Seized Silk Road Bitcoin to Clear Ross Ulbricht's $183M Debt

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WWII pilot from Idaho accounted for 80 years after plane was shot down
Allan W. Knepper, 27, was among a squadron that encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire during an attack on Axis powers in July 1943.
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Implant by Elon Musk's Neuralink suffers setback after threads retract from patient's brain
Elon Musk’s brain technology startup Neuralink said Wednesday that an issue cropped up with the company’s first human brain implant weeks after it was inserted into a patient.
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Divided Supreme Court rules no quick hearing required when police seize property
A divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that authorities do not have to provide a quick hearing when they seize cars and other property used in drug crimes, even when the property belongs to so-called innocent owners. Civil forfeiture allows authorities to take someone’s property, without having to prove that it has been used for illicit purposes. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the conservative majority that a civil forfeiture hearing to determine whether an owner will lose the property permanently must be timely.
AFP
US ship leaves Cyprus laden with aid for Gaza
A US container ship loaded with aid for Gaza left Cyprus Thursday in a new test of a maritime corridor to get relief into the besieged Palestinian territory, authorities said.The US-flagged MV Sagamore left the port of Larnaca after being loaded with aid from Britain, Cyprus and the United States, Cyprus government spokesperson Yiannis Antoniou told the official CNA news agency.
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Israel's far-right blasts Biden as Netanyahu promises Rafah assault
One member of Israel's government says Hamas loves Mr. Biden, but other Israelis worry their leaders are losing the vital war for global support.
Associated Press
Sudanese paramilitary forces have carried out ethnic cleansing in Darfur, rights group says
A leading rights group said on Thursday that attacks by Sudanese paramilitary forces and their allied militias, which killed thousands in the western region of Darfur last year, constituted a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the area’s non-Arab population. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which has been fighting Sudan's military for over a year, allied with armed militias to carry out attacks against the ethnic Masalit and other non-Arab groups in El Geneina, the capital city of West Darfur state, Human Rights Watch said in a new report.
Associated Press
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Russia has the initiative in the east but new Western aid is on the way
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his country's army is facing “a really difficult situation” in eastern regions where troops are battling to hold at bay an intense Russian push along parts of the front line. Russia has sought to exploit Ukraine's shortages of ammunition and manpower as the flow of Western supplies since the outbreak of the war petered out, assembling large troop concentrations in the east as well as in the north and gaining an edge on the battlefield, Zelenskyy said. Russia is pressing hard in parts of eastern Ukraine in an effort to drive deeper into the Donetsk region, which it partly occupies.
Reuters
Donald Trump's youngest son Barron to represent Florida at Republican convention
Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron Trump, will be one of the delegates representing Florida at the Republican National Convention in July, a notable move given that he has kept largely out of the public eye so far during the campaign. A campaign official confirmed an earlier report from NBC that Barron Trump had been selected by the state party as a delegate from Florida. Barron, 18, is "very interested in our nation's political process," said the official, who requested anonymity to discuss internal campaign matters.
CNN
Man sentenced to 25 years to life for stabbing 3 homeless men in Manhattan
A 42-year-old man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for a string of stabbing attacks on homeless men in July 2022 that left one dead and two critically injured.
Time
What's the Best Kind of Sunscreen?
Chemical or mineral? Cream or spray? Here's what to know.
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Does college pay off? For many, it only takes a few years, study says.
A new study of low- and moderate-income students in California finds that most recoup their educational costs after only a few years.
Popular Science
Expressive elephants use gestures and vocal cues to communicate
‘They might be saying: come here, move away, or maybe even smell me.’
Popular Science
FDA issues recall for diabetes app after over 200 reported injuries
The t:connect mobile app can crash and drain the insulin pump's battery.
Reuters
Ukraine's parliament cracks down on draft dodgers
Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to crack down on draft dodgers, as the country grapples with a serious shortage of soldiers available to fight more than two years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion. The bill, backed by a majority of lawmakers but not yet signed into law by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, includes raising fines for anyone caught trying to avoid the call-up and allowing authorities to detain draft dodgers for up to three days. It comes in the same week that parliament passed a bill allowing some convicts to enlist in the army and days before a new mobilisation law, that lowers the minimum age for new recruits, is due to come into force.
USA TODAY
US House candidate Melissa Vine faces ethics complaint over donations ahead of endorsement
The campaign of Melissa Vine, a Democrat running for U.S. House, tried to submit dozens of donations to an Iowa PAC ahead of an endorsement vote.
Time
Biden Said Rafah Was a 'Red Line.' Now What?
After months of warning Israel against invading Rafah, the president has finally articulated the consequences.
Reuters
Contractors arrive in Haiti to build base for Kenyan-led forces
Civilian contractors have arrived in Haiti to build living quarters for a Kenyan-led international security force meant to counter gang violence in the Caribbean nation, the U.S. military's Southern Command said. The U.N. Security Council approved in October the creation of the Multinational Security Support mission to help Haitian police wrest back territory from alliances of gangs who control most of the capital Port-au-Prince. Kenya pledged 1,000 officers to lead the force last July, but their deployment has been repeatedly delayed, first by court challenges and then by a surge of violence in Port-au-Prince that forced the Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign in March.
CNN
Southeast is lashed by more severe weather after deadly storms and tornadoes hit Tennessee
Deadly, destructive thunderstorms and tornadoes tore through parts of the central and southern US Wednesday, marking another chaotic day of severe weather amid a two-week streak of danger.
AFP
Trump's son Barron, 18, named Republican delegate
Donald Trump's youngest son, who is still at high school and largely shielded from the public eye, will debut on the political stage in July as a delegate at the Republican Party convention.The convention will see the official crowning of Donald Trump as the Republican challenger to Democrat President Joe Biden, with delegates from each state designating their candidate for the November election.
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Israel fumes as Biden signals a harder line against a Rafah ground assault
Israel reacted with a mix of concern and fury Thursday to President Joe Biden's warning that he would cut off weapons to the U.S. ally's military if it moves forward with a full-scale assault on Rafah, the city in southern Gaza where more than 1 million Palestinians are sheltering.

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