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View More NewsOn March 12, 2026, Mohamed Bailor Jalloh walked into a classroom at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He asked twice if it was a ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) class. When told that was, he shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greater) and shot the instructor, Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, several times, killing him. He also shot and wounded two ROTC cadets. He used a Glock 44 .22 caliber rimfire pistol. In an instant, “Hero ROTC cadet fatally stabbed ISIS-supporting Old Dominion gunman to prevent more carnage,” reported the New York Post. Other cadets jumped on too, killing Jalloh. None…
The math has turned against bitcoin miners, and the war is making it worse every week.Checkonchain’s difficulty regression model, which estimates average production costs based on network difficulty and energy inputs, pegged the figure at $88,000 per bitcoin as of March 13. Bitcoin is trading at $69,200 as on Sunday morning, creating a gap of nearly $19,000 per coin and meaning the average miner is operating at a 21% loss on every block produced.The cost squeeze has been building since October’s crash took bitcoin from $126,000 to below $70,000, but the Iran war accelerated it. Oil above $100 feeds directly…
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Iran has never confined its interference in other countries to the Middle East, nor have its activities been restricted to attacks on Israel. Long before the horrors of 7 October 2023, Argentina had already become a target of the Islamic Republic.On 17 March 1992, a suicide bomber drove a Ford F-100 pickup truck packed with explosives into the Israeli embassy in the Retiro neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The blast destroyed the embassy building and surrounding structures, including a Catholic church and a school, killing 29 people and injuring more than 200. The victims included both Israeli embassy staff and Argentine…
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Key takeaways:Bitcoin traders are turning cautious as high oil prices and Middle East tensions fuel inflation and stall US interest rate cuts.The $254 million…
The rumor followed a familiar wartime script. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it had struck Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. Then came the forged screenshots…
Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), may rise by around 25% in the coming months as its richest whale group becomes profitable for the first…
Strategy (MSTR), already the world’s biggest corporate holder of bitcoin BTC$70,717.47, is on track to record its second-largest quarterly accumulation, continuing its aggressive treasury…
In brief Bitcoin is trading above $75,000 ahead of PPI data and the Federal Reserve’s rate decision, breaking a key resistance zone. Forecasts point…
My son spent last week training in defensive pistol use at Gunsite Academy, in Arizona. The scheduling couldn’t have been timelier given the double…
Bitcoin BTC$75,594.79 surged past $75,000 early Tuesday, helped by shifting dynamics in the derivatives market.Prices hit a high of $75,800, convincingly topping the long-term…
Nonfungible token marketplace OpenSea has postponed the launch of its native token SEA, initially slated for March 30, citing tough market conditions and it…
In brief OpenAI advisers warned ChatGPT that its planned erotic mode could create dangerous emotional dependency, per a WSJ report. The AI giant reportedly…
From State v. Andrade, decided Dec. 1, 2025 by Cumberland County (Maine) Superior Court Judge Darcie McElwee, but only recently posted on Westlaw: Defendant…
In the early hours of 6 March, British counter-terrorism police arrested four Iranian men suspected of assisting Iranian intelligence services in surveillance operations targeting…
Crypto wealth platform Abra said it plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company New Providence Acquisition Corp. III in…