Liz Truss was appointed by Queen Elizabeth as England's 56th Prime Minister today, after being declared as the Conservative Party leadership election winner on Monday. Truss defeated Rishi Sunak to lead to Conservative Party after Boris Johnson stepped down as Prime Minister.
The Trump-appointed judge, Aileen M. Cannon, ruled that the Department of Justice must pause their investigation into the documents illegally retained by Trump at his residence in Mar-a-Lago until the appointment of a \"special master\" conducts an independent review of the hundreds of classified, top secret documents seized by the FBI.
Go deeper →Binance will convert users' holdings in the stablecoins USDC, USDP, and TUSD into its own stablecoin BUSD on September 29th. Binance will no longer support the alternative stablecoins, but users will be able to withdraw their holdings before the automatic transfer on the 29th. Circle's USDC is the second largest stablecoin, while BUSD is the third largest.
Go deeper →Students headed back to school today for the first time since the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, about three months ago. Local artists painted murals around the town to honor the lives of the 19 students who were shot and killed by the gunman.
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul will face off against Anderson Silva. Silva is a UFC fighting legend who was the UFC Middleweight Champion, holding that title for a record 2,457 days. He retired from UFC and returned to boxing in 2020.
Google announced an October 6th launch event to debut the Pixel Watch and Pixel 7. With the Pixel Watch, Google will be going up against competitors Apple and Samsung, which have been making wearables like the Apple Watch for years, so the Google Watch has a lot to measure up against.
Buick is hoping to switch to selling only electric vehicles by 2030 and to do so, they are offering to buy out Buick dealers who don't want to transition to selling only EVs.
Go deeper →A New Mexico state district court judge has blocked Couy Griffin, who co-founded Cowboys For Trump, from holding office due to his involvement in the January 6th Capitol riots. The ruling immediately impacts Griffin by removing him from office as commissioner in Otero County, New Mexico.
Peter Straub, the author of 'Ghost Story' and 'The Talisman, has passed away. Fellow authors Stephen King and Neil Gaiman led social media by posting tributes to Straub, calling him a beloved friend and formidable force in the writing world.
Brendan Fraser has returned to Hollywood to the tune of thunderous applause, 6 minutes of it to be exact, at the debut of his new film, 'The Whale' at the Venice Film Festival. The film is directed by Darren Aronofsky and follows Fraser's character, Charlie, as he tries to reconnect with his teenage daughter, who Sadie Sink plays.
The shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp refused to support an extension of a deal to merge the company with the parent company of Trump's social media app, Truth Social, causing the merger agreement to fall through, according to reporting from Reuters. DWAC is a SPAC and was initially going to infuse $1.3 billion into Trump Media & Technology Group and take the company public.
Justin Bieber has once again pressed pause on his 'Justice Tour' after briefly resuming tour dates. Bieber halted the tour in June after revealing he was diagnosed with Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome, which causes partial facial paralysis. The tour was initially scheduled to run through December but will now resume in January and end in March 2023.
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