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Federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into Block, the financial technology company co-founded by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey. The investigation focuses on alleged compliance lapses at its central units, Square and Cash App. 

Law enforcement officers gathered in large numbers on Wednesday evening at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to disperse a pro-Palestinian protest camp attacked the previous night by pro-Israel supporters.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the obscene videos case involving former prime minister HD Deve Gowda’s grandson and JD(S) Lok Sabha candidate from Hassan constituency, Prajwal Revanna, on Thursday issued a lookout notice against him.

SIT) formed for probing the sex scandal involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna has issued a look-out notice against him on Thursday, Times Now reported. The grandson of former PM Devegowda had sought 7-day time to appear for probe, which was denied. Revanna, accused of sexually abusing several women, had given his first response on the matter on Wednesday and said that the truth will prevail.

India's food safety regulator said on Thursday it had ordered nationwide testing and inspections at all companies making spice mixes, widening a crackdown on the sector as global regulators investigate contamination issues with two popular local brands. Hong Kong last month suspended sales of three spice blends made by India's MDH and an Everest spice mix for fish curry. Singapore ordered a recall of the same Everest mix as well, flagging high levels of ethylene oxide, which is unfit for human consumption and a cancer risk with long exposure. MDH and Everest products are hugely popular in India and also sold in Europe, Asia and North America, and the companies have said they are safe. Still, U.S. and Australian food authorities said they are gathering more information on the matter, and India had already ordered testing of the two brands' products.

ANI. Dubey also questioned how such an incident can it happen when the Mumbai Police's lock-up is so safe. "There are CCTV cameras, there are so many officers...This is a big conspiracy," Dubey claimed.

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman called on the country's Prime Minister and military chief of staff to cooperate with his office's probe into the failures of October 7 in separate letters sent on Wednesday. «My public and ethical duty as the state auditor is to carry out a comprehensive audit of the biggest failure in the history of the state, the Simchat Torah massacre on October 7,» Englman wrote in a letter to Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi.

An Argentinian lawmaker has launched a draft bill that proposes regulating Worldcoin and its operator in the Latin American nation.

C3.ai chairman and CEO says AI is being used by bad guys in huge ways on 'Cavuto: Coast to Coast.'

Vladimir Putin-led country. Earlier, the Delhi Police had revealed that the email used tov threaten over 100 schools in the Delhi-NCR in the early hours of Wednesday, had contained the word ‘Swaraiim’. ‘Swaraiim’ is an Arabic word used by the Islamic State, a transnational Salafi jihadist group, since 2014, said Delhi Police, adding that they used this term to spread Islamist propaganda.

deepfake video but before reaching out to the suspect they have to verify about others who uploaded or forwarded it. Notices have also been served to five more people from different opposition parties for allegedly sharing the video.

Hubballi (Karnataka): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday met Congress Councillor Niranjan Hiremath and assured justice for his daughter Neha who was stabbed to death inside her college campus last month. The 23-year-old Neha, daughter of the Congress Councillor of Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, was stabbed to death by her former classmate Fayaz Khodunaik on the campus of her college in Dharwad on April 18. The incident sparked widespread condemnation and protests. After meeting Shah, Hiremath said that the union home minister assured them that justice would be done, and said that if needed, the case can be handed over to the CBI for further investigation. Speaking to PTI Videos, Hiremath said, «Today union home minister came here and we met him. I have given a memorandum to him stating about my daughter's murder which happened on April 18. Though he is aware about the incident, I still gave him a copy of the complaint and FIR. I also gave him a request letter seeking changes in the IPC section for such incidents».

bomb threat email sent to over 130 schools in the Delhi-NCR region, as the initial probe hinted at a deeper conspiracy by a terror group during the Lok Sabha elections, officials said on Wednesday. A case has been registered under relevant sections of law for offences like conspiracy and threat by the Special Cell and a dedicated team formed to conduct the investigation, an official said. «The matter is related to national security. It needs a deeper probe,» the official said. In a scare of unprecedented scale, over 130 schools in the Delhi-NCR area received an identical bomb threat by email early Wednesday, triggering mass evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in  India  has  launched a nationwide search operation as part of an ongoing investigation into an app-based crypto fraudulent investment scheme. 

Prajwal Revanna's sex videos: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention to get Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna's (JDS) diplomatic passport cancelled and his swift return to India to face the police investigation into the charges of sexual exploitation of women. Within hours, Revanna Jr posted a message on social media saying he has sought time to appear before the SIT, CID as he is not in Bengaluru. Truth will come out soon, he said. His advocate has requested the SIT to give the MP seven days of time to appear before it. He is the grandson of former PM HD Deve Gowda and fought the April 26 Lok Sabha polls as NDA candidate from Hassan.

[email protected]. The word ‘Sawariim’, which means clashing of the swords, is an Arabic word. It has been used by the terrorist group Islamic State since 2014 to spread Islamist propaganda.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday issued a summons to the brother of arrested and suspended Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh in connection with its ongoing investigation of the alleged land grabbing in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali. Shajahan's brother, Sheikh Sirajuddin, who the central probe agency believes has played a crucial role in the scam, has been absconding, he said. «We have summoned Shajahan's brother to appear before our officers on May 6 at our Kolkata office in connection with the land grab case. Our officers went to his residence in search of him but he was not there,» the official told PTI. CBI officers put up the 'summons' notice on Sirajuddin's residence before leaving.

Delhi Police have revealed that the email used to threaten over 80 Delhi-NCR schools in the early hours of Wednesday contained the word 'Sawaraiim', which is an Arabic word used by the Islamic State since 2014. According to the sources, the email ID from which Delhi NCR schools were sent the threat letter is '[email protected].' The investigation so far has revealed that 'Sawariim' (clashing of the swords) is an Arabic word, that has been used by the Islamic State since 2014 to spread Islamist propaganda.

Revanna, accused of sexually abusing several women, has given his first response on the matter on Wednesday and has said that the truth will prevail. «As I am not in Bangalore to attend the enquiry, I have communicated to C.I.D Bangalore through my Advocate. Truth will prevail soon,» he said in a post on X.

The Biden administration says it will cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges that closed the last of its campuses in 2023 amid accusations of fraud

The FBI says scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year