A gunman entered Coquette Brasserie in Raleigh and fatally shot a man before turning the gun on himself. The shooter is in critical condition and another bystander was injured but not severely. Police believe the incident resulted from a dispute and confirmed it wasn’t random. Traffic near North Hills shopping mall and several schools were temporarily affected.
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Anne Marie Hochhalter, a survivor of the 1999 Columbine shooting that left her partially paralyzed, has died at 43. Despite enduring chronic pain, she dedicated her life to helping others and forgave one of the gunmen’s mothers in 2016. She found solace in a bond with another victim’s family. Hochhalter’s passing, suspected to be from natural causes linked to her injuries, reignites reflection on the tragedy and healing.
Sharing an anecdote about DOGE, David Sacks said he went to greet them and the room was full of young people. "I think they all are engineers. They were wearing suits and ties. They were working really late," Sacks said adding that new facilities access had to be created for them as the facilities never had people working so late on Friday nights.
White it's not know what access DOGE has and to what extent, Donald Trump asserted that DOGE will not touch Social Security. "Social Security will not be touched, it will only be strengthened," Trump recently said adding that he would "weed out" undocumented people from the benefits. “We have illegal immigrants on Social Security and we’re going to find out who they are and take them off… we’re not going to stand for that.â€
A 10-year-old boy is recovering after shielding his younger sister from debris of a crashed medical transport plane in Philadelphia. Trey Howard, who underwent emergency brain surgery, asked if he saved his sister upon waking. The crash killed all six onboard and a seventh person on the ground, injuring 24 others.
​Like Luigi Mangione's Ivy League background, Matthew Livelsberg too came from a solid military background serving in the Army since 2006. He was an active army man when he blew the car which looked like a terror attack outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas but with more information coming in, it looks like probably motivated by personal reasons. Before the explosion, Livelsberg shot himself in the head.
Tencent has begun trialing its own AI reasoning model, "Hunyuan Thinker," alongside DeepSeek’s R1 chatbot in its Yuanbao chatbot, aiming for more human-like responses. The move intensifies China’s AI race, with companies like Baidu and BYD also integrating DeepSeek. While gaining traction, DeepSeek faces global scrutiny over data privacy, with South Korea joining several countries in restricting its use pending security reviews.
Former President Trump made unsubstantiated claims about a midair collision, linking it to FAA diversity policies from the Obama and Biden administrations. Despite the investigation being in its early stages, he criticized these policies and emphasized the need for competency-based hiring.
North Korea, led by Kim Jong Un, is adopting its toughest strategy against perceived US aggression, notably due to strengthened US-South Korea-Japan military ties. The strategy, set for 2025, includes leadership changes and intensified defence capabilities. Pyongyang's growing military collaboration with Russia, involving deployment in Ukraine, has raised international concerns.
Minutes after taking office, Donald Trump was sued by the AFGE and Public Citizen over his plan for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk. Allegations include DOGE's non-compliance with federal transparency laws and potential adverse effects on federal employees and public services.