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16 Sept 2026

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LA homelessness non-profit workers arrested over alleged corruption and bribes

Pair accused of misappropriating millions in taxpayer dollars as Trump officials target alleged fraud in blue states Federal law enforcement officers have arrested two employees of California-based homelessness non-profits on corruption charges, alleging that they misappropriated millions in taxpayer dollars. The US justice department has arrested Michael Young, a founder of the Culver City-based nonprofit Home At Last, and Lakiya Malone, an employee of the Los Angeles-based Special Service for

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LA homelessness non-profit workers arrested over alleged corruption and bribes

Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed safety evaluators. Will they really be independent?

US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for the first time since 2023

Painful endgame for Gray as stale Hibs slump

US removes Venezuela from list of drug transit, production countries

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Technology

'Grief can colour memory': Palace responds after Earl Spencer's claim in Diana book

Australia politics live: Labor to reveal new immigration rules; PM hails narrowing of gender gap

Democrats criticize Mike Johnson for sending lawmakers home for recess a day early – US politics live

World

Syria abolishes al-Assad-era ‘terrorism’ court as Kurdish tensions flare

How being music's Mr Nice Guy contributed to biggest crisis of Ed Sheeran's career

Republican US senator slams Trump vaccine policy amid rising measles deaths

Business

Al-Mughayyir: A village under siege

Suspect in ‘Putney pusher’ case found dead at his west London home

UK trade unions back motion to boycott and sanction Israel

Sports

Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve

Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle database

Latest dispatch

Displaced Syrians dig through hills of garbage to make a living

Key House Democrat refuses to clear Trump’s $2.8bn arms sale to Israel

New video claims to show Saudi fighter jet Houthis say they shot down

After accusations of selling ‘perv glasses,’ Meta prepares to sell a pair without a camera

Efforts underway for Zelenskyy-Trump meeting at UN next week

Charlie Kirk's family blame Utah university officials for his killing

‘Inflation is too high and has been for too long,’ says Kevin Warsh as Fed announces rate hikes – as it happened

US House votes to hold billionaire Epstein associate Leon Black in contempt

TV reporter and pilot who died in Los Angeles helicopter crash were covering a story

X will now let US users trade via Cashtags

Five Shows to See in Tribeca Right Now

Lebanon returns 37 artefacts smuggled out of Egypt six years ago

‘Made in Europe’ laws could derail UK plans for reset with EU

Lawsuit Alleges Multimillion-Dollar Andy Warhol Fraud Scheme

Automattic’s interim CEO and legal chief signed reciprocal severance deals during Mullenweg’s brief ouster

Colin Kaepernick says NFL owners are colluding against Macklemore after Ed Sheeran tour ban

10 Art Shows to See in Chicago This Fall

Jerusalem Daily: US to send $2.8BN worth of weapons to Israel

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