move to 6 under for the week and take sole possession of the lead at the halfway stage of LIV Golf Andalucía 2026.The Legion XIII star, who missed last week’s event in Korea following the birth of his first child, went out in 36 before a more productive back nine of 33. He sits two shots clear of Thomas Detry heading into the weekend at Real Club Valderrama.”If you’d have said to me on…

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