South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem continues to defend her reasoning behind shooting her 14-month-old dog. “It was a dog that was extremely dangerous. It had come to us from a family who had found her way too aggressive‚” she said on Sean Hannity’s show Wednesday on the Fox News Channel. “We were her second chance‚ and she was — the day she was put down was a day that she massacred livestock that were part of our neighbors‚” she added. “She attacked me‚ and it was a hard decision.” She...

Borrowers with good credit seeking during the past seven days prequalified for rates that were higher for 3-year loans and lower for 5-year loans when compared to fixed-rate loans for the seven days before. For borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to select a lender between April 25 and May 1: • Rates on 3-year fixed-rate loans averaged 16.32%‚ up from 15.14% the seven days before and from 13.71% a year ago. • Rates on 5-year fixed-rate loans averaged...

Mexico’s military splurged well beyond its original budget allotment last year — and most of those funds were used for infrastructure projects. The Defense Ministry — which includes the army and air force — was approved to spend 112 billion pesos‚ or roughly $6.6 billion‚ in 2023‚ according to the recently released public budget. It ended up spending 144 billion pesos‚ or 29% more. The Navy‚ a separate ministry‚ spent 57.5 billion pesos‚ or 37% more than its initial budget of 42 billion pesos.

Higher interest rates were supposed to bring a lot of pain for Americans. So far that hasn't happened. Why it matters: The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday‚ keeping rates higher than originally anticipated‚ but in his afternoon news conference Fed chair Jay Powell made it clear he's ready to pivot in the event the pain makes an appearance. The intrigue: When the Fed started hiking rates in 2022‚ some progressives feared that higher interest rates would eventually...

The judge overseeing a landmark U.S. antitrust challenge to Google tried to poke holes in both sides’ cases during closing arguments Thursday‚ as he weighs a ruling that could reshape the technology industry. Judge Amit P. Mehta was presiding over the first day of closing arguments in the most consequential tech antitrust case since the U.S. government sued Microsoft in the late 1990s. The Justice Department has sued Google‚ accusing it of illegally shoring up a monopoly in online search....

As Donald Trump’s first criminal trial moves through its second week of testimony‚ the prosecution is calling witnesses that can attest to Trump’s personal involvement in the underlying crime that the case is built on—but one witness won’t be at their disposal‚ and documents obtained by The Daily Beast suggest that he could provide pivotal information about that very crime. That witness is longtime Trump Organization financial controller Allen Weisselberg‚ a convicted tax cheat whose perjury...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Thursday nearly 40% of U.S. telecom companies getting federal support need additional government funding to remove equipment made by Chinese telecoms firms Huawei and ZTE (000063.SZ) from American wireless networks to address security risks. The FCC said removing the equipment is estimated to cost $4.98 billion but Congress has only approved $1.9 billion for the &;quot;rip and replace&;quot; program. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel on Thursday called...

In the early afternoon of 29 November last year‚ several Palestinian boys descended on to their street in the occupied West Bank‚ where they often played together. Minutes later‚ two of them lay dead from gunshots fired by Israeli soldiers - Basil‚ 15‚ and eight-year-old Adam. As part of an investigation into the conduct of Israel's security forces in the West Bank‚ which has been under military occupation for more than half a century‚ the BBC has pieced together what happened on the day...

Joshua Dean‚ formerly an auditor at Spirit Aerosystems and whistleblower who alleged Spirit had failed to address defects along the Boeing 737 production line‚ has died Tuesday after a two-week fight with an infection. He was 45 years old. According to a Facebook post from his mother‚ he was hospitalized with Influenza B and MRSA that went into pneumonia. His condition quickly deteriorated and he was transferred to a hospital in Oklahoma City. There he was put on an ECMO machine which...

The Daily Wire reportedly sought out a gag order against their ex-staffer Candace Owens after she called for a debate against Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro. The conservative outlet allegedly attempted to privately receive a gag order as Shapiro and Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing simultaneously argued over when to hold a debate against Owens‚ according to award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald’s Locals newsletter. The outlet has not announced the gag order publicly. The Daily...