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Singapore man pleads to orchestrating $240M bitcoin theft from DC resident

International News September 9, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 22-year-old man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to teaming up with friends to steal nearly a quarter-billion dollars in bitcoin from a Washington, D.C., resident — one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history — and then embarking on a wild spending spree with the laundered proceeds. Malone Lam, an eighth-grade dropout who came to the U.S. from Singapore, faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years after pleading guilty to a federal racketeering conspiracy charge. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly didn’t immediately schedule Lam’s sentencing ...

Midterm candidates enter home stretch

National News September 8, 2026

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell workers they need to go to the polls this fall — to raise the minimum wage, expand ...

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Jaguar Land Rover will cut jobs to reduce costs and compete with China

International News September 8, 2026

LONDON (AP) — Jaguar Land Rover said Monday it will cut 4,000 jobs across its global workforce as it tries to cut costs and compete with Chinese electric carmakers. Britain’s biggest automaker said the job cuts will take place over the next two years as it targets $2.3 billion in savings to make it more competitive as the industry transitions to electrification. “The automotive industry faces significant challenges, with technological change amidst intense competition and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty,” chief executive PB Balaji said in a statement.

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Girard block party fetes neighborhood

Local News September 8, 2026

GIRARD — For the past six years, residents off West Prospect Street near the former Hartzell Park have come together for an annual neighborhood block party. The event took place Sunday and brought current and past neighborhood members together for a day of celebration. Andrea Daniels, an event organizer, said the idea for the event is based on African-American families who moved to Ohio as part of the Great Migration in the 1900s and settled in the western Girard neighborhood. She said people shared their stories of living in Girard and conducted a tribute for those from the ...