A US special forces soldier involved in the military operation that captured Nicolas Maduro has been arrested after he allegedly bet on the removal of Venezuela's former leader before the information was publicly available.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged Gannon Ken Van Dyke after he allegedly made trades on Polymarket, a crypto-powered platform, on the basis of classified information.
"That is clear insider trading and is illegal under federal law," justice department officials said.
Meta will cut thousands of jobs next month as it spends more than ever on artificial intelligence (AI) projects.
The company told employees in a memo on Thursday that it planned to cut 10% of its workforce - roughly 8,000 staff. It said it would also not fill thousands more open jobs it had been hiring for.
A key reason for the layoffs is Meta's in other areas of the company, including AI, for which it will this year spend $135
The killing of Carl Grillmair, a renowned astronomer, is one of several cases spurring conspiracy theories online
The disappearances and deaths of at least 10 people tied to sensitive US research have drawn scrutiny from online sleuths and now federal investigators. But for grieving relatives, all the wild speculation is "disgusting".
Carl Grillmair "would laugh" at the conspiracy theories about his killing, says his widow.
"I think it's absolute nonsense," says Louise Grillmair. "I mean,
Watch: "Every parent's nightmare" - What we learned from the charges against D4vd
US singer D4vd has been accused of having "a significant amount" of images depicting child sex abuse on his phone and iCloud account when he was arrested over the death of a 14-year-old girl found in his car, prosecutors say.
The discovery was made through search warrants in the case as police investigated how Celeste Rivas Hernandez died and ended up in the singer's
The US says its forces have boarded a sanctioned ship carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean in the country's latest naval move against Iran.
The US Department of Defence (DoD) said in a statement it had carried out a "maritime interdiction" - the interception or inspection of a vessel by a navy on ships suspected to be hostile or in violation of the law - on the M/T Majestic X.
The US has intercepted multiple ships after imposing a blockade on maritime
The inspector general at the US Department of Justice (DoJ) is opening an investigation into whether the agency is complying with a law passed by Congress forcing the release of files related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
The announcement by the DoJ's internal watchdog comes amid criticism from lawmakers over how the files were released, and millions of other files that have not been made public.
The statement on Thursday said the watchdog would examine the "identification, collection, and production of responsive material"