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WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, three people familiar with the matter said Friday.The bureau had reassigned the agents last spring but has since fired them, said the people, who insisted on anonymity to discuss personnel matters with The Associated Press.The number of FBI employees fired was not immediately clear, but two people said it was roughly 20.The photographs at issue showed a group of agents taking a knee during one of…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against businessman Raj Kundra, husband of actor Shilpa Shetty, alleging that he illegally held 285 Bitcoins valued at Rs 150.47 crore. According to investigators, these Bitcoins were received from the late crypto scam mastermind Amit Bhardwaj, founder of GainBitcoin. The case stems from FIRs registered by the Maharashtra and Delhi police against Variable Tech Private Limited and several individuals, including Amit Bhardwaj, Ajay Bhardwaj, Vivek Bhardwaj, Simpy Bhardwaj, and Mahender Bhardwaj. The group is accused of luring investors with promises of extraordinary returns through Bitcoin mining, only to defraud them and conceal…

This week, we break down fitness and wellness-focused business moves by Tom Brady and Dua Lipa, as well as recent investments to grow the sport of padel in the US A-list celebrities are getting in on the business of fitness and wellness like never before. Just this week, Tom Brady joined AI-powered robotics massage company Aescape as the company’s chief innovation officer, where the NFL legend will play an active role in product development. As part of the deal, Aescape also acquired Brady’s recovery and pliability protocols, which the New York-based startup will integrate into its robotics and AI platform.…

Demand for XRP on the CME derivatives exchange continues to rise, providing a bullish outlook for the altcoin. This comes ahead of the potential approval of the XRP ETFs, which could further spark institutional demand for XRP.  CME XRP Futures Hit New Milestone In an X post, the CME group announced that it has hit its four-month milestone for XRP futures, with a notional trading volume of $18.3 billion, 6 billion XRP traded, and 397,000 contracts traded. This again highlights the demand for the altcoin, with the derivatives exchange previously stating that the altcoin’s futures products have shown demand from…

Elon Musk’s Tesla is calling on the EPA to uphold the legal basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, warning that repealing these standards threatens the electric automaker’s investments and its alleged fight against “climate change.” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has labeled the rules as the “holy grail of the climate change religion.” Axios reports that in newly available comments submitted to the EPA, Elon Musk’s Tesla strongly opposed the agency’s proposal to rescind the 2009 “endangerment finding” that greenhouse gases from vehicles threaten human health and welfare. This formal finding provides the legal underpinning for regulating carbon dioxide…

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a Justice Department facing intense White House pressure to investigate perceived presidential enemies, indicting former FBI Director James Comey was the easy part. Building a case that can sway a jury beyond a reasonable doubt is a significantly tougher task, but like in other cases of investigations of President Donald Trump’s critics, it increasingly seems to be almost beside the point.As the administration aims to comply with Trump’s ordered prosecutions, officials have signaled that making life uncomfortable for targets of the retribution — including through reputational harm, legal fees and lingering uncertainty — is a desired…

After treating more than 50,000 patients in Norway in just six months, Nolla is expanding to 40+ U.S. states Nolla Health, a Norway-born healthtech startup, is entering the U.S. market with a $4.5 million seed round led by General Catalyst. After treating more than 50,000 patients in Europe and becoming one of Norway’s top five medical apps, the company is setting up its U.S. headquarters in New York City and launching its Acne Care app across 40 states. Nolla is positioning itself as an alternative to the current patchwork of digital health solutions, aiming to deliver end-to-end care rather than…

Assuming it can turn its Project Orion augmented reality glasses into a real product people can buy, Meta apparently wants to get into robots next. That’s according to Sources’ Alex Heath, who spoke to Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth and reports that much like Apple, Google and Tesla, Meta is researching robotics.Unlike those other companies, though, Meta apparently isn’t all that focused on competing in hardware. It has a “Metabot” in the works, but its real goal is to create software that other companies can license, much like Google does with Android. “Software is the bottleneck,” according to Bosworth, and the…

Following the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, Wikipedia editors made malicious edits about him, even as his page was locked to inexperienced editors with former members of Wikipedia’s “Supreme Court” and co-founder Jimmy Wales monitoring Kirk’s page. This included mocking Kirk’s last words and accusing him of targeted harassment campaigns, the latter staying in the page’s introduction for days. Wikipedia editors have added denigrating smears about Kirk to articles about him since the assassination. Pages about Kirk and the assassination were locked early on to prevent malicious edits by new or less experienced editors, but efforts to…

The event is helping Club Pilates maintain momentum from its highly successful first large-scale experiential event this past summer In celebration of Pilates’ peak era, Club Pilates is once again hosting its annual 80s Week Event. Instructors and attendees can participate in themed classes highlighting different staples of the 1980s — from big hair and neon colors to aerobics. The event — which takes place from September 25th to October 10th — includes two separate sweepstakes for the chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to attend several exclusive events, including an 80s-themed roller rink party. The sweepstakes is open…