DC federal judge tosses case against FBI officials accused of lying about Hunter Biden laptop

WASHINGTON — A federal magistrate judge dismissed charges Monday against two FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about Hunter Biden’s laptop, saying the case “cannot be described as anything other than weaponization” of the Justice Department. The ruling from US Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui followed a two-day probable cause hearing in the case of Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, formerly of the FBI’s now-defunct Foreign Influence Task Force. Prosecutors say the duo downplayed what they knew about the bureau’s Hunter Biden probes when they sat for interviews with the House Judiciary Committee in 2023, with Benavides telling the committee…

Binance sees .7B in customer withdrawals after stunning North Korea hack

Binance has recorded more than $4.7 billion in outflows since it resumed customer withdrawals on Sunday, following a stunning North Korean hack that experts called the largest bank heist in history. It represents just 3% of the massive cryptocurrency exchange’s total assets and withdrawal levels are already stabilizing to normal…

Dario Amodei’s Anthropic reports B Q3 loss in amended IPO filing

Anthropic’s net loss narrowed sharply in the third quarter as revenue jumped, an amended IPO filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed on Monday. The AI company’s net loss fell to $23.29 billion in the three months ended Sept. 30 from $66.3 billion in the second quarter, while revenue…

UCLA’s Mick Cronin may be coach reborn with rugged roster fitting his style

Late this spring, the obituary on the Mick Cronin era at UCLA was flooding message boards. A coach who hadn’t reached the NCAA Tournament’s second weekend since 2023 had missed on too many prime transfer-portal targets, particularly at small forward and center. The roster didn’t have nearly enough offensive firepower…

‘Now you actually have a blood test’: Psychiatry’s bible, the DSM, is getting upgraded to include biological markers. A psychiatrist explains what that means for mental health.

Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter For decades, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals have used the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,” or DSM, to diagnose patients with conditions such as major depression, anorexia and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).…

Colts open door to benching Daniel Jones after another ugly start

A quarterback change isn’t out of the question in Indianapolis. Colts head coach Shane Steichen left the door open for Daniel Jones to not start, telling reporters on Sunday that he was “going to evaluate everything” after being asked if Jones would stay as Indy’s starting quarterback. The Colts lost…

Molly Sims reveals the supplements and workouts she swears by to get through perimenopause

[nyp_video player=”SPdDOYds” platform=”jw-player” playlist=”W5xXwQyA” playlisttype=”dynamic” placement=”true” jwpropertyid=”XD   Hot flashes, night sweats and vaginal dryness tend to get top billing when it comes to menopause. But the hormonal rollercoaster can wreak havoc well beyond the physical — messing with a woman’s mental and emotional health, too. Model, actress and entrepreneur…

Nets visit Knicks with fresh memories of terrible 2025-26 blowouts

INDIANAPOLIS — The Nets got their first win but won’t have long to savor it. They’ll face the champion Knicks Monday in the Garden, which has become their own house of horrors. The Nets crossed the East River twice last season, losing the first 134-98 on Nov. 9 and then…

Control of Congress hinges on 4 key NY battleground elections

The road to 2027 runs through the Empire State. New York is again expected to play a pivotal role in determining which party takes control of the House of Representatives — four years after the GOP’s four-seat pickup turned the tide in 2022. Pundits and political insiders across the US…

Do you think social media bans will protect children?

Concerns about young people’s social media use are growing, with governments, parents and schools looking for ways to protect children from potential harms, such as stalking, cyberbullying or sexual harassment. Experts also cite concerns about misleading health and medical content online, including posts that may glamorize or oversimplify conditions such…

NYC synagogue attack witness blasts New York Times as downplaying rampage

An outraged witness ripped the New York Times for downplaying Friday night’s attack on Central Synagogue, “perverting the reality that an extremely violent and frightening incident” took place inside a place of worship, and “diluting the true story and subtext.” Harry Zimmerman fired off a lengthy Facebook screed condemning the…

NFL insider reveals why Aaron Donald keeps having Rams workouts

On Sunday, Aaron Donald had his second workout of the summer with the Los Angeles Rams, which has added to speculation that he will come out of retirement in the near future. On Monday, NFL Insider Ian Rapoport revealed on “Good Morning Football” the reason why Donald keeps having workouts…

Hollywood cuts first-ever AI copyright deal with TikTok’s ByteDance

Hollywood’s top copyright cops and TikTok’s parent company have called a truce in their war over artificial intelligence. The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and ByteDance announced a surprise deal Monday to slap tough safety guardrails on the Chinese tech giant’s powerful AI video and image generators, including Seedance and Seedream.…

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