AI is making everyone's life more expensive, according to CNN.
"Households must spend just over $375 more to purchase the same goods and services as they did this time last year due to AI’s inflationary impact,” Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says.
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An entire lake. An entire fish population. Gone.
Arizona's San Carlos Lake has been closed after drought and falling water levels triggered the death of virtually every fish.
This is what ecological collapse looks like. Not one species. Whole ecosystems failing before our eyes.
The Flint water crisis settlement is finally paying out the first set of minors (age 12-17 years old during the crisis) and the lowest payment for the age group is $400 (with an unknown second amount later).
$400.
The lawyers made millions up front. It’s been years.
do you know what police fusion centers are? their role in the president's immigration crackdown and in his expanding domestic terrorism dragnet has received remarkably little scrutiny. here's our @connectmsnow SPECIAL REPORT. https://t.co/asJolUtaMt
Six months after the killing of her son, Alex Pretti, his mother is sharing a heartbreaking message about the grief she says has only deepened with time.
In an emotional post marking the six-month anniversary of Alex’s death, she writes that no one has been held accountable and says her family has never received an apology or even a single phone call from government officials, hospital personnel, or the Minneapolis Police Department. At the same time, she expressed profound gratitude for the overwhelming support her family has received from people around the world, urging others to continue speaking out and never forget what Alex stood for.
Her full statement:
“Today marks the six-month anniversary of Alex’s murder. No-one has been held accountable, no apologies, not a single phone call from any governmental official, hospital personnel, or the Mpls police dept. Six-months of pain, a roller-coaster of trauma over and over. Every time another a death, another mention, a picture, a tribute, a sorrow so deep. I wonder how to move forward. Will I ever get over this loss and this pain? Will I ever be able to enjoy life again? How does one live knowing that I have no power to change what has happened?
And yet the out-reach not only from Minnesota, but from around the world has been nothing less than spectacular. Every card, every gift, every heartfelt letter has been read, touched, held, and cherished by us all. The kindness you’ve all shown us is beyond words. Please never forget Alex and what he believed in ~ equality and peace for all. I will remember the things that made you, you. It will never take your memory. As long as I’m here, you will never be forgotten.
For all you asking what you can do. Continue this fight. Never give up your right to speak out, protect your neighbor, your community and don’t forget to spend time with those you love…”
A widow whose husband was killed in the Iran war says no one in the Trump administration has contacted her to explain why his name was briefly removed from the Pentagon's official death toll. 🇺🇸
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Nolan Wells’ mother, Christine Wonsley, says she’s now receiving a wave of negative online reviews targeting her medical practice as her family continues searching for answers about her son’s death.
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CHARLOTTE: “I don’t see how it was a suicide… somebody did that to her… Black girl, 16, hanging from a tree, on the grounds of a Black church, in a historically Black area. I don’t know any other way to put it.”
The man who found #JulianaNzita isn’t buying what the police say.
‘We’re human beings’: Haitians in the US fear family separation and deportation to violence
More than 330,000 Haitian immigrants in limbo as Trump administration seeks to end temporary protected status https://t.co/3EHoAeLbgG
Leaked emails expose Jeffrey Epstein and Ehud Barak using Israeli mercenaries to plunder minerals across Africa
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak coordinated closely with Jeffrey Epstein to secure oil, gas, and mineral resources across Africa following his resignation as defense minister in 2013.
According to leaked Gmail files and US Department of Justice documents reviewed by Drop Site News, Epstein helped package privatized Israeli intelligence and surveillance infrastructure for sale to foreign governments. To expand this business footprint, Barak drew on his lifelong intelligence connections, including former Mossad chief Danny Yatom and his private military firm, Global Strategic Group.
Classified proposals within the leak reveal that Yatom’s firm deployed an elite, Israeli-trained special operations unit to train Congolese state forces in the mineral-rich eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This military intervention helped counter the March 23 Movement rebel alliance during the 2012 to 2013 war. The battlefield stabilization immediately opened direct investment channels for Epstein’s network, who leveraged Barak’s military credentials to pursue lucrative resource concessions with Congolese leadership and engage in privatized sanctions diplomacy.
The resource scramble has intensified in 2026 as tech titans seek Congo's coltan and lithium deposits to fuel the artificial intelligence boom. In response, Kinshasa has partnered with the US and UAE to launch a 100 million dollar mining paramilitary force to counter Chinese dominance
Despite Washington's denials of funding the mine security force, private contractors like Blackwater founder Erik Prince's Vectus Global have arrived alongside Israeli advisers to train Congolese battalions, continuing a decades-long pattern of foreign exploitation.
Rep. Castro Urges Oversight of Erik Prince’s ‘Drone War’ in Haiti as Trump Pentagon Pushes for Closer Ties
Prince’s firm Vectus Global has helped carry out a Haitian government drone campaign that has killed dozens of civilians, including children. https://t.co/hxiSxF88yX
Controversial U.S. Ties with Erik Prince's Military Firm in Haiti
The U.S. plans to strengthen ties with Erik Prince's private military firm in Haiti amidst rising concerns about civilian casualties. Prince's Vectus Global collaborates with Haiti's Task Force against gangs, despite human rights worries. The U.S. emphasizes coordination to minimize risks and improve security outcomes.
https://t.co/BJdkZRNfXv
Haitian authorities confirm Erik Prince-linked mercenaries took part in anti-gang raids
Officials publicly acknowledge for the first time that private military firm Vectus Global supported police operations, including a Jan. 14 raid
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Kinshasa is paying foreign mercenaries to fight its war in eastern Congo. A UN Group of Experts report names the network: Erik Prince's Quantum Global and Vectus Global, 300 Salvadoran fighters, drones over Minembwe. The report documents it, yet refuses to call it what it is. Follow this video for more insights. #DRC #Mercenaries