‘Master manipulator’ CIA officer who stashed M in gold bars at home detained as flight risk

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former CIA officer who allegedly stole $40 million in gold bars from the government and stashed it at his home in Virginia was ordered detained at a court hearing Friday after a federal judge sided with prosecutors who argued the “master manipulator” posed a severe risk of flight. David Rush, who worked for 17 years at the agency, has already been held since May 19 in an Alexandria jail following an FBI raid on his Ashburn residence the day before that uncovered the more than 300 one-kilogram gold bars, as well as $2 million in cash…

FIFA World Cup 2026 fans racing to buy 0 soccer-themed LABUBU from POP MART

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will soon bring national pride, sensational goals and LABUBUs.  Everyone is familiar with POP MART’s wildly popular THE MONSTERS collection featuring the fuzzy sharp-toothed character you see hanging off designer bags and purses across the country.  LABUBU has collaborated with Japanese Anime series “One Piece,”…

Why counting votes in California takes long — here is what to expect

When elections happen in the United States, winners are often projected on election night or by the next morning. That is not always the case in California. Voters across the state cast ballots on June 2 in several high-profile races, including the contest to replace term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom and…

Senate passes B immigration enforcement bill

The Senate passed legislation to fund President Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill. Senators voted 52-47 for the $70 billion legislation to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border…

AI models are teaching each other ‘violent and antisocial’ traits through hidden data signals, study finds — and scientists can’t figure out why

Large language models (LLMs) are secretly teaching each other unwanted habits through seemingly benign training data, scientists say.The phenomenon, known as “subliminal learning,” occurs when a pretrained “teacher” artificial intelligence (AI) model is used to generate the training data for a smaller, “student” model.In a study published April 15 in…

Now that everyone’s a Knicks fan, this is what you need to wear

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Blue and orange are pretty popular colors around New York City these days. For the first time in 27 years, the New York Knicks are…

US Soccer’s new 200-acre training facility world class in every respect

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — U.S. Soccer Federation employees lined the walkway of the National Training Center on Thursday afternoon, giving the men’s national team a sendoff as it departed its first camp at the forever home the federation has always craved. To be pedantic, it would be wrong to call this…

Aaron Judge’s injury a blow to Yankees — but things could be much worse

The brief, late-night message from the Yankees regarding superstar Aaron Judge’s condition wasn’t the worst possible news. But it very close to the worst.  After three days of mostly hope, the best the Yankees could muster after finally getting the dreaded diagnosis was this: They do expect Judge back “at…

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