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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly over a video that urges American troops to defy “illegal orders” has raised a slew of questions, and some criticism, from legal experts. Some say the Pentagon is misreading military law to go after Kelly as a retired Navy fighter pilot. Others say the Arizona Democrat cannot be prosecuted as a member of Congress. A group of former military prosecutors insists he did nothing wrong. The Pentagon announced the investigation last week after President Donald Trump’s social media post accusing Kelly — and the five other Democratic lawmakers in the…

Georgian authorities detained an opposition party leader Saturday on suspicion of trying to set fire to the Tbilisi City Court office building, the Interior Ministry said.Aleksandre Elisashvili broke into the court chancellery building in the Georgian capital at dawn by smashing a window with a hammer, then poured gasoline on the perimeter of the office, the ministry said in a Facebook statement. The 47-year-old, who founded the Citizens party and was formerly an opposition lawmaker, had a firearm and injured a court official during his arrest, according to the ministry.Video released by authorities appeared to show a handgun on the…

Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding.President Donald Trump’s administration had cut off $790 million in grants in a standoff that contributed to university layoffs and the resignation in September of Northwestern president Michael Schill. The administration argued the school had not done enough to fight antisemitism.Under the agreement announced Friday night, Northwestern will make the payment to the U.S. Treasury over the next three years. Among other commitments it also…

West Ham, meanwhile, could welcome Konstantinos Mavropanos and Crysencio Summerville back from injury.Head coach Nuno Espirito Santo was asked about the duo during his pre-match press conference on Friday and replied: “Both of them are getting better, still tomorrow to assess.”Lucas Paqueta is available after serving a one-match suspension.Oliver Scarles has missed the Hammers’ last three Premier League games after undergoing surgery on a fractured collarbone, while Lukasz Fabianski is a long-term absentee.Nuno was also quizzed on what he is expecting from Slot and Liverpool in terms of team selection and said: “We cannot predict the starting XI.”What we know,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly over a video that urges American troops to defy “illegal orders” has raised a slew of questions, and some criticism, from legal experts. Some say the Pentagon is misreading military law to go after Kelly as a retired Navy fighter pilot. Others say the Arizona Democrat cannot be prosecuted as a member of Congress. A group of former military prosecutors insists he did nothing wrong. The Pentagon announced the investigation last week after President Donald Trump’s social media post accusing Kelly — and the five other Democratic lawmakers in the…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Leslie Harris has missed most milestones in his daughter’s life while serving a decades-long sentence in Louisiana for armed robbery and is unlikely to get out before her prom, her graduation and maybe even her wedding.But for one night at Louisiana’s largest maximum-security prison, Harris made his own moment with his 17-year-old daughter while donning a custom tux and clutching a bouquet of roses: reuniting at the prison’s first father-daughter dance, where they embraced to Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely” at a pink-heavy party this month that was widely shared on social media. “Seeing her…

Silver, often nicknamed the ‘Devil’s metal’ because of its volatility, has reached record highs this year and still has further to run despite a supply crunch, according to experts.The metal’s growth value has been running alongside gold’s, which has seen its own rally with the price surging past $4,000 an ounce this year.Silver prices reached a historic peak of $54.47 per troy ounce in mid October, marking a 71% rise year-on-year. They’ve since pared back gains somewhat, but are now growing again, despite low supply levels.”Some people were having to transport silver by plane rather than on cargo ships to…

Greg Hart, President and CEO of CourseraCourseraWith entry-level jobs declining as employers continue to deploy AI, Coursera’s CEO has shared his top tips for graduates to stay competitive in the job market and stand out in interviews. Greg Hart, former technical advisor to Jeff Bezos at Amazon, became president and CEO of online learning platform Coursera in February 2025. He told CNBC Make It that in the age of AI, it’s important for young people to pursue additional learning alongside a degree. “The advice that I give to my sons… is one of the best things that you can do…

It has become fashionable in some circles to speak of Hong Kong’s decline. The narrative is familiar: geopolitical tension, competitive pressure from other Asian hubs and the weight of China’s economic slowdown. Yet this storyline misses the bigger shift underway. Hong Kong is not fading — it is being repurposed. And in that repurposing, it is arguably becoming more strategically important to China than at any point in the past two decades. The city is emerging as the offshore command center of China’s global financial ambition. The transformation is structural, deliberate and far more consequential than the stale conversations around…

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee (C) and other government officials observe three minutes of silence to mourn victims of the Wang Fuk Court residential estate fire, at the Central government offices in Hong Kong on Nov. 29, 2025.Peter Parks | Afp | Getty ImagesHong Kong on Saturday mourned the 128 people known to have died in a massive fire at a high-rise apartment complex, a toll that is likely to rise with 200 others still unaccounted for days after the disaster.Authorities have arrested 11 people in connection with the city’s worst blaze in nearly 80 years as they investigate…